Angela joined the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC) at the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 and is currently a Senior Research Fellow and Programme Lead for research in Older People’s Health.  Research interests include nutrition and older people as well as work around the development and evaluation of health and social care services for older people, particularly focusing on older people’s views and experiences. Current and recent research includes work on older people’s perceptions of falls’ prevention interventions, medicines management, the single assessment process, working with healthcare staff to improve the mealtime care for older people in hospital, and analysis of integrated working between primary care and care homes. 

Mary Gilhooly is Professor of Gerontology and Executive Director of the Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies.  She is also Deputy Head of School for Research, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University. From 2000-2004 Mary was President of the British Society of Gerontology.  Mary currently works on two NDA grants: (1) Decision-making in detecting financial elder abuse and (2) Tackling ageing continence through theory, tools and technology.

Michelle Heward is a Postgraduate Research Student at the University of Southampton. Michelle’s research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) programme. Her research fits into the Future Urban Technologies: Undertaking Research to Enhance Sustainability (FUTURES) research agenda. This agenda focuses on at the inclusive potential of technology within the information society, in terms of developments that could improve future transportation systems and services. Michelle’s research takes an interdisciplinary approach, applying theoretical perspectives and methodologies from the social sciences to the field of transportation studies. The particular focus being upon, how information and communication technology can support later life travel-based mobility. Her supervisors are Professor Maria Evandrou from the Centre for Research on Ageing and Mrs Jackie Rafferty from the Centre for Human Service Technology.

Sharon Holder is a PGR student in the Centre for Research on Ageing, School of Social Sciences University of Southampton. Her academic grounding in gerontology has contributed to the focus of her PhD research on ‘Health inequalities amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain: Sensitivity of different SES measures’. Other research interests include intergenerational relationships, long-distance care giving, healthy migrant effect and cultural barrier to health care.

Khim is a Senior Lecturer (Clinical) Care of Older People at the University of Surrey where she is currently based in the Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education. Khim is the Director of Studies for the MSc Advanced Practice. 

Khim was Treasurer of BSG during 2004-6 and has remained an active member of the Society. She is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board, for the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, Policy Press, Bristol.

As a member of the Organising Committee, Khim assists with the social programme of the Conference.

Marianne Keane, Administrator, Brunel University
Marianne is the administrator for the Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies at Brunel University.  She is responsible for the day to day admin for the centre, as well as planning events and activities to promote research in ageing.  She recently completed a master’s degree in social and cultural psychology at the London School of Economics. 

Marianne is the administrator for the BSG conference.  She is excited about the role and is pleased to be involved in the planning of the event!

Wendy is a Lecturer in Health Studies at the School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University. Wendy is a Sociologist, with a background in nursing and contract research, who has developed a lively, dynamic and active research agenda into social aspects of ageing. Wendy is Honorary Secretary of the BSG, a member of the BSG publications group, co-editor of the on-line BSG newsletter Generations Review, and co-convenor of the BSA (British Sociological Association) Ageing, Body and Society study group. Wendy is Co-Chair of the BSG Brunel 2010 conference committee and a member of the academic committee.

Anne qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1980, specialising in community rehabilitation of older people and neurological rehabilitation.  She has been a lecturer at Brunel University since 1997, teaching on the allied health undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Her PhD explores older people with dementia and carers' experiences of falling. Anne has co-edited "Occupational Therapy and Older People" which has an active ageing approach. Anne has a professional/research interest in the WHO's ICF and also the incorporation of successful ageing into occupational therapy provision. She has been a member of BSG for many years, joining the organising committee this year.

Mary Pat Sullivan is a social work lecturer and Director of BIAS’s gerontological social work research programme.  She is a Canadian trained social worker and obtained her PhD in Gerontology from the Institute of Gerontology, King’s College London.  Mary Pat's research interests are in the area of evidence-based gerontological social work practice, geriatric mental health, medical and practical ethics, and health promotion for older people.    Mary Pat is Chair of the Academic Committee of the organising committee for BSG 2010.

Christina Victor is Professor of Gerontology and Public Health and Director of the Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) at Brunel University. She is involved in various ESRC and EU funded projects on ageing and older people and has been an active member of BSG for many years. She is currently one of the co-editors of Generations Review online and is Co-Chair of the Conference Organising Committee.

Veronika Williams is a post doctoral researcher at the University of Reading, although she will shortly be moving to Brunel University, West London to continue working on EU and ESRC funded research projects with Prof Christina Victor and Dr Wendy Martin. Veronika has a background in nursing and has been focusing on different aspects of older people lives throughout her research career. She joined BSG in 2007 and is currently co-editor of Generations Review, the online Newsletter of the BSG and member of the BSG website group. Her role in the organising committee is to develop the conference website and promote the conference together with her colleague Sue Venn.