Tuesday 18 March 2025
Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP
We are delighted to host the inagural showcase of the NIHR Three School’s Dementia Programme. Please join us for a jam-packed day showcasing the breadth of Dementia research undertaken across the research schools for Primary Care, Public Health and Social Care. We hope this will be a fantastic opportunity for Dementia Programme award holders to showcase their work, network and highlight the value of collaborative working across the Three Schools Programme.
This event is free to attend and is open to current and past awardholders of NIHR Three Schools Dementia Programme funding. We also have a number of spaces available for colleagues involved in Dementia research and policy.
Please register via the sign-up link. If you’re not sure whether you are eligible to attend or have any questions, please email sscr@york.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.
NIHR Three Schools Dementia Showcase: Event Programme
Click here to download a .pdf copy of the programme.
9.30am – 10.15am: Registration and refreshments
10.15am – 10.35am: Welcome and introductions
- Martin Knapp (SSCR) – Dementia research in the UK: current contours and future opportunities
10.35am – 11.55am: Awardholder presentations followed by Q&A
- Felicity Dewhurst and Marie Poole (SPCR) – Diverse experiences of end of life care for dementia – establishing consensus and capacity through collaboration and co-production
- Barbara Bradbury (SPHR) – Development, evaluation and provision of online resources to support continence care for people living at home with dementia
- Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez (SPCR) – Prescription Patterns of Antipsychotics in People with Dementia in UK Primary Care
- Ping Guo (SSCR) – Priority setting for palliative care research with people affected by dementia
11.55pm – 1.25pm: Lunch, networking and poster exhibition
1.25pm – 2.45pm: Awardholder presentations followed by Q&A
- Becky Field (SPHR) – The ‘Inclusive Dementia Research Priorities Project’: developing dementia and brain health research priorities with a Somali community – sharing progress and learning
- Adelina Comas-Herrea (SSCR) – Local and national actions to address inequalities in dementia care: findings from STRiDE England
- Maryam Al Ju’beh (SPHR) – Addressing health inequalities in dementia care: scoping the role of socio-cultural and religious factors amongst ethnic minority groups in the UK
- James Faraday (SSCR) – Better mealtimes for people living with dementia
2.45pm – 2.55pm: Closing statements and poster prizes
2.55pm-4pm: Refreshments and networking
4pm: Close
