Profile – Dr Fiona Calvert
Fiona completed her PhD at Wellcome Sanger Institute and is now a Science Communications Officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK
Fiona completed her PhD at Wellcome Sanger Institute and is now a Science Communications Officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK
Neurologist from Chile now working at University College London researching Cognitive Neurology and Dementia. Can often be found spending his evenings performing traditional Latin American music.
PhD student AND Research Assistant for the TASKed Project at the University of East Anglia with a background in Occupational Therapy researching dementia care and singing to her devoted fan base in Buenos Aires.
Semi-retired clay cat designer and Speciality Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry. Drug trials sub-Investigator and Principle Investigator looking at loneliness and social isolation in dementia.
Blue Peter Badge owner and Specialty Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry and researcher at the Memory Assessment and Research Centre in Southampton.
NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry working at University of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust researching the epigenetics of Lewy Body Dementia. Enjoys a good road-trip!
Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia focusing on dementia care in care homes, family settings and in acute hospital wards having had previous first hand experience of working in a care home setting (where she developed her love of chocolate)
Senior Research Fellow researching Neuropsychology, vision and spatial awareness in dementia, developing strategies to promote functional independence
Research Communications Officer at the Alzheimer’s Society. Talking and write about the research they support using good communications to maximise it’s impact and to help people affected by dementia (can also do this in Spanish)
ARUK Fellowr esearching links between obesity, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases, and very useful to have around if there is a risk of bears.
Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK leading the research strategy, both preclinical and clinical, across the charity for response-mode funding, strategic funding and global projects.
Diehard Nottingham Forest fan and Programme Director in the Office of the NIHR National Director for Dementia at University College London. Developing capacity, capability and infrastructure to support development and delivery of dementia research.