Dr Fauzia Knight
Name:
Dr Fauzia Knight
Job title:
Research Fellow
Place of work / study:
Policy Institute, King’s College London
Area of Research:
Co-creating interventions and using creative methods to understand and improve support for people living with dementia. This includes care workforce wellbeing, self-management guidance for use by people with mild dementia and understanding the support needs of family members, including those caring from a distance.
How is your work funded:
NIHR on a project basis.
Tell us a little about yourself:
Research Fellow at the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce research Unit. Lived experience co-designed resources and policy briefs to improve quality of life for people with dementia and those who support them. Taking a diversity informed and real life perspective to find solutions together.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
Alongside my research work I am a complementary therapist helping people in the community with anxiety, processing major life events and living with chronic health conditions (such as chronic pain). I also spend a lot of time in nature and love hill walking with my dog!
Why did you choose to work in dementia?
Because we have so much to learn about it!
What single piece of advice would you give to an early-career researcher?
Favourite ways to unplug and unwind?
Hill walking in Wales, meditation retreats, cooking for my family and friends.
What’s the best decision you ever made?
So many choices!
What’s your favourite vacation spot?
Banff national park, Canada
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