Michael is Associate Professorial Research Fellow in CPEC at LSE and Research Programme Manager of the NIHR School for Social Care Research since 2009. His research interests span dementia, adult mental health, homelessness and social care. He started in dementia research looking at support for people from minority ethnic groups, and this and inequality more broadly remains a keen area of interest. He is co-applicant on the Dementia – PersonAlised Care Team (DPACT) programme funded by NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research. Michael is also Managing Editor of the Journal of Long-term Care.