LSE Care Policy and Evaluation Centre Partners with Alzheimer’s Society to Advance Research

The students will join a vibrant community of researchers within CPEC and benefit from the excellent PhD programme hosted by the LSE Department of Health Policy.

The new Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care will explore the delivery of joined up care from diagnosis through to the end of life to ensure independence, autonomy and choice and which reaches people in under-served populations. Research will focus on understanding how providing joined up care across primary, secondary and social care ensures that people with dementia receive care that is holistic and easy to navigate.

Professor Martin Knapp, LSE lead researcher for the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care, and Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, CPEC Director, said: “At CPEC, we are thrilled to support this partnership. These PhD studentships will play a crucial role in strengthening research capacity, ultimately improving care and support systems to enhance the well-being of people living with dementia and carers.”

Fiona Carragher, Chief Policy and Research Officer at Alzheimer’s Society said: “This is a significant investment that aims to urgently attract and nurture a new, bold and ambitious generation of researchers so we can ramp up the speed and progress of life-changing breakthroughs so desperately needed for people living with this devastating condition.”

Lead researchers at the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care, Professor Nathan Davies and Professor Claudia Cooper from Queen Mary University of London, said: “We have both worked for many years directly with people living with dementia and understand the impact a diagnosis can have on a person and everyone around them. As a leading cause of death in the UK and with no cure as yet, it is vital we support people right from getting a diagnosis through to end of life.”