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Details for Dr Katy Chalmers
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Katy Chalmers |
| Job title | Senior Research Associate in Outcome Methods for Randomised Controlled Trials |
| Department | Bristol Medical School (PHS) University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | BSc (Hons), Ph.D(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | Alzheimer's disease dementia brain amyloid cerebral amyloid angiopathy neurofibrillary tangles tau plaque |
| Areas of expertise | I have been working within the dementia research group for 7 years. Our main focus is looking at several mechanisms by which Alzheimer's disease may develop. I am interested in a substance called amyloid which often accumulates in the blood vessels of the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease. I have been investigating how the amyloid in the blood vessels may affect the development of Alzheimer's. I am also interested in another substance called tau which accumulates within brain cells to form tangles. I am currently investigating whether or not these tangles interfere with important brain cell survival functions which are vital for the cells' survival. |
| Media experience | None |