Dementia and Ageing Research Unit
DARE Unit Lead: Dr Charlotte Kenten
The Dementia and Ageing Research Unit (DARE), based within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (CPMH) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), is a new unit focused on advancing research, innovation, and collaboration in dementia and healthy ageing. DARE brings together interdisciplinary expertise with a strong emphasis on improving prevention, diagnosis, care, and support for individuals and communities. By working closely with clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience, the unit aims for its research to translate into practical and policy impacts that enhance quality of life and inform health and social care systems.
Current projects led or involving DARE members include:
DEM-VW
REACH
DARE members in CPMH:
Dr Sara Banks – PhD student and Clinical Psychologist
Yehudit Bauernfrend – PhD student
Joanna Brown – Communications and Engagement Manager
Dr Jessica Budgett – Research Fellow
Dr Alice Burnand – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Ellen Camboe – Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Christine Carter – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Hannah Chapman – PhD student and Research Assistant
Imogen Collier – Research Associate
Professor Claudia Cooper – Professor of Psychological Medicine
Professor Nathan Davies – Professor in Ageing and Applied Health
Ayoni Darby – Research Assistant
Dr Harriet Demnitz-King – Lecturer in Mental Health
Dr Nuriye Kupeli – Senior Lecturer in Mental Health
Conor Durkin – Research Assistant
Rosario Espinoza Jeraldo – PhD student
Dr Alex Feast – Senior Research Fellow
Dr Sevim Hodge - Postdoctoral Research Associate
Maisha Hussain – Research Assistant
Sonia Jacobs – PhD student
Oliver Kelsey – PhD Student and Research Assistant
Yolanda Lau – Post Doctoral Research Associate
George Lush – Programme Manager
Ciara Mcadams – Research Assistant
Malvika Muralidhar – Research Assistant
Andrea Owusu-Ansah- Research Assistant
Professor Liz Sampson – Professor of Liaison Psychiatry
Anwesha Sen – Research Assistant
Jasmine Shaw – PhD student
Emily Spencer - Postdoctoral Research Associate
Elen Williams – PhD student
Dr Abi Woodward – Research Fellow
Dr Danielle Wyman – Programme Manager