The Team
Our collaborative project brings together a multi-disciplinary team with diverse expertise, including researchers, filmmakers and public engagement experts.
We are also fortunate to have the expertise of an advisory group, comprised of leading charities and health organisations working to support those with dementia.
The project is co-ordinated by the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (WCHN) at UCL.
Click on an image below to learn more about each of our team.
Scientists
Steve Fleming
Dr Steve Fleming is a Sir Henry Dale Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Fellow at the Department of Experimental Psychology, and Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL where he leads the Metacognition Group. The group’s research focuses on the mechanisms supporting conscious awareness, metacognition and decision-making in the adult human brain.
Jon Huntley
Dr Jon Huntley has been awarded a 4 year Wellcome fellowship to investigate awareness in dementia in collaboration with Dr Fleming. The study uses a combination of fMRI, TMS-EEG, ERP and neuropsychological measures to identify markers of awareness in people with mild, moderate and advanced Alzheimer’s disease. He also continues to work clinically as an Honorary Consultant with the Camden Memory Service.
Moïse Roche
Moïse Roche is a PhD Student in UCL’s Division of Psychiatry. His research interests lie in prevention, detection, and management of dementia in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) populations. His overarching aim is to improve experiences and outcomes for black families living with dementia, by delivering a framework for an inclusive culturally-informed dementia care pathway to inform policymakers in the planning of appropriate and effective dementia integrated care pathway for this group.
Filmmakers
Ed Christmas
Writer/Director/Producer
Ed’s debut feature film as writer and director titled The Man With Four Legs (2017) won best feature film at the Thin Line Film Festival. With a background in cinematography, Ed has also shot several indie feature films as a cinematographer including Pictures Of Lily (2016) as well as numerous short films.
Will Robinson
Producer
After training at the BBC, Will has since produced for broadcast (credits BBC / ITV / Channel 4. Will has worked on BAFTA award winning productions and specialises in projects which aim to promote awareness of internal neurological conditions.
Engagement Specialists
Cassandra Hugill
With over ten years’ experience in public engagement in research, Cassandra is the Public Engagement Manager at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging. She oversees a broad programme of engagement initiatives focused on embedding public engagement into the research process. The Centreʼs engagement programme aims to empower people with neurological and psychiatric disorders to contribute to and influence neurological research and rehabilitation.
Joanne Thomas
Joanne is the Public Engagement Coordinator at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging. Supporting over 120 researchers and clinicians, Joanneʼs focus is to develop and deliver meaningful engagement practice. With a strong background in communicating science in accessible and engaging ways, she specialises in providing support and building agency within both the researchers and the patients groups that she works with.