Klara Lorenz-Dant is a Research Officer working on both the STRiDE (Strengthening responses to dementia in developing countries) and the MODEM (modelling outcome and cost impacts of interventions for dementia) projects and the and will shortly complete her PhD at LSE looking at the well-being and quality of life of unpaid carers of people with dementia. Klara has research interests in health economics and policy issues surrounding the topics of geriatrics and mental health. Before coming to the LSE, she contributed to the OECD response to Dementia, while pursuing a Traineeship at the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Klara received a Masters in Public Health from the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique in France in 2014 and a Bachelor Degree of Arts and Honours in Applied Economics and International Relations from Kingston University London (2012).