Professor Martin Orrell, FRCPsych PhD, Professor of Ageing and Mental Health at University College London. Prof Orrell works as an Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and is 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 Minister’s Challenge on Dementia Research Group.
He currently holds 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. He is Editor of the journal Aging & Mental Health.
