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Older Adult Mental Health

Affiliates of the Institute of Mental Health with expertise in Older Adult Mental Health.

Ignacia Azocar

Full-time PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýDementia

Feifei Bu

Senior Research Fellow,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology andÌýHealth

Feifei Bu is senior research fellow in statistics/epidemiology,Ìýworking 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 ´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology


Academic Foundation Doctor, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Epidemiology | NeuroscienceÌý| ÌýSerious Mental Illness

Marc Aurel Busche

Programme Leader at the UK DRI and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Queen Square,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | CognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia

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Christine Carter

Full time PhD student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Physical Health | Wellbeing | Global Mental Health | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia

Justin Chan

PhD student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Wellbeing ´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia


George Chapman

Honorary research fellow, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Neuroscience | Pharmacology | Serious Mental Illness

Ping-Jen ChenÌý

PhD Training Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Physical HealthÌý´¥ÌýDementia


Academic 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 DisordersÌý| Psychosocial

Saoirse Finn

PhD Researcher,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology andÌýHealth

Other research interests include

Physical Health | Mood Disorders ´¥ÌýEpidemiologyÌý| Genetics


PhD Candidate, Division of Psychology and Language SciencesÌýÌý ÌýÌý Ìý

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology | Serious Mental Illness ´¥ÌýTrauma | WellbeingÌý

Sabina Funk

Research Associate,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

CognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia | Global Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýMood Disorders ´¥ÌýNeuroscienceÌý´¥ÌýPsychological InterventionsÌý| Wellbeing

Sergi Costafreda Gonzalez

Associate Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Mood Disorders | DementiaÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Rebecca Gould

Associate Professor,ÌýDivision 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 | DementiaÌý| Physical Health | Mood Disorders

Laura Grover

Research Assistant,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

Dementia | Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Neuroscience


SpR / Academic Clinical Fellow, Division of PsychiatryÌýÌý Ìý

Other research interests include

Cognition


Garrett Kidd

Research Assistant,ÌýDivision of PsychiatryÌýÌý Ìý

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 Jahanshahi

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology andÌýNeuropsychology,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology

Our current areas of research interest are:
1. Role of the basal ganglia in motor control, cognition and motivation and the modulatory influence of dopamine investigated through study of patients with disorders of the basal ganglia and the effect of subortical surgery.
2. Modulation of movement speed by attention and motivation in health and disease
3. Impact of movement disorders such as Parkinsons disease and dystonia on the psychosocial functioning and quality of life of the patients and their carers and more recently the effect of chronic neurological illness of a parent on their children.
We adopt a multi-technique approach and use neuropsychology, functional imaging, electrophysiological recording, and TMS in our research.

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Dementia | Psychosocial | Physical Health | WellbeingÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Gill Livingston

Professor of Psychiatry of Older People,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

I lead the Lancet standing committee on dementia prevention, intervention and care.

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Dementia | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Natalie Marchant

Senior Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychological Interventions | Neuroscience | DementiaÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Daisy McInnerney

PhD Candidate,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Global Mental Health

Alison Ruth McKinlay

Research Fellow,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology andÌýHealth

Other research interests include

Psychological Interventions ´¥ÌýGlobal Mental Health | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental Health

Research Fellow in Population Mental Health, Centre for Longitudinal StudiesÌýÌý Ìý

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health ´¥ÌýEpidemiologyÌý| Mood Disorders | GlobalÌýMental Health | Wellbeing

Vasiliki Orgeta

Associate Professor,ÌýDivision 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 ofÌý 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 Pavlopoulou

Lecturer,ÌýAnna Freud Centre

I have developed academic, NHS and third sector collaborations both nationally and internationally.Ìý ÌýI 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 PloubidisÌý

Professor of Population Health and Statistics,ÌýCentre for Longitudinal Studies

George is aÌýmultidisciplinaryÌýquantitative 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

EpidemiologyÌý| Physical Health | Wellbeing | Social Statistics


Honorary Senior Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | ÌýGlobal Mental Health | ÌýSuicide and Self-harm

Jessica Rees

PhD Student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychological Interventions | Dementia | Physical Health | Wellbeing

Philippa Renouf

Research Assistant,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Wellbeing | Dementia | Psychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýCognition

David Ruttenberg

PhD Student and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Staff (Content Creator and PGTA),ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience

I am a passionately devoted scientist & PhD candidate within theÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Institute of Education &ÌýCulture, Communication & Media Department's KnowledgeÌýLab 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 Sampson

Clinical Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

My research focuses on key clinical issues for frail older people. My main areas of interest are:

  • Dementia and delirium in acute hospital patients: Epidemiology and health services researchÌý
  • Identifying, better understanding and managing common symptoms, including pain, delirium and difficulty swallowing.Ìý
  • Using mixed methods (data, cohort studies co-design) to implement better care.
  • Liaison psychiatry for older hospital inpatients

Other research interests include

DementiaÌý| Physical Health | Liaison Psychiatry | Neuroscience

Jessica Satchell

Trial Manager / PhD Student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychological Interventions | EpidemiologyÌý| Global Mental HealthÌý| WellbeingÌý| Trauma | Crime Victims

Gabrielle Sheehan

Clinical Research Assistant,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders ´¥ÌýNeuroscience | Anxiety and depression in older adults and Parkinson's disease

Andrew Sommerlad

Principal Research Fellow,ÌýDivision 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

Dementia | Neuroscience ´¥ÌýEpidemiologyÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Jean Stafford

Postdoctoral 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

Serious Mental Illness | EpidemiologyÌý´¥ÌýDementia

Lucy Webster

Research Associate,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions ´¥ÌýCognition

Jennifer Wenborn

Senior Clinical Research Associate - Occupational Therapist,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Dementia | WellbeingÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Emily West

Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýCognition

Keri Wong

Assistant Professor of Psychology,ÌýIOE, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Faculty of Education and Society

My research interests are in theÌýearly assessments of childhood mental wellbeing, childhood paranoia/suspiciousness, antisocial and aggressive behaviours, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizotypal personality disorder) across cultures.Ìý

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýGlobal Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýMood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPhysical HealthÌý| Psychosocial | Wellbeing


PhD student, Queen Square Institute of NeurologyÌýÌý Ìý

Other research interests include

Dementia | Cognition | | Neuroscience | | Trauma | Mood DisordersÌý

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