Dr Alice Oliver
Service Development Lead
Role
Deliver service evaluations, diversity projects, and community engagement activities
Coordinate our Friends of MARC Reference Group
Co-produce quarterly Research Newsletters with Friends of MARC
Deliver memory assessments, interviews and questionnaires with research participants and their study partners
Special Interests
Patient and Public Involvement
Delivering person-centred research
Science communication
Qualifications
Doctorate in Psychology, University of Southampton, ‘Benefits of Nostalgia Within Spatial Environments for People with and without Alzheimer’s Disease’
Master of Science in Social Research Methods, University of Southampton
Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology, University of Portsmouth
Publications
Benefits of nostalgic landmarks for people living with Alzheimer's disease (2024) Journal of Alzheimer’s disease
Nostalgia assuages spatial anxiety (2024) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Nostalgia enhances route learning in a virtual environment (2023) Cognition and Emotion
Induction of spatial anxiety in a virtual navigation environment (2023) Behavior Research Methods