The Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (GIAM) at Ealing’s University of West London (UWL) has appointed Professor Emma Wolverson as its new professor of ageing and dementia.
Professor Wolverson joins from Dementia UK where she is research lead at Dementia UK and according to a statement, she “aims to improve the lives of people living with dementia and strengthen the evidence base for Admiral Nursing through national and international collaboration with world-leading researchers.”
Professor Wolverson said: “I am excited to be joining GIAM’s vibrant and interdisciplinary team. My research programme centres on times when people living with dementia and their families need more support, such as during a mental health crisis and at end of life.”
Professor Wolverson added: “My hope is to deliver research that will have a real-world impact in health care settings and improve the care of people living with dementia and their families.”
Commenting on her appointment, Professor of sociology and medicine and director of GIAM, Katie Featherstone said: “We are delighted that Professor Wolverson is joining us at GIAM. She will bring so much to our team and her appointment will forge strong connections between GIAM and Dementia UK and the work of Admiral Nurses.”
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