Meet the team

The Imperial Memory Unit is a research unit run by Dr Richard Perry, conducting clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease at Charing Cross Hospital. Our team is made up of experienced doctors, research nurses, raters, study coordinators and research assistants. We offer trials for people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, but also for people who has a family history of dementia, or are worried about their memory and wish to participate in trials, which may prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

The study coordinators will be your main point of contact during the trial, helping you with things like scheduling appointments and ensuring everything goes smoothly throughout the study. They usually have a background in psychology or nursing.

As for the raters, they're responsible for assessing how well you are doing in the trial using tests that measure memory and thinking skills. Raters usually have a background as psychologists.

Both the study coordinators and raters, alongside the rest of the team are there to support you and your study partner throughout the trial.

 

Dr Richard Perry, consultant neurologist 

Dr Perry is a consultant neurologist and honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College NHS Trust. Dr Perry gained his specialist clinical and research experience in cognition and memory disorders at the University of Cambridge Neurology Unit and the University of California, San Francisco. He runs memory clinics at Charing Cross Hospital and his area of special interest is in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Perry conducts trials for new disease-modifying drugs in Alzheimer’s disease. His clinical neurological work also includes assessment and care of patients with traumatic brain injury. He has both a specialist and general clinical neurology practice.

 

 

Dr Paresh Malhotra, consultant neurologist

 

Dr Malhotra is a consultant neurologist at the Trust and a senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London. He studied medicine at the University of Oxford with postgraduate training in medicine and neurology in London (Hammersmith & Charing Cross hospitals and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery). After completing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, he finished clinical training as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer with a visiting scholarship in dementia and neurodegenerative disorders in Sydney. His main research interests relate to disorders of attention and motivation in patients with stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.

 

Dr Georgianne Roots, Clinical Research Physician

Dr Roots is a clinical research physician at Imperial Memory Unit, where she is the study doctor and sub-investigator for clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Roots studied medicine at Imperial College London and completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, achieving Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. 

Drawing on over five years in the NHS providing inpatient and outpatient medical care, with a particular focus on elderly care and stroke medicine, Dr Roots started out in clinical research at Imperial Memory Unit in 2023.  

 

 

Dilman Sadiq,  Imperial Memory Unit Manager

Dilman holds a BSc degree in psychology and MSc degree in clinical mental health sciences from University College London (UCL). She has been working with dementia patients since 2013 in both clinical and research settings. Dilman initially started working at Imperial Memory Unit in 2016 as cognitive rater/study coordinator, and returned in 2019 as unit manager.

 

 

 

Annabelle Branch, Imperial Memory Unit Manager

Annabelle studied a BSc in psychology at the University of Kent where she was also a research assistant while completing her degree and went on to obtain an MSc in forensic psychology. She has experience working in Parkinson’s, Autism and Alzheimer’s since 2017 with a background of working in private and public healthcare. Annabelle joined the NHS initially working as a rater and trial Coordinator in 2020 and became a Unit Manager in 2022, overseeing a multidisciplinary team.

 

 

 

The Imperial Memory Unit is government funded and partner with a range of different institutes such as the NIHR, Imperial College London and more. 

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