Team profiles

Oladayo is a Mental Health Nurse by background. He is a Clinical Academic - Research & Effectiveness Lead at Mersey Care NHS FT and a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Liverpool John Moores University.

Felicity Bright is Associate Professor in Rehabilitation in the School of Clinical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology and is a research leader in the Centre for Person Centred Research. She has extensive clinical experience as a speech-language therapist.

Dr Karen Burnell is a Chartered Research Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Jacky is an applied social scientist with 12 years of research experience in aged care and carer support.

Jennifer is a Visiting Fellow at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (GIAM) at the University of West London.

Dr Lorraine Frisina-Doetter is a tenured lecturer of Public Health at the University of Bremen.

Najoua is a sociologist, researcher and educator at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Marion has worked in healthcare, public health and academia for over forty years.

Dr Claudia Miranda-Castillo is a Psychologist, MSc in Clinical Psychology and PhD in Aging and Mental Health from University College London (UK).

Professor Joan Ostaszkiewicz is the Principal Director of Aged Care Research at the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Honorary Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and more.

Jacqueline Parkes is a Professor of Applied Mental Health in the Faculty of Health, Education & Society at the University of Northampton (UON).

Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) is an experienced barrister, writer and educator. His practice at 39 Essex Chambers is focused on mental capacity, mental health and healthcare law.

Dr Cheng Shi is currently a Research Assistant Professor at School of Graduate Studies and Institute of Policy Studies, Lingnan University.

Rachel is currently the Consultant Admiral Nurse for Lewy Body dementia; funded by the Lewy Body Society. She has worked as a nurse for over 35 years across a range of settings and first specialised in dementia care as an Admiral Nurse in 1999.

Dr Tiina Vaittinen is a social scientist, ethnographer, political economist and care ethicist, and a pioneer in the study of holistically sustainable continence care.

Adele is a registered social worker in South Africa and the UK. Before commencing with her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, she held a role as senior social worker at a dementia charity in South Africa.

Alison is an Associate Professor at the University of Northampton and has over 15 years of experience as a researcher in the field of health, wellbeing, and creative practice.

For over five years Danielle was the Lead Nurse for Dementia at Bradford Foundation Teaching Hospital.

Gloria is a researcher and educator in mental health care. She led projects to improve access to psychosocial care interventions in dementia and late-life depression.