Dementia Research Collaborative

The Dementia Research Collaborative (DRC) at UEA is a group of researchers, educators, clinicians and lay people who are interested in dementia research.

The aims of the group are:

i)    to disseminate cutting-edge dementia research findings across UEA, health services and the public, and 

ii)    to foster research collaborations across UEA, health services and the public.

We run an ongoing series of free bi-monthly dementia open forums at UEA (currently online) which create an exchange of knowledge between researchers, clinicians, the general public, people with dementia and their carers.  Anyone with an interest in dementia research is welcome.

Researchers from UEA, and guests, will present their latest innovative research studies and findings, with a different dementia researcher leading each event.  There's an opportunity to ask questions of the researcher and to find out how to take part in any upcoming studies at UEA.

You can watch previous Open Forums on our YouTube channel, the UEA Dementia Open Forum.

Our next Dementia Open Forum will take place on:

Thursday 22 January 2026 at 2pm online via Microsoft Teams

Speaker: Dr Sarah Griffiths, Senior Alzheimer’s Society Research Fellow (UCL)

Dr Griffiths will be talking about communication aspects of personalised care planning in dementia, with full details to be added here when available.

Our Open Forum will be taking place online via Microsoft Teams. If you would like to join the forum please email dementia.research@uea.ac.uk for the joining link.

Our previous Dementia Open Forum was on Thursday 27 November and featured speaker James Faraday. James has kindly provided links to a number of resources associated with his talk which are as follows:

• A recipe for positive mealtimes (view the video on Vimeo)

• Making a difference through dementia research (view the video on Vimeo)