Eneida Mioshi is a Professor of Dementia Care Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and a researcher in NIHR ARC East of England’s Palliative and End-of-Life Care theme.
Eneida is an occupational therapist by background (BSc Hons OT and MSc OT, USP Sao Paulo, Brazil) with a PhD in Applied Cognitive Psychology (Cambridge, UK). She has over 20 years of clinical and research experience working in multiple countries: Brazil, Australia, UK. Her translational research programme addresses the complex interactions of brain changes, functional dependence, and family context in neurodegenerative conditions, in particular dementias and motor neurone disease. Her work has led to the development of novel clinical assessment tools widely used internationally, and the development of novel non-pharmacological interventions.
Eneida is passionate about research capacity building and has led several initiatives to support clinical academic careers, in particular those in dementia care research. Eneida was the former Academic Career Development Lead at the NIHR ARC East of England.