We are a team of researchers from multidisciplinary backgrounds at different stages of academic careers. Our focus is on healthcare research but we collaborate with colleagues in basic science, law and the social sciences at the University and with colleagues across the world.
Students have undertaken projects with the group as SSCs or independently with the group, during electives. We support undergraduates, newly qualified doctors and early career researchers to get established in research and academia. We have affiliated group members based at other academic institutions and collaborators from across the world! As a group, by coincidence, we share a passion for cycling and / or cats (!). Among us we speak English, Russian, French, German, Danish, Spanish, Bengali, Arabic, Hebrew and Thai! We are keen musicians, playing a variety of instruments between us and regularly attending recitals. We run a regular journal club where we discuss new papers that have been published in our respective fields. Click on each photo to find out more about our team members.
Professor Emily Henderson
Group Lead
Professor in Ageing & Movement Disorders & Honorary Consultant Geriatrician
Dr Grace Pearson
Clinical Lecturer/Trust Grade Doctor in Geriatric Medicine
Dr Emma Tenison
Academic Clinical Lecturer & Registrar in Geriatric Medicine
Dr Matthew Smith
Honorary Research Fellow & Specialist Registrar in Neurology
Danielle Pendry-Brazier
Senior Research Associate & PRIME Parkinson Physiotherapist
Collaborators
Honorary Senior Research Fellow: Dr Mícheál Ó Breasail
Research Fellow (Qualitative Research): Dr Heather Brant
Associate Professor in Social Science: Dr Sabi Redwood
Associate Professor – Nutrition: Dr Fiona Lithander
Consultant Neurologist: Dr Chris Kobylecki
Professor of Neurology: Professor Jane Alty
Honorary Research Fellow: Dr Lorna Duncan
Honorary Senior Lecturer: Dr Tomas Welsh
Professor of Urology: Professor Marcus Drake
Honorary Associate Professor of Urology: Professor Hashim Hashim
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology: Professor Celia L Gregson






















