The University of Manchester is the lead institute of a prestigious Alzheimer’s Society-funded Doctoral Training Centre award. A total of £2.9M has been awarded to fund the training and development of 29 PhD students over the next 8 years, supported by match funding from UoM and other institutions in a newly established network including UoM, The University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London and St George’s University of London. This research will investigate the vascular and immune contributions to dementia, using a range of cutting-edge techniques and sparking new collaborations across the UK. 

GJBRC co director, Stuart Allan will lead the DTC which will focus on how blood vessels and the immune system contribute to mechanisms leading to dementia. By improving the understanding of mechanisms which contribute to dementia, the Centre will help to develop new methods of diagnosis and treatment options, so that we can end the devastation caused by dementia.   

I am excited to be leading this DTC and having the opportunity to work with my colleagues at institutes across the UK in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, to train the next generation of dementia researchers. With recent breakthroughs in disease modifying treatments this is an exciting time for dementia research, and I look forward to seeing our students add important new knowledge to the field over the coming years.   

– Professor Stuart Allan  

The award will provide a dynamic environment to train the next generation of researchers. A key aim for the GJBRC going forwards is to support the centre by driving philanthropic support to fund add-on PhD students.  

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