Carol Jennings Fellow for 2024/25 announced
It’s been announced that the 2024/25 Carol Jennings Fellow is Dr Chris Hardy from University College London (UCL).
Dr Hardy’s grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease, and his research focuses on developing ‘brain-hearing’ tests to analyse how the brain processes sound, with an aim to offer an accessible and cost-effective way to detect dementia.
You can find out more from UCL here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/dec/ucl-researcher-named-alzheimers-society-carol-jennings-fellow and Alzheimer’s Society here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2024-12-20/honouring-carol-jennings-and-her-legacy-through-groundbreaking-dementia-research
The first Carol Jennings research fellowship was awarded in 2023/24 to Dr Johanna Jackson (Imperial College London). You can find out more about the Carol Jennings Fellowship here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/honouring-couple-dementia-their-contributions-research
Find out more about the Jennings family’s association with dementia via the BBC documentary: The Jennings v Alzheimer’s https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/the-jennings-v-alzheimers