DECAT team

	Diane Fox is the Principal Investigator, responsible for co-ordinating the various elements of the project. She will lead the questionnaire data collection and analysis and is the point of liaison for collaborating organisations. Diane is also a carer for her parent who has vascular dementia.
	Lizzie Welch is a Co-Investigator, she will be leading on the qualitative data collection and analysis of the qualitative interviews.
	Shereen is a Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Shereen’s background is in Medical Demography and Population Science, with a Masters degree from the LSHTM, and a PhD from the London School of Economics. Before joining the LSHTM in January 2021, she was a Professor of Care and Health Policy Evaluation and Associate Director of the PSSRU at the University of Kent. Prior to this, she was a Chair at King’s College London. Shereen maintain honorary professorships at the University of Kent, KCL and University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
	Sarah Birch is the Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) manager so will be supporting the activities to engage and work with social care service users, their carers and members of the wider public throughout the project.