Dr Dorothy Tse, FHEA, FRSA
Academic Positions, Education,
and Qualifications
Press Release
Staff Spotlight - University of Edinburgh
The Healthy Brain Showcase
Invited Talks
2023
Long-term potentiation – 50 years on at the Royal Society
Oct 2023
Dorothy presented her research findings on the impact of factors like prior knowledge and novelty on information seeking and memory. She emphasised the significance of translational studies and delved into topics ranging from healthy ageing in the elderly and early-onset dementia to how children can develop prior knowledge through activities like Minecraft.
Opening Keynote at The London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme (BBSRC funded consortium) annual retreat
Sep 2023
Dorothy talked about “The Determinants of Everyday Memory”.
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Biennial Meeting
Aug 2023
Dorothy co-chaired a symposium at the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Biennial Meeting 2023 in Mannheim. She also spoke at this event, focusing on “new learning upon the backdrop of prior knowledge schemas”.
Grants and Awards
2022
‘An early preclinical Alzheimer’s disease detection system: Using a schema memory paradigm in middle aged and elderly people’ funded by Edge Hill University RIF
‘Healthy ageing with an active mind’ funded by Edge Hill University ISRA. Co-creation with University of Third Age
‘Healthy Brain, Healthy life’ funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK (Inspire Fund). Collaboration with Bournemouth University
2021
Best Research Supervision prize at University of Edinburgh (College of MVM)
2020
Principal’s Teaching Award Small Grant, University of Edinburgh
Erasmus+ funding, Go Abroad for staff funding
Affiliations
