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I have known Trevor for 8 years, first in his capacity as one of my PhD supervisors and now as a continuing collaborator and mentor. He has always supported my professional development and academic success and I feel very fortunate to have benefitted from his mentorship. I completed my PhD in Psychology at the University of Manchester from 2012 to 2016, which involved me working with Parkinson’s disease patients for the first time. As someone with a huge amount of experience in neuropsychology, ageing, and Parkinson’s research, Trevor’s advice and guidance were invaluable to me throughout my PhD. He advised me on issues relating to cognition in Parkinson’s disease, experimental design and statistical analysis, and always provided regular, constructive feedback on my written work. While completing a PhD is a challenging time for most people, I faced significant additional difficulties during mine. I lost my mother to cancer in the first year of my PhD and needed to take an interruption to my studies. Trevor was in regular contact with me throughout this period and made very clear that my focus should be on taking care of myself and my family. I will always remember that his warmth, kindness and patience made it much easier for me to get back on track when I returned.
I have co-authored two high-quality publications with Trevor. One was published in Cortex in 2016, and the other was recently accepted at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. A third manuscript is currently in preparation. After completing my PhD, I took up a postdoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. In the last year – an extremely challenging year to be on the job market – I began applying for permanent lectureship positions. Trevor has been very supportive throughout this time and has always been quick to offer me his advice when I needed it. I was fortunate to be offered a lectureship at Goldsmiths, University of London, which I will take up in April. I very much look forward to continuing to work with Trevor going forward.
