PhD student awarded Best Young Researcher at Alzheimer's conference

First year PhD student Deborah Oliveira has received a number of awards at the 2nd International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, where she presented her research.

Deborah received three awards:

Best Young Researcher Award: "Age and quality of life of family carers of people with dementia living at home: Systematic literature review" for which she will receive a full text publication.

Best Poster Award, attributed in recognition of research paper quality, novelty and significance for two different posters: 

• “Adaptation and validation of the Huntington's disease quality of life battery for carers (HDQoLC) to older family carers of people with dementia: On-going research" 
• “Anticipated support for care in community-dwelling older adults (Brazil)"