Research Advisory Committee Executive

The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) executive comprises lead scientists who work at the forefront of dementia research in the UK.

Committee members advise the Society on the direction and focus of the research strategy, and act as ambassadors for dementia research and Alzheimer's Society.

Thehe RAC exec members. 

• Professor Carol Brayne - Co-Chair

Professor of Neuroscience at Cambridge University, epidemiologist and public health physician.

• Professor Nick Fox - Co-Chair

Professor of Neurology and MRC Senior Clinical Fellow at the Institute of Neurology, University College London.

• Professor David Allsop

Professor of Neuroscience at Lancaster University.

• Professor Alistair Burns - Chairman

Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust.

• Professor Murna Downs

Professor of Dementia at University of Bradford.  

• Professor Steven Gentleman

Professor in Experimental Neuropathology at Imperial College, London.

• Professor Clive Holmes

Professor in Biological Psychiatry at University of Southampton

• Dr Pat Kehoe

Reader in Translational Dementia Research at University of Bristol

• Professor Simon Lovestone

Professor in Old Age Psychiatry at King's College London

• Professor John O'Brien

Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at University of Newcastle.

• Professor Esme Moniz-Cook

Honorary Professor of Clinical Psychology and Ageing at University of Hull.