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Ana Carolina Franzon
published on Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Ana Carolina Franzon is a journalist, with a MSc in public health and a PhD in community health, both by University of São Paulo. Working since 2020 as a project assistant at Febraz, the Brazilian Federation of Alzheimer’s Associations, her interests and expertise rely on communications and advocacy for human rights and health, sustainable development […]
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Carolina Godoy
published on Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Carolina Godoy is a gerontologist by University of São Paulo (USP), specializing in neuropsychological rehabilitation by the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). She is currently a master’s degree candidate at the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology at Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), with research interest on dementia-related stigma. She has clinical experience […]
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Christine Musyimi
published on Monday, November 11th, 2019
Dr Christine Musyimi is a community mental health researcher at Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation. She received her PhD in Global Mental Health from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and MSc in Medical Statistics and BSc in Nursing from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has written extensively (in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals) on […]
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Clarissa Giebel
published on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022
Dr Clarissa Giebel is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool and the NIHR ARC NWC, leading on national and international research into inequalities in dementia care. Her research looks at the barriers and facilitators of accessing and utilising post-diagnostic care in dementia, and she has led national COVID-19 social care studies on community-residing […]
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Claudia Astudillo-Garcia
published on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Claudia Astudillo-Garcia is a researcher within the Mexico country team.
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Cleusa P Ferri
published on Monday, November 11th, 2019
Cleusa P Ferri is a psychiatrist and epidemiologist, and currently a Professor in the post-graduation program of the Psychiatry Department at the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has contributed to the estimation of the global burden of dementia and to the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme for dementia. She is also a […]
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Crick Lund
published on Monday, November 11th, 2019
Professor Crick Lund is Director of the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. He is CEO of PRIME (Programme for Improving Mental Health Care), a DFID-funded research consortium focusing on the integration of mental health into primary care in low-resource settings, and Principal Investigator of AFFIRM (Africa […]
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David M Ndetei
published on Monday, November 11th, 2019
David M Ndetei is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and Founding Director of Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, an NGO dedicated to research for evidence-based policy, practice and promotion of mental and neurological health, and healthy behaviour. He has authored 320 scientific publications, 21 monographs and 5 books. David […]
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Deborah Oliveira
published on Monday, November 11th, 2019
Deborah Oliveira has a background in nursing and has a Master’s degree in Nursing Science from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. She was awarded her PhD by the University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom, in 2017. Deborah has clinical and research experience with family carers and older people living with dementia. She has previously […]
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Elaine Mateus
published on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Elaine is Chair of Febraz – Brazilian Federation of Alzheimer’s Associations. She is the STRiDE NGO lead on behalf of Febraz and member of STRiDE’s International Advisory Group. After her Mum’s diagnosis with dementia in 2012, Elaine commits much of her time as a volunteer for the cause. She is a Professor at the State […]
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