The Doctorial Training Centre (DTC), which has been funded by a multi-million-pound investment from Alzheimer's Society, to champion the next generation of Lewy body dementia (LBD) researchers – a move which is essential to progressing much-needed dementia research.

The Doctoral Training Centre will focus on understanding underlying causes of the condition, develop technology to track its progression, improve its diagnosis and care, as well as support the design of clinical trials.The University of Nottingham will have five funded PhD studentships through the DTC. Dr Helen Miranda Knight from the School of Life Sciences and Dr Anto Rajamani from the School of Medicine (IMH Centre for Dementia) will lead the Nottingham arm of the Centre.

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