Dr Abidemi Otaiku is a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London (Department of Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute), and an honorary speciality registrar in neurology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. His research examines the neurobiological basis of sleep and dreaming. In particular, his work explores how sleep and dreaming change with healthy ageing and neurodegenerative diseases, and how this knowledge can be used to optimise brain health and promote longevity.

He is also council member of the Royal Society of Medicine Sleep Medicine Section, an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, and a former committee member of the International Neuroethics Society.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Clinical Research Fellow, UK Dementia Research Institute
  • 2023–present
    Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London
  • 2020–2023
    NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology, University of Birmingham

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Southampton , BMBS Medicine
  • 2017 
    King's College London, AKC Philosophy, Ethics & Religion
  • 2016 
    King's College London, BSc Psychology

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