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  2. Thumbnail for Alumni set to travel the world on Churchill Fellowships

    Alumni set to travel the world on Churchill Fellowships

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/alumni-set-to-travel-the-world-on-churchill-fellowships
    11 Oct 2023: Ten University of Tasmania alumni have received 2023 Churchill Fellowships. The fellowships offer Australia’s best and brightest minds the opportunity to travel the world from four to eight weeks to learn more about a topic or issue that they are
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    Answer to brain health in the palm of our hands

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1141-answer-to-brain-health-in-the-palm-of-our-hands
    9 Jun 2021: University of Tasmania researchers have developed and are trialing a completely new type of computer screening test using an individual’s hands, which aims to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. “We know through previous
  4. Thumbnail for Brain's 'garbage disposal units' could impact on progression of Alzheimer's disease

    Brain's 'garbage disposal units' could impact on…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/brains-garbage-disposal-units-could-impact-on-progression-of-alzheimers-disease
    30 Aug 2023: New research looking at whether the brain’s “garbage disposal units” - microglia - play an active role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has received a funding boost. Research into Alzheimer’s disease has focused on amyloid beta
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    Caring for a special relationship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1150-caring-for-a-special-relationship
    2 Jul 2021: The personal stories of people who become carers for their life-long companions, and how they respond and experience the shift, have been captured in a new University of Tasmania project. The Sharing is Caring project compiled stories of family
  6. Thumbnail for Cutting edge research uses ‘mini-brains’ to unlock answers

    Cutting edge research uses ‘mini-brains’ to unlock answers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1017-cutting-edge-research-uses-mini-brains-to-unlock-answers
    28 May 2020: Lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ will be used to improve our understanding of dementia and traumatic brain injury, as part of the latest research by scientists from the University of Tasmania's Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. There
  7. Thumbnail for Dementia care should be core business for aged care services

    Dementia care should be core business for aged care services

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1149-dementia-care-should-be-core-business-for-aged-care-services
    1 Jul 2021: In March 2021 the final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was tabled in Australian parliament. This inquiry commenced in 2018 and has included over 10,000 submissions made by Australians impacted by aged
  8. Thumbnail for Dementia research projects receive local funding

    Dementia research projects receive local funding

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/dementia-research-projects-receive-local-funding
    24 Aug 2022: Seven new dementia research projects, from how comedy can help promote brain health to establishing a dementia risk profile in Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Tasmania, has received local funding. Over $20,000 was raised during the Wicking
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    Education: improving the way we support people living with dementia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1164-education-improving-the-way-we-support-people-living-with-dementia
    15 Sep 2021: Dementia not only impacts the person living with dementia but also those people who are involved in providing care and support to this person. Principles of Supportive Care for People with Dementia (CAD104) is a popular unit in the Diploma and
  10. Thumbnail for From little things come big opportunities says University graduate

    From little things come big opportunities says University graduate

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/from-little-things-come-big-opportunities-says-university-graduate
    16 Dec 2022: For Rosebery woman Ivory McConachy those little steps have given her a pathway to fulfilling her dream of working in the Aged Care Industry. During the past year she has been studying for her Diploma of Ageing Studies and Services through the
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    Further study boosts Danielle’s career in dementia care

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1148-further-study-boosts-danielles-career-in-dementia-care
    1 Jul 2021: For Danielle Dyce, caring for the elderly has been a constant in her life. At first it was helping out after school at the nursing home her parents owned. From there she took on a variety of caring roles and also worked as a legal clerk, before

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