October 10th 2023 saw DRNI host an Early Career Researcher Day in St James's Hospital, Dublin. Attended by ECRs from all across the island of Ireland, the event saw both oral and poster presentations from all areas of research in dementia.

The Researcher in Focus for this DRNI CONNECT edition is Colm Lannon-Boran, Associate Faculty Lecturer & PhD Candidate, National College of Ireland and Maynooth University, who spoke to us about his work and about his research. 

The HRB have announced that they are participating in two calls under JPND related to neurodegeneration. The two calls are now open for applications, and are as follows:

This edition's Researcher in Focus is Dr Nengwei Hu, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology & Therapeutics in Trinity College Dublin. Nengwei took time out of his busy schedule to speak to us about his research and his work. 

What is your area of research?