Alumni
Alzheimer's Society has an outstanding record of investing in researchers. Of the biomedical research fellows that we have funded over the last 20 years, 70% have remained active in dementia research and 60% now hold tenured positions in universities and research institutes.
Past recipients of our Fellowship awards
1992
Professor Stephen Gentleman, Imperial College London
1993
Dr Christine Davies, fellowship at University of Manchester
Professor Marcus Richards, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing
1994
Professor Nick Fox, Institute of Neurology, UCL (watch his video)
Professor Declan McLoughlin, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
1995
Dr Diane Hanger, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Dr Christine Coughlan, fellowship at University of Dundee
Dr Jayne Arnold, University of Nottingham
Dr Peter Estebiero, fellowship at University of Edinburgh
Dr Geraldine Lally, fellowship at University of Cambridge
1996
Dr Paul Holden, fellowship at University of Bristol
Dr Fiona Shaw, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
Dr Catherine Donaldson, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Dr Marie-Therese Webster, fellowship at King's College London
1997
Dr Janet Johnston, Queen's University Belfast
Dr Richard Harvey, fellowship at Institute of Neurology, UCL
1998
Dr Georgina Charlesworth, Division of Psychology and Language Science, UCL (watch her video)
Dr Andrea Tales, Swansea University
1999
Dr Michelle Utton, fellowship at Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Dr Lynne Corner, Newcastle University
Dr Jayne Freeman, University of Reading
2000
Dr Ritchie Williamson, University of Bradford
2001
Dr Louise Allan, Newcastle University
Dr Amritpal Mudher, University of Southampton (watch her video)
2000
Dr Bastiaan Hoogendorn, Cardiff University
Dr Desmond Walsh, Medical Research Council
2003
Dr Joanna Collingwood, University of Warwick
Dr Jonathon Schott, Institute of Neurology, UCL
Dr Madhav Thambisetty, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, John Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
2004
Dr Wendy Noble, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
2005
Dr Virginie Sottile, University of Nottingham
2006
Dr Michael Perkinton, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Dr Jill Fowler, Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh
Dr Paul Hopkins, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
2007
Dr Sarah Voss, University of the West of England
2008
Dr Gayle Doherty, St Andrews University
Dr Kaylene Young, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, Australia
Dr Gillian Hamilton, University of Edinburgh
Dr Claudie Hooper, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
2009
Dr Emma Jones, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London
Past recipients of our PhD studentships
2006
Dr Jennifer Mayes (supervised by Professor David Allsop) - now at Lancaster University
2007
Dr Claire Garwood (supervised by Dr Diane Hanger) - now at University of Sheffield
David Buglar (supervised by Professor Sandy Oliver)
2008
Dr Stephanie Strohbuecker (supervised by Dr Virginie Sottile)
Dr Martha Hvoslef-Eide (supervised by Professor Mark Good) - now at University of Cambridge
2009
Dr Mary Finnegan (supervised by Dr Joanna Collingwood)
Dr Manja Lehmann (supervised by Professor Nick Fox) - at Dementia Research Centre, UCL
Dr David Whitfield (supervised by Professor Paul Francis) - at King's College London
Dr James Edgar (supervised by Dr Clare Futter) - now at Cambridge University
2010
Ryan West (supervised by Dr Sean Sweeney) - at University of York
Past recipients of our Undergraduate bursaries
In summer 2013 we began awarding Undergraduate summer bursaries in partnership with the Society of Biology.
2013
Daniella Cavellini (supervised by Professor Michael Ashford)
Alexander Robert Yon (supervised by Dr John Christodoulou)
Benjamin Clarke (supervised by Professor Neil Marrion)
Okanda Ogbonda (supervised by Dr Roxanna O Carare) - watch his video