Profile – Esther Wiskerke
Dementia ResearcherSpeaker, Trainer, Writer and dementia day care manager. Researching dementia and sexuality. Her whistling really is great and not annoying at all!
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Profile – Dr Dawne Garrett
Professional Lead for Older People and Dementia Care at the Royal College of Nursing. Researching experiences of sexual intimacy in older people.
Profile – Joanna Sun
PhD Candidate at Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, University of Wollongong. Researching Dementia Enabling Environments.
Profile – Dr Holly Walton
Runner and research Fellow at University College London, expert is evaluating the implementation of social interventions to improve independence in dementia.
Profile – Miguel Vasconcelos Da Silva
When he isn’t hiking, baking or travelling, Miguel is researching apathy in dementia, working as a research nurse and studying for his PhD at King’s College London & University of Exeter
Profile – Dr Byron Creese, University of Exeter
Research psychologist with an interest in neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and cognitively normal older adults, working at the University of Exeter.
Profile – Dr Fiona Calvert
Fiona completed her PhD at Wellcome Sanger Institute and is now a Science Communications Officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK
Profile – Dr Daniel Jimenez
Neurologist from Chile now working at University College London researching Cognitive Neurology and Dementia. Can often be found spending his evenings performing traditional Latin American music.
Profile – Julieta Camino de la Llosa
PhD student AND Research Assistant for the TASKed Project at the University of East Anglia with a background in Occupational Therapy researching dementia care and singing to her devoted fan base in Buenos Aires.
Profile – Dr Sylvie Halsey
Semi-retired clay cat designer and Speciality Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry. Drug trials sub-Investigator and Principle Investigator looking at loneliness and social isolation in dementia.
Profile – Dr Zoe Clough
Blue Peter Badge owner and Specialty Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry and researcher at the Memory Assessment and Research Centre in Southampton.
Profile – Dr Leonidas Chouliaras
NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry working at University of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust researching the epigenetics of Lewy Body Dementia. Enjoys a good road-trip!