Joanne Brooke 0000-0003-0325-2142 is a Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Centre of Social Care, Health and Related Research, and the Institute for Dementia and Culture Collaborative. Joanne is a qualified Adult Nurse and Chartered Health Psychologist. Her main areas of research include topics related to equity of care and hard to research groups, acute, community and prison care and support for people with dementia, delirium, stroke, and explorations of the implementation of theory into practice to provide evidence-based care, and elements of undergraduate curriculum development with regards to dementia, delirium, research and transgender health. Joanne supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students, including both PhD students and those completing a Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology.