How we produce our information about dementia

The Specialist Review Panel reviews Alzheimer's Society publications to ensure that content is accurate and up-to-date, free from bias, comprehensive and based on the best available evidence. We thank all our Specialist Review Panel members for their support.

Our panel members have expertise in a wide range of aspects of dementia, from health and social care through to legal and welfare issues. If you are interested in becoming a panel member, please contact Dr Tim Beanland, Knowledge Services Manager on Tim.Beanland@alzheimers.org.uk

A

• Ms Lynn Aglionby, Solicitor, Trowers & Hamlins, London    
• Dr Barry Aveyard, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
  

B

• Mr Colin Barnes, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Speech and Language Therapy Services, St James Hospital, Portsmouth
• Professor Antony Bayer, Cardiff University School of Medicine and University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff
• Ms Caroline Bielanska, Director, Solicitors for the Elderly, Hertfordshire
• Dr Jacqui Bussin, Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine for Older People, St Helens & Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Merseyside    
• Ms Jane Buswell, Nurse Consultant - Older People and
• Clinical Lead Dementia Care, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol    

C

• Dr Ann Capewell, Consultant Physician, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Merseyside  
  
• Professor David Challis, Professor of Community Care Research, University of Manchester School of Medicine, Manchester
• Dr Claudia Cooper, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Department of Mental Health Science, UCL, London
• Dr Tonnie Coppus, Centre for the Intellectually Disabled, Dichterbij Gennep, The Netherlands
• Dr Sebastian Crutch, Research Fellow, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
• Ms Jill Cunliffe, Nurse Specialist for Older People, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Merseyside
  

D

• Dr Alison Dougall, Consultant for Medically Compromised Patients, Dublin University Dental Hospital, Dublin
  

E

• Professor Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth
  

F

• Dr Peter Fisher, Clinical Director,    Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, London
• Mr Henry Frydenson, Solicitor, Frydenson & Co, London
  

G

• Professor Claire Goodman, Professor of Health Care Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
• Ms Michele Gorham, National Clinical Lead Nurse Prion Disease & National Prion Clinic Practice Manager, UCL, London
• Ms Janet Griffiths, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Medical & Dental Postgraduate Dept, Cardiff University, Cardiff
• Dr Gwyn Grout, Consultant Nurse, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire
  

H

• Ms Stacey Halls, Development Coordinator (Women), Opening Doors, London
• Professor Tony Holland, Health Foundation Chair in Learning Disabilities, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
• Professor Clive Holmes, Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton    
• Dr John Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Old Age Liaison Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds    
• Ms Marie Honey, Consultant Nurse, Department of Medicine for Older People, Whiston Hospital, Merseyside
  

I

• Professor Steve Iliffe, Professor of Primary Care for Older People, Department of Primary Care & Population Health, UCL, London
  

J

• Dr Vicki Jones, Honorary Secretary, British Society of Gerodontology Dental Department, Newport
  

K

• Professor Cornelius Katona, Honorary Professor and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Canterbury
• Professor John Keady, Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing, University of Manchester, Manchester
• Professor Alexander Kurz, Head of the Centre for Cognitive Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Munich
  

L

• Dr David Llewellyn, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth
  

M

• Professor Jill Manthorpe, Professor of Social Work, King's College, London
• Dr Yvonne McCulloch, Clinical Psychologist, Charing Cross Hospital, London    
• Dr Rupert McShane, Clinical lead for the Thames Valley Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases local research network, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford    
• Ms Natalie Melling, Best Interests Assessor (Mental Capacity Act), Registered Social Worker and Approved Mental Health Professional (Mental Health Act)
• Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Research Associate, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff
• Professor Gail Mountain, Professor of Health Services Research, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
• Dr Cath Mummery, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
  

N

• Ms Mary Nash, Independent Welfare Benefits Trainer,     Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire
  

P

• Dr Liz Price, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Social Sciences, University of Hull, Hull
  

R

• Dr Greta Rait, Senior Clinical Lecturer, UCL Medical School, London
• Dr Basil Ridha, Dementia Research Centre, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London
• Professor Louise Robinson, Professor of Primary Care and Ageing and RCGP National Champion for Ageing and Older People, Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
• Professor Jennifer Rusted, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton

S

• Dr Liz Sampson, Senior Lecturer,     UCL Medical School, London
• Professor Erik Scherder, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Dr Bart Sheehan, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Associate Clinical Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry
• Ms Louise Stalker, Optometric Clinical Lead, Action for Blind People, Low Vision Centre, London
• Dr Blossom Stephan, Research Associate, Department of Public Health and Primary Care    , University of Cambridge, Cambridge
• Dr Claire Surr, Lecturer, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford
  

T

• Dr Andrea Tales, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol,    Bristol
• Dr Denise Taylor, Senior Teaching Fellow in Pharmacy, University of Bath, Bath
• Mr James Taylor, Health Officer, Stonewall, London
• Dr John Paul    Taylor, Wellcome Intermediate Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne    
  

V

• Professor Christine Van Broeckhoven, Department Director, VIB Department for Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp - CDE, Antwerpen, Belgium

W

• Dr Kate Walters, GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, UCL, London
• Dr James Warner, Consultant and Reader in Older Adults Psychiatry, Imperial College, London    
• Ms Karen Watchman, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
• Professor Roger Watson, Professor of Nursing,    The University of Sheffield School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sheffield    
• Mr Stephen Wey, Senior Lecturer, York St John University, York
• Dr Andrew White, Medical Adviser, Drivers Medical Group, DVLA/D6, Swansea
• Dr Jane Wilcock, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Primary Care & Population Health, UCL, London
• Ms Helen Winfield, Welfare Rights and Financial Assessments Service Manager, Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton