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Dr Pippa Collins
Name:
Dr Pippa Collins
Job Title:
Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Dem Comm Research Fellow
Place of work / study:
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton
Area of research:
Frailty and dementia; end of life in frailty and dementia
How is your work currently funded:
NIHR ARC Wessex / Alzheimer’s Society
Tell us a little about yourself:
I am a clinical academic working as both an advanced clinical practitioner and as a post doctoral researcher in DemCom. Clinically I treat housebound people who have become acutely unwell. This has led to my research interest in the end of life period for people living at home with severe dementia. Current palliative models do not fit the uncertain and dwindling trajectory of dementia, meaning that people are often treated aggressively in hospital. The last year of a person’s life is often not recognised as such, and medicalised. I am a committee member of the end of life SIG at the British Geriatrics Society and part of the DemCom EOL SIG. I am also lead advanced clinical practitioner in my trust for research and am helping to embed a culture of research skills and curiosity across this workforce. I am also proud of the fact that I have done all my clinical visits, come rain or wind, for the last 2 years on my trusty e-bike.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I once got blasted off my moped by a jet plane taking off
Why did you choose to work in dementia?
Because I have met amazing people, never stop learning and because there is so much work to be done.
What single piece of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Just keep swimming………. and network
What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
Crow Country – Mark Cocker. Rooks and jackdaws are all around us yet we rarely look at them. this lovely, readable book reveals the astonishing lives of these corvids.
Favourite film of all time?
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop cafe
Can we find you on social media?
No sorry
Dr Sam Moxon
