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Prof Liz Sampson
PI Office 6
6th floor, Wing B, Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
Appointment
- Professor of Dementia and Palliative Care
- Division of Psychiatry
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Biography
I studied medicine at the University of Birmingham and gained my MD from the Institute of Neurology at UCL. I was awarded a Medical Research Council Special Training Fellowship in Health Services Research and completed an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I work clinically as a consultant in Liaison Psychiatry (lead for older people) at North Middlesex University Hospital with Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust.
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I am an old age psychiatrist and clinical professor in dementia and palliative care at the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department. I head the Centre for Dementia Palliative Care Research, a world-leading research group in this field (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/marie-curie-palliative-care-research-department/research/centre-dementia-palliative-care-0).
My work focuses on key dementia symptoms and clinical issues for people with dementia who may be reaching the end of their lives and developing interventions to improve care for older adults and their family members. My main areas of interest are:
- Epidemiology and health services research on dementia and delirium in acute hospital patients.
- Research on identifying, better understanding and managing common symptoms towards the end of life, including pain, delirium and difficulty swallowing.
- Developing and testing complex interventions to improve treatment, particularly dementia palliative care
I am a member of the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG) editorial board, the BAP Dementia Guideline Group and the Lancet Commission on dementia. I am the deputy head of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department.
I was awarded the William Farr Medal by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (2014) for research that makes a significant contribution to improving the care of older people.
Key current projects
Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care (EMBED-Care)
I am Principal Investigator on this major, five-year, ESRC/NIHR funded programme grant which aims to provoke a step-change in end-of-life dementia care, working with policymakers, big data, co-design, cohort, qualitative and intervention studies, building UK and international collaborations (Cicely Saunders Institute, KCL, USA, Netherlands, Australia).
Dementia-Discomfort and Distress in Hospitals Study (DeCoDe-H)
Funded as PI by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) funding stream to investigate the relationship between pain, discomfort, distress and challenging behaviour in acute hospital in-patients. This includes an international collaboration with an Australian Technology Company (Painchek ®) to test innovative facial recognition technology for pain.
Social media
Twitter: @drlizsampson
YouTube:
Dr Liz Sampson's work overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA0qiDB-dc8
The impact of dying with dementia on the health outcomes of carers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyNQ2hRxUg
Assessment and management of pain in dementia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZyXFxGJr0
Pain assessment and management in FTD and motor neurone disease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edms71JX9qQ
The Last Stage of Alzheimer's: What You Need to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfWGa0MDf8
Teaching Summary
I am the Postgraduate Tutor for the UCL Division of Psychiatry
Academic Background
| 2005 | MSc | Master of Science – Epidemiology | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2003 | MD | Doctor of Medicine – Neurology | University of London |
| 1998 | MRCPsych | Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists – Psychiatry | University of London |
| 1993 | MB BCh | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – Medicine/Surgery | University of Birmingham |
