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

An epidemiologist with training in medicine, psychiatry and cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT]. Simon is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and an NIHR Senior Investigator. 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.