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Older Adult Mental Health
Ignacia AzocarFull-time PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Dementia |
Feifei BuSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Feifei Bu is senior research fellow in statistics/epidemiology, working with Dr Daisy Fancourt on a number of projects. She is the principal investigator of the NHS England funded project looking at patient activation measure and social prescribing, and a co-investigator of the EpiArts project examining the relationship between art & cultural engagement and behavioural & health outcomes using US cohort data. She also works on the COVID-19 Social Study investigating the psychological and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other research interests include Psychosocial | Physical Health | Cognition | Epidemiology Ella BurchillAcademic Foundation Doctor, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Neuroscience | Serious Mental Illness |
Marc Aurel BuscheProgramme Leader at the UK DRI and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Queen Square, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include |
Christine CarterFull time PhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Physical Health | Wellbeing | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Cognition | Dementia |
Justin ChanPhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Wellbeing | Cognition | Dementia George ChapmanHonorary research fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Neuroscience | Pharmacology | Serious Mental Illness |
Ping-Jen ChenPhD Training Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology | Physical Health | Dementia Dena EttehadAcademic Clinical, Fellow in Primary Care and Population Health Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Wellbeing | Trauma | Suicide and Self-harm | Serious Mental Illness | Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Psychosocial |
Saoirse FinnPhD Researcher, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Other research interests include Physical Health | Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Genetics Emma Ruby FrancisPhD Candidate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Serious Mental Illness | Trauma | Wellbeing |
Sabina FunkResearch Associate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Cognition | Dementia | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Psychological Interventions | Wellbeing |
Sergi Costafreda GonzalezAssociate Professor, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Serious Mental Illness | Mood Disorders | Dementia | Cognition |
Rebecca GouldAssociate Professor, Division of Psychiatry My main research interests are in evaluating psychological interventions such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness-based therapies for: i) older people with mental health conditions (including anxiety and depression); ii) people with neurodegenerative diseases (including dementia and motor neuron disease); iii) carers of people with neurodegenerative diseases; and iv) people with physical health conditions. Other research interests include examining the assessment of frailty in older people with mental health conditions, and evaluating psychological interventions for this population. Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Dementia | Physical Health | Mood Disorders |
Laura GroverResearch Assistant, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Dementia | Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Neuroscience Jemma HazanSpR / Academic Clinical Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Garrett KiddResearch Assistant, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Serious Mental Illness | Substance abuse | Suicide and Self-harm | Trauma | Wellbeing |
Marjan JahanshahiEmeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Our current areas of research interest are: Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Dementia | Psychosocial | Physical Health | Wellbeing | Cognition |
Gill LivingstonProfessor of Psychiatry of Older People, Division of Psychiatry I lead the Lancet standing committee on dementia prevention, intervention and care. Other research interests include |
Natalie MarchantSenior Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Neuroscience | Dementia | Cognition |
Daisy McInnerneyPhD Candidate, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Global Mental Health |
Alison Ruth McKinlayResearch Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Darío Moreno-AgostinoResearch Fellow in Population Mental Health, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing |
Vasiliki OrgetaAssociate Professor, Division of Psychiatry Dr Vasiliki Orgeta is a research psychologist interested in emotional well-being in people with dementia and their family carers. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of psychological and psychosocial interventions in dementia and mild cognitive impairment. She is also interested in how stress could be influencing risk of dementia and the effect of caregiving on caregivers physical and mental health. Other research interests include Wellbeing | Physical Health | Psychosocial | Cognition | Neuroscience | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions | Mood Disorders | Dementia |
Georgia PavlopoulouLecturer, Anna Freud Centre I have developed academic, NHS and third sector collaborations both nationally and internationally. I am passionate about working with marginalized groups, service users, scholar activists and Trusts to facilitate service transformation and advance mental health practice through better cross agency collaboration, translational research and better service user participation. Other research interests include Global Mental Health | Wellbeing | Children and Young People's Mental Health |
George PloubidisProfessor of Population Health and Statistics, Centre for Longitudinal Studies George is a multidisciplinary quantitative social scientist and a longitudinal population surveys methodologist. His main research interests relate to socioeconomic and demographic determinants of health over the life course and the mechanisms that underlie generational differences in health and mortality. His methodological work in longitudinal surveys focusses on applications for handling missing data, causal inference and measurement error. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Physical Health | Wellbeing | Social Statistics Rakhshi MemonHonorary Senior Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Suicide and Self-harm |
Jessica ReesPhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Dementia | Physical Health | Wellbeing |
Philippa RenoufResearch Assistant, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Wellbeing | Dementia | Psychological Interventions | Cognition |
David RuttenbergPhD Student and UCL Staff (Content Creator and PGTA), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience I am a passionately devoted scientist & PhD candidate within the University College London's Institute of Education & Culture, Communication & Media Department's Knowledge Lab and at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience's Developmental Diversity Lab & Cognition Emotion and Education Lab (CEE) within the Centre for Attention Learning and Memory (CALM) at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at University of Cambridge (CBU). Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Cognition | Wellbeing | Sensory, Anxiety and Attention |
Elizabeth SampsonClinical Professor, Division of Psychiatry My research focuses on key clinical issues for frail older people. My main areas of interest are:
Other research interests include Dementia | Physical Health | Liaison Psychiatry | Neuroscience |
Jessica SatchellTrial Manager / PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing | Trauma | Crime Victims |
Gabrielle SheehanClinical Research Assistant, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Anxiety and depression in older adults and Parkinson's disease |
Andrew SommerladPrincipal Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Dr Sommerlad uses multiple methodologies including observational research using longitudinal cohorts and routinely collected electronic health records, qualitative research, systematic review and meta-analysis to examine clinically relevant outcomes in dementia and cognition for older people. Other research interests include |
Jean StaffordPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry My research is broadly focused on dementia and the mental health of older people. In my PhD, I investigated the incidence of very late-onset psychotic disorders in Swedish register, while during my postdoctoral fellowship I examined associations between psychiatric disorders and subsequent dementia. Other research interests include |
Lucy WebsterResearch Associate, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions | Cognition |
Jennifer WenbornSenior Clinical Research Associate - Occupational Therapist, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Emily WestResearch Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Keri WongAssistant Professor of Psychology, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society My research interests are in the early assessments of childhood mental wellbeing, childhood paranoia/suspiciousness, antisocial and aggressive behaviours, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizotypal personality disorder) across cultures. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Physical Health | Psychosocial | Wellbeing Kristina ZhelcheskaPhD student, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Dementia | Cognition | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Neuroscience | Older Adult Mental Health | Trauma | Mood Disorders |