Biography
Dani Thorn is the research assistant on the NoDem Study, based at the Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. This research looks at the practices, attitudes and outcomes of patients that do not receive a dementia diagnosis at a memory assessment service. This work is important to improve processes and better support people that have expressed memory problems, but do not get a dementia diagnosis. She is also assisting with the start-up of the CO-COG study: a co-designed app for people diagnosed with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment, which allows people to monitor and self-report health and wellbeing indicators. This study will test the accessibility and usefulness of the app in the target population. Dani completed her BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science at the University of Birmingham in 2021 and has since worked on a number of trials as a research assistant.