Dr Laura Palmer – Manager of the South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB)
Dr Laura Palmer – Manager of the South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB) Laura took her BRACE-funded, part-time PhD at the University of Bristol between 2006 and 2014. Laura’s PhD work investigated the role of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). This important enzyme pathway and signalling system…
South West CMG Raise Vital Funds to Support a BRACE Specialist Dementia Nurse
The Crematorium & Memorial Group (CMG), part of Dignity Plc, who operate crematoria in Weston-Super-Mare, Exeter & Croscombe, has donated £6000 to help secure funding to support the work of a Specialist Dementia Research Nurse at the Bristol Brain Centre. The dementia clinic is the only neurology clinic in the region and supports patients from…
Gift Aid Awareness Day
New BRACE Trustee
We are delighted to announce that Dr John Pounsford MD FRCP has joined the Trustees of BRACE. John recently retired as a consultant geriatrician at Southmead Hospital. He has a special interest in lung disease in the elderly. He had an interest in medical management and was Clinical Director of Medicine at North Bristol for…
Songs for Dementia Research!
BRACE Founder Turns 100 Today!
BRACE’s founder, Dr Brandon Lush, was born today on 31st July, 1920 and he is now officially 100 years old! We would like to wish Brandon a very happy birthday today, with today, of all days being that extra bit special. BRACE was found by Dr Brandon and Professor Gordon Wilcox on 24th September 1987,…
BRACE Protects Vital Dementia Research
BRACE is proud to announce we have awarded a £140,000 grant to ensure the future work of the South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB). The SWDBB is one of the most important facilities supporting dementia research in the country and it will continue its help in the fight against the disease thanks to the award.…
Small Charity: Big Impact!
BRACE has certainly had a big impact over the years! Now during Small Charity Week, 15th -20th June, it feels only right that we shout about BRACE’s successes. BRACE really is a small charity, with just six members of staff running the charity, with its office based in pre-pandemic times – in the Bristol Brain…
Canon John Rogan – A Tribute
Lockdown and sleep – volunteers needed for research
It has long been known that disrupted sleep can increase the risk of dementia and anecdotal evidence suggests COVID-19 anxiety is having a detrimental effect on sleep. A new UK-wide study led by academics at the University of Bristol will focus on how the current lockdown is affecting sleep in older people with and without…