Julia Barrett

Julie Barrett works part-time as the Research Coordinator for the Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (HDRC). She has an MSc in ergonomics and has worked in the field of ergonomics, human factors and usability as a researcher, lecturer and consultant. She specialised in the needs of older and disabled users, accessibility and inclusive design and has worked as a researcher and consultant on a number of projects within these fields. From her doctoral research, she has expertise in participatory design with older people. Julie has worked as a research coordinator, previously in the academic arena and, since 2012, for the Housing and Dementia Research Consortium (a UK wide network of around 100 housing and care providers and commissioners and other interested parties including academics, architects, advisors, researchers, policy makers and third sector organisations committed to research and knowledge exchange across the sector). The HDRC has been hosted by the ADS since September 2014. As HDRC Research Coordinator, Julies role is to develop the HDRC by driving the research agenda and project-managing the work of the consortium.