Advisory Group

BRIDGES has an Advisory Group, which includes people with lived experience and representatives from government, charities, industry and academia. The Advisory Board is responsible for maintaining an overview of activities carried out by BRIDGES and helping develop the research strategy for members of the BRIDGES Network+.

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Advisory Group

Our Advisory Group brings together people with lived experience, academic leaders and partner organisations to guide the direction of the network.

Debbie Abrahams MP

Organisation: Government
Background and expertise: Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia

Prof. Gill Livingstone (Advisory Board Chair)

Organisation: University College London
Background and expertise: Clinical, psychiatry and dementia

Howard Gordon

Organisation: Chair of Meeting Centres England, Co-Chair of Deepness Dementia Media Ltd
Background and expertise: Lived experience advisor

Jacqui Cannon

Organisation: Lewy Body Society
Background and expertise: Charity

Jo Pass

Organisation: Sheffield City Council
Background and expertise: Assistant Director, Living and Ageing Well

Prof. Jon O'Brien

Organisation: University of Cambridge
Background and expertise: Chair, Alzheimer’s Society Research Strategy Council

Martin McKervey

Organisation: Non-Executive Director of AESSEAL plc and a Director of Vulcan Engineering
Background and expertise: Experienced Director, NED, Chair, Trustee, Mediator, Mentor and Coach

Mohamed Elshishtawy

Organisation: Kent County Council
Background and expertise: Leads work on the prevention, detection, and management of long-term conditions across Kent and Medway