Claudia
@ClaudiaACooper1
Psychiatrist and dementia researcher, Queen Mary University of London
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📢 Get involved in new policy research 📢 Do you live with dementia or a neurodegenerative disease, or have you cared for someone who does? See below for a new opportunity to support research that could inform policy 👇 bit.ly/40TcOwh @ClaudiaACooper1 @NeuroAlliance
A great night Wednesday - our first Hub for Dementia in East London (HuDEL) get together. From basic science to psycho-social intervention research our team @QMUL cover it all. Hopefully get the whole team together next time too. @ClaudiaACooper1 @adamgordon1978 @QMUL_WIPH
A great day in Newcastle #HSRUK25 - thanks for all those who joined us (8 @NIHRresearch Policy Research Units including) to talk about policy impact and how we capture it 🙏 @hscwru
Congrats to our DoP colleagues on their 2024–25 promotions (effective 01 October 2025)! 🌟 👏@GemmaLewis13 Prof of Psychiatric Epidemiology 👏@atsommerlad Prof of Old Age Psychiatry 👏@nicolagwhite Principal Research Fellow Full list: tinyurl.com/y2mx4epc
Yesterday, we held our annual WIPH showcase! ⭐ This event was a fantastic opportunity for our staff and students to come together to celebrate our achievements over the past year. Thank you to all who attended and presented!
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We are looking for mentees to join the NIHR Mentoring Programme! We now have two streams per cohort: ⬜Early Career Researcher stream: final year PhD to 2 years post-doctoral ⬜Mid Career Researcher stream: two years postdoctoral and above. Both streams open now:…
Next up is @DrAnitaGoh talking about the process evaluation for the PITCH study - rave reviews from home care workers doing the dementia training and it improved knowledge, attitudes and self-perceived competence #ADRF2025
Please spread the word about this dementia prevention survey for Chilean health care professionals @QMULBartsTheLon

Interested in what #SocialCare research is informing policy? 🔍 Join #ASCRU on Thurs 5 June for presentations on comorbidities + socioeconomic deprivation, #COVID19 domicillary care utilisation + #UnpaidCare. REGISTER:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
New study: 40% of participants declined to learn their Alzheimer's risk despite initially wanting to know. Without effective preventative treatments, is knowing your risk helpful or harmful? zurl.co/pjGk6 #DementiaResearch
Increasingly, research has shown that enteral tube feeding in people with dementia has minimal or lack of benefit, no evidence of increased survival, and a higher risk of harm bmj.com/content/389/bm…
🚨 New Published Paper - Understanding barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively: a qualitative interview study Proud to share our latest research, led by academic and lived experience researchers. 🔗 Read in full: bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #MentalHealth
Announcing the next webinar on #SocialCare in @NIHRresearch Policy Research Units! 📢 Join the Adult Social Care PRU (#ASCRU) on Thurs 5 June for presentations from Sedigheh Zabihi/ @ClaudiaACooper1, Anastasia Arabadzhyan + Amritpal Rehill. 🗨️ REGISTER: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Don’t miss our #MentalHealthInLaterLife session at Mental Health in Context: Research, Policy and Practice → natcen.ac.uk/events/mental-… With Prof @ClaudiaACooper1 & Dr @anastasia_f_o sharing key findings on ageing, dementia & mental health.
NIHR-funded research: are you a private tenant in London with dementia? Advice worker or family carer supporting a private tenant with dementia? To take part in qualitative interview about your experiences, contact Ellie: [email protected] @ShelterLondon @NathanDavies50
Honoured to represent the Corinne Burton Memorial Trust & @NHSBartsHealth #ArtTherapy at Buckingham Palace last night. Small charities & compassionate care transform patient experiences. #ArtTherapist #PsychoOncology @baat_org @QMUL_WIPH
Delighted our NEW paper on improved algorithms (CandPredict-ED) to help early diagnosis of cancer has just been published in Nature Comms. qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202… @QMUL_WIPH @QMUL @UniofOxford @OxfordBRC @OxfordCancer
#deliriummatters -cost NHS £10.8 billion p.a. -young & old, medicine, surgery, ICU, care homes -⬆️hospital stay, delays discharge -⬆️falls, cognitive decline & death -under-detected & badly managed Solutions!- new national Policy Report @DeNPRU_QM bit.ly/42Ywd0l
Excellent evening at the launch of ACHA with @ProfLizSampson & @adamgordon1978 and hearing about the research and community engagement planned which will have real impact for the people of east London! @QMUL_WIPH @QMULBartsTheLon @GeriSoc