Andrew Sommerlad
University College London
Andrew Sommerlad
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Dr Sommerlad’s research investigates the nature, causes and consequences of social functioning impairment in people with dementia. He uses multiple methodologies including observational research using clinical and population-based cohorts and routinely collected electronic health records; qualitative methods; psychometric research; systematic review and meta-analysis to examine clinically relevant outcomes in dementia and cognition for older people.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Countries | UK; |
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Topics | Dementia care and support; Epidemiology and ageing trajectories; Outcome measurement in LTC; |
Methods | Literature reviews and synthesis; Qualitative studies; |
Role | Research; |
Website | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/people/andrew-sommerlad |
ORC.ID | 0000-0002-8895-7055 |
GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=ge8KcckAAAAJ |
https://twitter.com/atsommerlad | |
Key publications | Livingston, G., Huntley, J., Sommerlad, A., Ames, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, S., . . . Mukadam, N. (2020). Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission. The Lancet. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30367-6 Sommerlad, A., Sabia, S., Singh-Manoux, A., Lewis, G., & Livingston, G. (2019). Association of social contact with dementia and cognition: 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study. PLOS Medicine, 16 (8), e1002862. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002862 Sommerlad, A., Kivimaki, M., Larson, E., Singh-Manoux, A., Rohr, S., Shirai, K., & Livingston, G. (2023). Social participation and risk of developing dementia. Nature Aging. doi:10.1038/s43587-023-00387-0 |