Our Team

Dr. Dunne is originally from Dublin, and trained in Medicine in Trinity College Dublin and in Psychiatry in Dublin and Cambridge. He took up a Consultant post in Manchester in 2015. He has been Director of the Dementia Research Centre since 2018.

Saliha is one of our Assistant Clinical Research Practitioners  .From Lancashire, with family roots in Pakistan she has a BSc. in Psychology from Manchester and an MA. in Sociology. Saliha wants to encourage more South Asians to participate in dementia and mental health research.

Lewis is from Lancashire originally, and trained as a psychiatric nurse. He has been in the NHS for over 20 years and involved in dementia and neurodegeneration research in Manchester for over 10 years. He is an experienced rater, for both quantitative and qualitative studies and leads the local rater training programme.

Dr. Martin is from Northern Ireland originally and has worked as a GP in Manchester for more than 20 years. She has always been interested in the care of people with dementia and frailty. Clinically, she works predominantly in care homes and she is a physician-Investigator and rater on many of our clinical trials.

Anita is from Manchester originally, and trained as a psychiatric nurse. She has been involved in dementia and neurodegeneration research in Manchester for over 15 years. She is an experienced rater, recruiter, and coordinator for dementia studies.

Leanne is a Clinical Trial Coordinator and clinical rater at the Dementia Research Centre. She is from Manchester and has a BSc in Applied Psychology and a PG cert in Primary Care Mental Health Practice. She has worked in research for over 6 years and has experience working in the areas of oncology, mental health, and dementia.

Naomi is a Clinical Trial Coordinator for the Dementia Research Centre. She has a BSc in Psychology from University of Leeds and, since graduating, has been involved in Vaccine Research at Manchester Foundation Trust. New to the team, Naomi will coordinate the dementia research studies at the centre and support the clinical team in the delivery of research.

Dr. Khan Graduated with MBChB from the university of Glasgow in 2012. She started psychiatry training in 2014 and became a member of the RCPsych in 2018. She started higher training in dual GA and OA in 2019. She is passionate about educating and promoting a healthy lifestyle as we age, especially in ethnic minorities. 

Tobias is a consultant neurologist at the Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre and honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester. He has a special interest in neurodegenerative disorders and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) with specialist clinics in the Cerebral Function Unit (CFU) and Salford Royal Hospital. He is a Principal Investigator for the DF Phenotyping study, recruiting through GMDRC.

The Greater Manchester Clinical Research Network (CRN) helps fund and run many of our studies.