UKDRI Connectome Conference Highlights

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This episode shares highlights from the UKDRI Connectome Conference, featuring reflections on key talks and discussions.

This episode shares highlights from the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) Connectome Conference. Host Dr Anna Mallach is joined by Dr Dayne Beccano Kelly , Dr Beth Eyre , and Tom Adam to reflect on talks, posters, and discussions that stood out. The conversation covers lived experience sessions, keynote talks, early career presentations, and how informal conversations and parallel sessions shaped ideas and potential collaborations. The episode offers a snapshot of the breadth of work presented across the institute and the importance of connecting people as well as science. Find out more about the UKDRI: https://www.ukdri.ac.uk/ Watch our YouTube Shorts Series, with conference attendees presenting their posters in under 3 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeUI1GHB4EvRFJl8tRC-wq5RxkDKF9twU A transcript of this show, links and show notes and profile on all our guests are available on our website at https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk . If you prefer to watch rather than listen, you will find a video version of this podcast on YouTube, on our website, and in selected podcast platforms. Leave us a tip: https://dementia-researcher.captivate.fm/support Follow us…

People in this episode

Guests: Tom Adam, Dr Dayne Beccano Kelly, Dr Beth Eyre

Topics covered

• UK Dementia Research Institute
• Connectome Conference
• dementia research
• collaboration

Keywords

• conference highlights
• lived experience
• keynote talks
• early career presentations

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