Aimee Spector is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Director of the International Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) centre at University college London, see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/international-cognitive-stimulation-therapy/ This involves working with over 38 countries and supporting CST for dementia training centres in Hong Kong, the US, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. She directs the UCL ‘Menopause Mind Lab’; a team of researchers and clinicians dedicated to understand more about the impact of menopause transition on cognition and mental health.

Her expertise lies in the global development and evaluation of complex interventions for dementia and general ageing. This includes leading the MRC funded ‘CST-International’ in Brazil, India and Tanzania; and holding UCL-PKU (Peking University) and UCL-HKU (Hong Kong University) Global Engagement and strategic partnership awards. Her research includes the evaluation of a range of interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Mindfulness. She has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers, 5 book chapters and 10 books. She leads the UCL Dementia Training Academy and is international lead for University College London’s Clinical Psychology doctorate course