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Interdisciplinary Dementia and Ageing Centre

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Professor Ian Galea MD FRCP PhD

Prof (Clinical & Experimental Neurology)

Research interests

  • Brain haemorrhage: pathophysiology
  • Blood-brain barrier and immune-brain signalling
  • Neuroimmunology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: i.galea@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

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Professor Jackie Bridges PhD MSN BN(Hons) PGCert RN

Prof of Older People's Care

Research interests

  • Older people’s care and support
  • Professional work and workforce development
  • Organisational behaviour

Email: jackie.bridges@soton.ac.uk

Address: B67, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Jay Amin BM, MRCPsych, PhD

Assoc Prof in Psychiatry of Older Age

Research interests

  • Developing our understanding of the role of inflammation in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease, including how it affects disease progression.
  • Undertaking cohort studies exploring clinical outcomes in dementia.
  • Undertaking clinical trials testing novel treatments in dementia.

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Professor Jessica Teeling

Prof of Experimental Neuroimmunology

Research interests

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Systemic inflammation
  • Oral microbiome

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.teeling@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

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Professor Katrin Deinhardt

Professor

Research interests

  • Short- and long-range neurotrophin signalling and its role in morphological plasticity
  • Early neuronal dysfunction in disturbed proteostasis
  • Cellular mechanisms that underlie tau propagation across neurons

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: k.deinhardt@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Kellyn Lee

Email: kellyn.lee@soton.ac.uk

Address: B67, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Mariana Vargas-Caballero

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.vargas-caballero@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Peter Smith BSc, PhD, MA, FRSB

Professor of Life Sciences

Email: p.j.smith@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Roxi Carare

Head of School

Research interests

  • Causes and new therapeutic strategies for dementias and other neurodegenerative diseases
  • New early diagnostic measures in dementia based on biomarkers from the nose
  • Drug delivery to the brain

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.o.carare@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

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Dr Ruth Bartlett

Associate Professor