Who's involved
The leading experts in dementia in Bristol are involved in the team. The HIT management team is made up of:
- HIT directors: Dr Maria-Paloma Sequeiros Camarinha , Specialty Doctor in Later Life Psychiatry, Dr Hilary Archer, Consultant Neurologist with Special Interest in Dementia North Bristol Trust.
- Research workstream leads: Professor Richard Cheston, Professor of Mental Health Research, UWE and Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Bristol
- Public and patient involvement workstream lead: Lorna Robertson, Operations Manager, Bristol, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Alzheimer's Society
- HIT co-ordinator: Dr Julie Clayton, University of Bristol
- HIT patient and public involvement support: Jan Connett, Project Manager, Bristol Health Partners
Several other key individuals contribute to delivering the work of the HIT including:
- Sue Jaques, Commissioning Manager Ageing Well & Dementia, South Gloucestershire Council
- Sandra Akintola, Clinical Project and Dementia Lead, Bristol Community Health
- Helen Morgan, Deputy Chief Nurse, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
- Rachel Price, lead dementia practitioner and joint clinical lead for falls, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
- Paul Knocker, Operations Manager, Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service
- Tony Hall, Bristol Dementia Action Alliance
- Winsome Barrett-Muir, South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance
- Rosa Hui, Chair, Working Group on Dementia in people of BAME Origins
- Anndeloris Chacon, Manager, Bristol Black Carers
