Martin Orrell

Biography

Professor Martin Orrell, FRCPsych PhD is Director of the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham. Until February 2015 he was Professor of Ageing and Mental Health at University College London and Director of Research and Development at North East London Foundation Trust. He is a Visiting Professor at City University and Honorary Professor at the University of Liverpool. He is Chair of the Memory Services National Accreditation Panel (MSNAP) and a member of the Prime Ministers Challenge on Dementia Research Group. He has been awarded 5 major dementia grants totalling £11 million on psychosocial interventions for dementia care and is co-applicant on a further £9 million. He has published over 200 academic papers. He is a Board member of both INTERDEM and the International Psychogeriatric Association. In 2014 he was elected President of the European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. He is Editor of the journal Aging & Mental Health.

Research Interest

2012-2016 NIHR - Programme Grant £2,019,344 Valuing Active Life In Dementia (VALID) 2014-2018 ESRC/NIHR Dementia 2012 Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) £3,686,671 2014-2019 NIHR - Programme Grant £1,978,647 Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT) 2012-2017 NIHR - Programme Grant £1,998,595 Effective home care support in dementia: components , impact and costs of tertiary prevention 2014-2017 Joint Programme Neurodegenerative Diseases (EU) Euro 1.199.819 Adaptive Implementation and Validation of the positively evaluated Meeting Centres Support Programme for people with dementia and their carers in Europe 2014-2017 Joint Programme Neurodegenerative Diseases (EU) Euro 2.089.378