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Dr Sarah Griffiths
Name:
Dr Sarah Griffiths
Job Title:
Senior Research Fellow
Place of work / study:
University College London
Area of research:
Primary care based dementia support
How is your work currently funded:
Need updating.
Tell us a little about yourself:
I have a background in speech and language therapy and have also been involved in aphasia research. For 14 years I was senior lecturer on a BSc Speech and Language Therapy course at Plymouth Marjon University. I now work as a Senior Research Fellow at the University College London.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I went to Glastonbury in 2019 (and I fully intend to go again).
Why did you choose to work in dementia?
I had been working with people who have Parkinson’s for a number of years and had become very interested in cognitive difficulties associated with the condition and how they impact on communication. My PhD was a conversation analytic study of everyday conversation management in Parkinson’s. I was part of the team delivering the dementia content on the BSc SLT programme and to prep for this, visited the amazing and inspiring Gloucestershire SLT dementia service. When a Research Fellow post opened up in Plymouth, I knew it was time to follow this developing interest and go for a dementia research focussed post.
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