This is a recording of a webinar held on the 5th December, watch to learn more about the programme and for answers to questions asked during the live Q&A.
Funded by the Alzheimer’s Society, the Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care (I-Care DTC) brings together five leading institutions in dementia care research: Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), University College London (UCL), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Leeds Beckett University (LBU) and University of Plymouth (UoP). I-Care DTC has funding for 29 PhD students over 8 years, with a new cohort each year for five years.
Over the next eight years, the I-Care DTC will fund 29 PhD students to address critical challenges in dementia care, welcoming a new cohort annually for five years. Together, our passionate and highly experienced team is dedicated to reimagining dementia care that is compassionate, continuous, and inclusive—from diagnosis through to end of life. Our commitment is to ensure care that promotes independence, autonomy, and choice, and reaches all people, especially those from under-served communities.
Our First Cohort Begins in October 2025 and recruitment has opened today!
The core mission of I-Care DTC is to develop integrated dementia care that seamlessly connects health, social care, and community sectors, spanning both primary and secondary care settings. In this first cohort, we will support and mentor five outstanding PhD students—the future leaders in dementia research—to complete a transformative 4-year doctoral program.
If you’re passionate about advancing dementia care, join us to make a lasting impact on individuals and families affected by dementia.
I-Care DTC research focus
The Centre’s research will focus on four vital themes, including:
Independence, autonomy and choice; which will ensure that every person with dementia will have a voice in their care;
Complexity and risk; to find ways to provide joined-up and coordinated care for people with multiple health and care needs;
Under-served populations; to ensure that everyone has equal access to high quality care;
End of life care; to ensure that the quality of care is improved at this critical time, and that people’s needs are respected and met with compassion.
Our interdisciplinary group (primary care, allied health, psychiatry, psychology, geriatrics, neurology, nursing, social care) spans health and social care, patients, carers, and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Students will be supported by cross-institutional supervision teams. Their research projects will be co-produced with PPIE, health and social care, voluntary, community and social enterprises, generating evidence that professionals and people with lived experience need and use. Projects will be person-centred and focused on reducing inequalities.
They will use robust qualitative, epidemiological, big data, and intervention development/evaluation methods.
Find a full list of projects on our website:
Applications close on the 22nd January 2025.
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