Meet the ThirdAgeTx team
ThirdAgeTx brings together clinicians, academics, researchers and educators based at the University of York and trained in the NHS
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Prof Simon Gilbody DSc FMedSci
Simon is an epidemiologist with training in medicine, psychiatry and cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT]. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and one of the top 1% of scientist in the world. Simon remains a practicing NHS clinician and led the clinical trials of our ThirdAgeTx programme
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Prof Dean McMillan PhD DClinPsy
Dean designs effective and scalable behavioural interventions. He read psychology at Cambridge, before completing his PhD in population science at UCL and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester.
Co-founder and ThirdAgeTx lead for men's mental health
Prof Paul Galdas RGN PhD
Paul is an internationally-recognised thought leader in men’s mental health. Paul held senior NHS nursing positions before completing his PhD in 2006. Paul leads a programme of research into men's mental health funded by MOVEMBER.
Strategic NHS Advisor for effective psychological therapes
Prof David Ekers RMN PhD
David is a thought leader & speaks across the world on behavioural activation. David trained as a behavioural nurse therapist at the Maudsley Hospital in London, before completing his PhD in Health Sciences at York. David co-led the BASIL trial during COVID and is strategic advisor to ThirdAgeTx
Head of Training and TQM
Della Bailey MSc
Della pioneered the application of behavioural therapy in the early days of the NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies [IAPT] programme. Having supervised over 300 behaviour therapists to deliver our trials programme, Della leads the training and quality assurance [T&QA] programme at ThirdAgeTx
Senior Behavioural Scientist
Dr Elizabeth Littlewood PhD
As Senior Behavioural Scientist for ThirdAgeTx, Liz has led some of the largest ever trials of behavioural therapy in the NHS. Liz studied psychology at the University of York and holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience.