Dr. Aida Suarez-Gonzalez
obtained her B.S. in Psychology from the University Pontificia Salamanca in 2003,
her M.S. in Gerontology and M.S. in Clinical Neuropsychology, and her Ph.D. in Neuropsychology
from the University of Salamanca in 2005 and 2009, respectively. She worked for
nine years in the Neurology Department at
University Hospital Virgen del Rocio in Seville before moving to London in 2014
to join the UCL Dementia Research Centre as a clinical academic. She is currently
a Principal Research Fellow at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology and an Honorary
Consultant Clinical Psychologist-Neuropsychologist. She also serves as Chair
of the World Federation of Neurology Dementia, Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders Specialty
Group and co-Chair of the Neuropsychological Interventions Special Interest Group
of the International Neuropsychology Society. Dr. Suarez-Gonzalez’s research investigates
the phenotypic variability in neurodegenerative dementia and the development of
symptom-specific cognitive rehabilitation and behavioral treatments to reduce disability
in this population. She also studies factors that can modulate the time of onset
and progression of dementia. Through her research, she advocates the right of
people with dementia to receive rehabilitation and fair care.
Dr. Sharon A Savage is a registered clinical neuropsychologist and senior
lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Before joining the University of Newcastle in 2020, she worked at the University
of Exeter, UK, as a Research Fellow (2014–2016) and then as a lecturer in Dementia and Ageing (2016–2020). Dr.
Savage obtained her Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and Master of Clinical Neuropsychology
from Macquarie University in 2000 and 2007, respectively, and her Ph.D. from the
University of New South Wales in 2015. Her current research focuses on dementia awareness and risk reduction, cognitive interventions for people living with dementia, and studies of people with the adult onset epilepsy, Transient Epileptic Amnesia. In each case,
her research aims to improve our understanding of these conditions and offer interventions
to enhance everyday living.
