NAIM_Research

The NAIM research cluster at Manchester Metropolitan University. #Neuroscience #Falls #Ageing #ParkinsonsDisease #EEG #MRI

Research cluster lead: @Niki_J_Ray

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We are currently hiring a 4-year post-doc to work on a MRC-funded project in Parkinson's! This exciting project combines structural imaging, gait assessment and recording activity directly from deep brain electrodes. Deadline soon so please share!

https://t.co/mbpz5Mk3N5

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Congratulations to our cluster lead, Niki Ray, on her promotion to Professor of Neuroscience!

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@djwright561, @BenMarshallPsyc and colleagues are seeking volunteers for a short 10-minute survey on imagery ability:
https://t.co/tkRItDpj9u

[Jane McDermott FRSA @janemcdermott26]

The language use about us changes as we age - that’s due to #ageism - at what point does falling over become a #fall ?👇 https://t.co/DXSVt97Zp0

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Congratulations @JodiVentre!

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Congratulations to River Rea on his first paper from his PhD!

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@ChesC_13 @MICRA_Ageing @GMOPN1 @AfAgeing @GMAgeingHub @MyGenerationGM @Ageing_Better @MCC_AFMTeam @AgeFriendlyWR Could this be relevant to your followers? It's for two postgraduate projects, so recruitment ends at the end of July.

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We are still recruiting for this PGR project, if anyone aged 50+ who has had a fall during the pandemic is interested. Please share.

[Chesney Craig @Chesney_E_Craig]

We are recruiting volunteers aged 50+ for this MSc project assessing falls during the pandemic.

Participants who take part in the full study will be given a £10 voucher as compensation for their time.

Study link and further information at:
https://t.co/FMZCNxpMVu

Please share

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Fascinating new paper from @MattScott93 @djwright561 and @PSH_HeadRKE

[Matthew Scott @MattScott93]

See our first @Waterloo_TWF funded paper reviewing the neural and behavioural deficits during AO and MI in children with DCD, and how combined AO and MI (AOMI) could help to alleviate these deficits. https://t.co/JZH0VeLdh7

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We have just started an exciting new postgraduate project in our lab!

Seeking volunteers aged 50+ who have had a fall throughout the pandemic.

https://t.co/PEs9L4vgiV

[Chesney Craig @Chesney_E_Craig]

NEW ONLINE STUDY ALERT! Please share!

Seeking volunteers aged 50+ who have experienced a fall since March 2020.

We want to hear about your experiences of falls during the pandemic!

Find further information and take part at the following link;
https://t.co/FMZCNxpMVu

[Dementias Platform UK @DementiasUK]

Dementia can distort people's perception of their environment, which can be hard to imagine if you don't have dementia.

A Canadian retirement home has created some images showing how different scenes might look to people with dementia.

Take a look here: https://t.co/BRdKdBRAAo

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One of our researchers, @ChesC_13, has been shortlisted in MMU's #ImagesofResearch competition! Check out Chesney's entry below 👇

[Manchester Met Doctoral College @ManMetDoctoral]

Massive congrats to this year's #ImagesofResearch finalists! We'll be featuring each of our top ten today. Here's @ChesC_13's entry on balancing research during the pandemic. View all the finalists' entries and vote for your People's Choice at https://t.co/Caz7XvIk7q #researchers

[Chesney Craig @Chesney_E_Craig]

Excited to represent MMU @HPSCResearch at this online event on ageing research during the pandemic. If you would like to hear about our falls study during the pandemic, please register at the link below. The other ageing talks sound fascinating!

[Prof Emma Stanmore @EmmaStanmore]

The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group Survey to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on local falls services is live. Please tweet to colleagues the work in falls service and use this link to the survey https://t.co/hB7cAmeEKd thanks! @RCP_FFFAP fffap@rcplondon

[BAM Research Group @BAM_Research]

Big well done to our PhD student @Cameronjkirk for presenting his findings on his first paper today - we are looking forward to seeing it written up! Cam explored the use of real world walking speed to assess motor disease severity in #parkinsons.

[Chesney Craig @Chesney_E_Craig]

Really interesting findings here. Especially the importance of early non-motor symptoms and that falls and balance are the largest issue reported by those living with advanced Parkinson's.

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New early open access paper in collaboration with members of @BAM_Research!

Further evidence that the cholinergic system can provide useful prognostic markers in #Parkinsons, in this case related to gait decline.

[The Science of Parkinson's @ScienceofPD]

New research from @LynnRochester1 & colleagues indicates that cholinergic basal forebrain volumes predicts gait decline in #Parkinsons
https://t.co/p7BH74NHsu

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@ChesC_13 from @NAIM_Research @HPSCResearch wrote a blog post last month on tips to avoid falls during the pandemic. Recruitment for our study is now closed but check out the blog below:

https://t.co/2ZiBr9prGm

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Includes 10 tips for fall prevention during the pandemic
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Coronavirus: The hidden cost of falls during a pandemic · Manchester Metropolitan University https://t.co/E3FPSQkL9Y

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For those living with Parkinson's Disease:
https://t.co/8hhuMJvXXw

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Interested in research on ageing, #COVIDー19 and lifestyle changes?

If you are aged 45+, our online studies are still open!

More info at the survey links:

For those aged 45+ without Parkinson's Disease:
https://t.co/XG1UCCSeUu