Baroness Sally Greengross sadly passed away on 23 June this year – a loss that will be felt by the whole dementia research community. She was a long-term advocate for dementia care and research, having chaired both the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on dementia and the APPG on ageing and older people.
Most recently, Baroness Greengross tabled a debate in the House of Lords on the “dementia moonshot” and the urgent need for better funding of research.
We had the pleasure of meeting Baroness Greengross in 2019, when she joined a group of Parliamentarians on a visit to the UK DRI Centre at UCL.
Dr Adrian Ivinson, UK DRI Chief Operating Officer, who led the visit, said,
“It was a delight to meet Baroness Greengross and show her our labs at UCL. She had a keen interest to engage with our researchers, and her passion for advocating on behalf of people with dementia and their carers was clear. She did a great deal to raise the profile of dementia research in Parliament and help us make progress in the fight against dementia.”
Banner image: Baroness Greengross visiting the UK DRI at UCL in 2019. You can read more about her visit here.
Article published: 24 June 2022