Adam Smith

#Dementia Research at @UCL - creator of Dementia Researcher and other stuff! Born in the north a long time ago.

[AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy @adpdnet]

One month left to register and save up to €150!

Register for AD/PD™ 2027 by December 9, 2026, to benefit from the early registration rates.
From 16–20 March 2027, Barcelona will bring together researchers and clinicians for five days of new science, open debate, and connections that continue well beyond the conference.

Register today: https://t.co/PWxnnZeZ3T

#ADPD2027 #AlzheimersResearch #ParkinsonsResearch #Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

Great Grandad Corporal Charlie Briggs, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire)
Regiment died in Flanders on the 20 Jul 1918 on the first day of the Second Battle of the Marne.

Lest we forget

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

Excited to be a part of a new @UKRI_News £30m programme to bring AI to brain health clinics. Imaging, blood biomarkers @AlamarBio new digital memory tests in the @NHS to speed #dementia diagnosis

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Abstract submission open for International Lewy Body Dementia Conference, 16–18 Jun 2027 @karolinskainst Sweden🥳
https://t.co/Z566nqyI99
Abstract submission deadline: 14 Dec 2026
@NextGenDlb pre-conference event: 15 Jun 2027
“Living with Lewy” post-conference day: 19 Jun 2027

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

Lost my Poppy @PoppyLegion and super disappointed to be unable to buy a replacement at @HeathrowAirport T5

[AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy @adpdnet]

Why do so many researchers return to AD/PD™ every year?

✔️ A high-level scientific program focused on the latest research, with emphasis on overlaps between Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and related disorders
✔️ A multidisciplinary mix of clinical investigators and basic scientists, established leaders and young talent
✔️ An atmosphere designed for interaction, exchange of ideas, and networking

Plenary speakers in Barcelona include Randall Bateman, Henrik Zetterberg, Brit Mollenhauer, Bradley Hyman, Rosa Rademakers, Costantino Iadecola, and Beth Stevens. ✨

📆Join us in Barcelona or online, 16–20 March 2027

Register: https://t.co/PWxnnZeZ3T

#ADPD2027 #AlzheimersResearch #ParkinsonsResearch #Neuroscience

[NCSC UK @NCSC]

The NCSC is encouraging UK organisations to prepare for immediate updating of systems using PHP. Where immediate remediation is not feasible, organisations should consider taking the system offline until it can be fully mitigated.

For more⬇️
https://t.co/l6TDtVurJN

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

Nooo! @BBCNews I love @Radio4Extra https://t.co/YOplFv4T77

[AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy @adpdnet]

Preparing a late-breaking abstract for #ADPD2027? A quick checklist before you submit:

✅ Data must be unpublished and not previously presented
✅ Title: max. 20 words, in UPPER CASE
✅ Abstract text: max. 280 words, structured as Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions
✅ The presenting author must be listed as first author
✅ Choose a Theme, Topic and Sub-Topic
✅ You're not submitted until you receive the confirmation email

AD/PD™ has no embargo policy, so you're free to share your work within your networks.

📅 Deadline: 18 November 2026, midnight CET

👉 https://t.co/UUme2Gt7Na

#ADPD2027 #AlzheimersResearch #ParkinsonsResearch #Neuroscience

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

@Knightley_22 The woman … I assume AI put them together

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

@campbellclaret 6 hours with pee breaks!

[Research at ARUK @ARUKscientist]

We believe in supporting early-career researchers and ensuring that regardless of background, people are given the opportunity to pursue research. That's why we’re proud to see our partner, Martingale Foundation, launch this report. Read more: https://t.co/iDhdlbT1NY

[Dementia Researcher @demrescommunity]

Heading to Dublin for @AlzheimerEurope's conference? 🎙️ Be a guest on our highlights podcasts, recorded 28 and 29 Oct. Just tell us what you've seen and heard. No experience needed. Sign up by 16 Oct.

https://t.co/E6RWOjBHy6

[AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy @adpdnet]

#ADPD2027 Plenary Session Highlights

🧠 Detecting Parkinson’s disease earlier. Advancing prevention strategies.
As the field moves toward earlier intervention, multimodal biomarkers are becoming essential for identifying risk, tracking disease progression, and designing the next generation of prevention trials.

Join Brit Mollenhauer, Germany at AD/PD™ 2027 in Barcelona as she explores how innovative biomarker approaches can transform Parkinson’s research.

👉 Discover the plenary sessions: https://t.co/hiFT4pfwzx

#Parkinsons #Neuroscience #Biomarkers

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

To what extent do we use the wisdom of the whole workforce when it comes to resolving difficult issues?

I'm a big fan of organisational network analysis (ONA). It maps and measures how communication, collaboration and influence really flow between people. It reveals the "hidden organisation": the informal networks that org charts never show.

In leadership circles, we talk a lot about "collective” or "distributed” or “empowering” leadership. ONA often shows a different picture. @RLalleman77215 from @InnovisorInc recently shared data from an example organisation. The top two layers of leadership make up 4% of the workforce. They absorb roughly a quarter of all the requests for help. When those leaders need help themselves, they turn to each other three times more often than they turn to other colleagues. Because the senior group is so much smaller, person for person a senior colleague is around 70 times more likely to be asked than anyone else. Without ever deciding to, the most experienced people in the organisation have arranged things so almost every problem they struggle with is thought about by the same small group. A closed loop at the top: leadership talking to itself.

This pattern is not unusual. Rob Cross's research across more than 300 organisations found that 20% to 35% of value-adding collaborations involve only 3% to 5% of people. 766,000 people responded to the most recent NHS Staff Survey. More than half did not agree they are involved in deciding on changes that affect their work area, and the proportion who do agree has fallen for the second year running. We measure it from the other end in the NHS, and the answer is the same. Different measure. Same conclusion.

This means that:
- A small group with similar jobs and experience makes the decisions, so they all miss the same things.

- The people closest to the work hold knowledge that is never asked for, so better options go unseen.

- Work queues behind a small number of overloaded leaders, so good decisions arrive slowly or too late.

- People stop offering ideas once nothing comes of them and research shows that organisations with lower engagement tend to get worse outcomes.

Some actions we can take as leaders:
- Audit our own help networks. List the last ten people we went to with a hard problem. Count how many of them do the core work of the organisation.

- Map the “hidden organisation”. ONA shows who people go to in practice and where to focus action. It seldom matches the org chart.

- Change who is in the room. Make it a rule that decisions about a piece of work include someone who does that work.

- Ask the questions only people at the front line or point of care can answer. Go and ask them directly, with nobody summarising in between.

- Show what changed. Visible follow-through keeps people engaged.

There is a massive, untapped well of wisdom within people inside our organisations. It stays largely untapped for as long as we keep turning to each other when we get stuck.

Richard Santos Lalleman's original post (Innovisor organisational network analysis): https://t.co/S4oaSYHBA0
Cross R, Rebele R & Grant A. Collaborative Overload. Harvard Business Review, January-February 2016. https://t.co/AetHUaPtWq

[International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) @IBROorg]

Want to build new skills through a neuroscience training course?
This #grant supports PhD students & early-career postdocs with course registration, travel & local expenses to attend the course

Course must start between 1 Jan & 31 Aug
⏰ Apply by 31 Oct: https://t.co/dXxgCvxxHs

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

Your university software licence has an expiry date. Our new guide to free research tools doesn't.

https://t.co/uk0FfO54bM

[CTRCardiffUni @CTRCardiffUni]

Recruitment, retention and participant experience are central to useful trials. At ICTMC 2026, CTR colleagues will share work on practical barriers, decentralised approaches and inclusive delivery. @ResearchWales #ICTMC2026

[Adam Smith @BetterResearch]

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[AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy @adpdnet]

The Plenary Sessions will be a vital part of #ADPD2027!

From Alzheimer’s treatment and blood-based biomarkers to prevention strategies, brain aging, genetics, and AI-driven discoveries, explore inspiring plenary sessions featuring world-leading experts across neuroscience and clinical research.

Discover the full programme and get ready for AD/PD™ 2027 in Barcelona! 🧠

https://t.co/hiFT4pfwzx

#alzheimers #parkinsons #dementia #endalz #neuroscience