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Georgia Towson

Research Assistant
E: G.Towson@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Trafford Centre for Medical Research, BSMS, University of Sussex, BN1 9RY

Research areas: Dementia

Preferred gender pronouns: She/her

Biography

Georgia is currently working as a research assistant on the DETERMIND project, understanding the different inequalities in care and what this may mean for people with dementia and their carers in terms of 'quality of life'. She has previously worked for the Time for Dementia and Time for Autism teams also at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, as well as on the 'Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training' in medical school's project funded by Health Education England.

Research

Dementia; specifically quality of life and non-pharmacological interventions.

Selected publications

Daley S, Farina N, Hughes L, Armsby E, Akarsu N, Pooley J, Towson G, Feeney Y, Tabet N, Fine B, Banerjee, S, 2022, Covid-19 and the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers – the TFD-C19 Study, Plos One, http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262475

Daley, S., Akarsu, N., Armsby, E., Farina, N., Feeney, Y., Fine, B., Hughes, L., Pooley, J., Tabet, N., Towson, G. and Banerjee, S., 2022. What factors have influenced quality of life in people with dementia and their family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMJ open, 12(2), p.e053563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053563