Elenyd Whitfield

Dr. Elenyd Whitfield is a Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the Medical College of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Trust and the Unit for Psychological Medicine within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. She joined Queen Mary in early 2022, contributing to the APPLE-Tree study (a randomized controlled trial on health/lifestyle changes in older adults with cognitive decline) and the EQUATED study (exploring dementia experiences in ethnic/cultural minority populations). Previously, she worked on APPLE-Tree at UCL’s Division of Psychiatry from 2021.

• Education: PhD in Social Science from Cardiff University (focusing on reflexivity and the ‘third age’).

Her research interests center on ageing, public health, housing equity, cognitive impairment, and visual methods. She has led a visual ethnography project collaborating with artists/participants to create a photographic exhibition highlighting lived experiences of memory loss, displayed at the Wellcome Collection, Houses of Parliament, and Holy Sepulchre Church London. Current work includes process evaluations of APPLE-Tree and studies on dementia symptom experiences.

Publications: Her recent work (2023) emphasizes photography’s role in understanding memory-related challenges among older adults, blending qualitative research with interdisciplinary approaches.

Advising/Grants: While no formal advisees are listed, her contributions to large-scale studies like APPLE-Tree and EQUATED suggest involvement in collaborative research funding. Grants details are not explicitly provided.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, collaborating across disciplines to address mental health and public health challenges in ageing populations.