Title(s): Prof Dr
Current Position/Designation: Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia
Institutional Affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School
Active Email Address: l.clare@exeter.ac.uk
Social Media Handle: @prof_lindaclare
Linda Clare is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia at the University of Exeter Medical School and leads the Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH). Her research aims to improve understanding and support for older people and people with dementia through a focus on living well with dementia, developing rehabilitative approaches to optimise independence, and supporting family care. She led the first trial of cognitive rehabilitation (CR) for people with dementia and work on testing and implementing the GREAT programme of goal-oriented CR. Linda has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and several books. Since 2014 she has led the IDEAL longitudinal cohort study, an Alzheimer’s Society Centre of Excellence, which investigates what helps people with dementia and family carers to live well with the condition. From January 2024 she directs one of two NIHR Policy Research Units in Dementia and Neurodegeneration (DeNPRU Exeter).
Trained as a clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist, she is registered as a practitioner with the UK Health and Care Professions Council. She recently completed terms as an Executive Editor of the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and as Editor for the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group.
She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Gerontological Society of America. She chaired the British Psychological Society’s Dementia Advisory Group from 2014 to 2017, contributed to development of the 2018 NICE guideline on dementia, and recently completed a term as vice-chair of the governing board of the Global Council on Brain Health. She is a member of the Alzheimer’s Disease International Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel and the leadership committee of the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention.