I am an MPhil/PhD candidate in Health Policy and Health Economics. My PhD focuses on factors influencing people with dementia’s adherence to treatments and medication preferences. My aim is to understand decision-making mechanisms related to anti-dementia medication initiation, treatment choices, and access to care. Factors such as cultural background, socioeconomic status, personal beliefs, and ethnicity will be explored in-depth and will help assessing treatment uptake patterns among different populations in the UK.
Alongside my PhD, I will keep collaborating with colleagues at the Care Policy Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ where I am appointed as Research Assistant. I will be involved in several projects around stigma and dementia in the UK, paid live-in carers, and differences in access to healthcare services across different populations in the UK. In the past, I have contributed to the World Alzheimer Report 2024 with Prof. Evans-Lacko by running a global survey on stigma and dementia, conducting statistical descriptive analysis, and summarising the main findings. Additionally, I co-authored articles submitted to peer reviewed journals (currently under review) on sex and gender differences in dementia care quality and on the benefits of increased physical activity as a preventative measure for dementia.
I hold a BSc with Honours degree in Anthropology from Brunel University London and an MSc degree in Global Health Policy from the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Dissertation title:
Differences in how dementia is understood and in attitudes to treatment and care: implications for equity of access to effective health and social care support.
Dissertation supervisors:
Prof. Martin Knapp and Dr. Magdalena Walbaum
CV:
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