Improving dementia care through research: from local and national excellence to world wide domination

Open to all (including students) with an interest in ageing and mental health.

Speaker: Professor Dame Louise Robinson DBE, MD FRCGP, Director, Newcastle University Institute of Ageing

Host: Professor Stephen Harridge and Dr Richard Siow

Professor Dame Louise Robinson, is an academic GP and Professor of Primary Care and Ageing at Newcastle University. She was the first GP to be awarded a prestigious NIHR Professorship. Professor Robinson also holds the first UK Regius Professorship in Ageing.

Louise leads a research programme focused on improving quality of life and quality of care for older people, especially those with dementia. She leads 1 of only 3 Alzheimer Society national Centres of Excellence on Dementia Care. Louise was primary care lead for the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge and is a member of the National Dementia Care Guidelines development group.