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Charlotte Clarke

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'''Charlotte Laura Clarke''' is a Professor of Health in Social Science at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref></ref> Her research centres on the experiences of living with [[dementia]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (6 for 1)</ref><ref></ref>.

== Early life and education ==
She qualified as a [[Nursing|nurse]] in 1986 from what was then called [[Glasgow Caledonian University|Glasgow College of Technology]] and worked clinically for a number of years in the [[National Health Service]] before moving into roles that were more focused on education and research. Clarke received a part-time PhD studentship from the Regional Health Authority and focused on the experiences of carers of people with [[dementia]]. Her doctoral thesis, awarded by [[Northumbria University]], was entitled "Who needs problems? : Finding meaning in caregiving for people with dementia".

== Career ==
Clarke is the Co-Director of the [http://bit.ly/2HXsbvt Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia], College Dean International and Director of Global Communities at the [https://efi.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Futures Institute]. Much of her research addresses people's perception of risk<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, our understanding of risk management and enablement<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (4 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (14 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref>, and resilence in order to improve quality of life for people with dementia<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (14 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (6 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (6 for 1)</ref>. A book summarising her work was awarded 1st prize in the 2012 [http://bit.ly/2W2pTVG BMA Medical Book Awards] (health & social care)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)</ref>. More recently, Clarke started to explore the use of theatre and film in communicating and engaging the public in her research findings. The [http://bit.ly/2HWvG5u Jack & Jill and The Red Postbox] was a theatre performance examining the changing lives of a family due to a diagnosis of dementia, inspired by research that explored risk and resilence when living with dementia<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (4 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (4 for 1)</ref>. She also has an interest in nursing education and has examined student learning dynamics in clinical contexts including the use information technology to support nursing students in practice<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (4 for 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (6 for 1)</ref>.

== References ==

==External links==
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