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@UCL Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health
London, England
Joined July 2015
🚨 Fantastic PhD studentships with supervisors based at UCL on end of life, social care and dementia care 🚨 Come join our dynamic team and become a leader in dementia research. Please RT and share with your networks. https://t.co/j4Gvij0qvS
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Funded PhD Postion available within the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia I-Care DTC at University College London, choice of projects available
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🎄✨ PCPH Christmas party was the perfect year-end! 👏 Prof. Kate Walters shared our achievements 🎯 Prof. Greta Rait led the Activity Trail 🎉 Ended with a fun Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Stephanie Hume, Jemima Askew & all who made it special
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Izzy Braithwaite on passing her viva on Friday! Her thesis was praised as a “beautiful piece of work” 👏 Supervisors: Jessica Sheringham, Spiros Denaxas, Anna Mavrogianni & Michail Katsoulis
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🚨 New Publication Alert!
Validated self-administered screening tools to identify depression among young adults (18 to 25-years-old) in East Asia and the Pacific Region low-and-middle income countries (LMICs): A systematic review by my PhD student Dennis Dantic. https://t.co/9UegOtfDFO
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🚨 New Publication Alert! Carers experiencing socioeconomic deprivation often face a lack of social mobility options whilst making profound sacrifices, such as giving up essentials like heating and healthy food. Policy must do better.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background Informal carers compose approximately 7% of the UK population and, through their unpaid care, they make important contributions to society and the health care industry. Being an informal...
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✨ Continuing the Celebration! ✨ Yesterday we marked 50 brilliant years of British Regional Heart Study BRHS, and the joy is still with us today. We’re delighted to share this wonderful photo of the entire BRHS team
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🎉 Celebrating 50 years of the British Regional Heart Study! A major milestone in UK heart research, with brilliant reflections from Prof. Goya Wannamethee on its start and impact. Great to also hear from Prof. Peter Whincup and Prof. Sheena Ramsay on the study’s lasting legacy.
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🚨 We're hiring! NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care (Clinical Education Research) 📍 London | 🕒 Full-time | 💼 Fixed-term | 🌐 Hybrid 🗓️ Apply by 14 Dec 2025 🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/Zeghd44898
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#PrimaryCare #NIHR #AcademicGP #MedicalEducation
ucl.ac.uk
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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🎉 Big congrats to Tas Rookes for passing her PhD viva with flying colours! 🧠 Thesis: Improving engagement in health promotion for older adults with mild cognitive impairment 👏 Supervised by Kate Walters, Louise Marston, Rachael Frost, Megan Armstrong & Yolanda Barrado-Martín
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🎉 Exciting news! A huge congratulations to the entire APPLE-Tree team on the publication of our latest paper—an important step forward in dementia prevention research. @DeNPRU_QM Read the full paper here: https://t.co/TTCEQcX3bu
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Applications open: Cultural Understanding Small Grants 2025/26 We're offering up to £5,000 for interdisciplinary projects that explore Cultural Understanding. Open to UCL staff. 🗓 Apply by 20 Oct 2025 🔗 More info:
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A huge congrats to Narin Aker who passed her PhD with flying colours on Friday! “Health inequalities at end of life for people with dementia from Black African & Caribbean backgrounds.” Supervised by Nathan Davies, Nuriye Kupeli & Sarah Griffiths 👏 #HealthEquity #DementiaCareH
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Evidence for health promotion interventions to improve cognitive and physical functioning outcomes in older adults with MCI: A state-of-the-art review https://t.co/2GqSsLALUX
@UCL_PCPH @TasminRookes @CAPS_UCL
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📢 New Publication Alert Congratulations to @GovenderRoganie and the entire team on their latest publication! A fantastic achievement! @UCL_PCPH
Delighted to share these findings: @NIHRresearch @RCSLTResearch @HeadNeckCEN @OracleHNCUK @BAHNOOfficial Swallowing prehabilitation for people with head and neck cancer: a pilot cluster-randomised feasibility trial of the SIP SMART intervention @BMJ_Open
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There's still time to sign up to our next seminar on 16 October! More info below 👇
📣Our latest QHRN seminar is now open for registrations! 💬"Implementing integrated healthcare: Lessons from ‘Primrose’ – supporting people with severe mental illness to reduce cardiovascular risk" 🗓️ 16 October 2025 🕑 1-2pm UK time More here: https://t.co/dxPM6Y3UrU
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📢 New dataset drop! The BRHS @UCL_BRHS is now available via @UKDataService🎉 🔗 https://t.co/z0W7n5RISe 7,735 men tracked over 50 years = goldmine for research on heart health, ageing & behaviour. Prof. Wannamethee: “Unparalleled insights into ageing & heart health.”
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New for researchers: The British Regional Heart Study dataset is now available via @UKDataService. 7,735 men, ~50 yrs of follow-up on heart health, frailty, dementia & more.
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The dataset covers: ❤️ Cardiovascular health 🧠 Dementia & frailty ⚖️ Behavioural & social factors ...providing unique insights into health & ageing over the life course. @UKDataService @HDRUK @UCL_PCPH @UCL_IEHC
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The VIP #trial: clinical effectiveness of a Victim Improvement Package (VIP) for the reduction of continued symptoms of depression or anxiety in older victims of community crime in an English city Read the findings of this randomised controlled trial: https://t.co/N5zjrUV53D
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Outcomes of specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder: the Physio4FMD RCT NIHR report out today https://t.co/wVprkGozrq
@GNielsen_Physio @UCL_PCPH @PRIMENT_UCL @jonstoneneuro
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