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Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
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    • Our Vision and Strategy
      • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Our Governance
    • Our People
      • Leadership Team
      • Research Theme Leads
      • Public Partnership Advisory Group (PPAG)
      • Cross-Cutting Area Leads
      • Core Theme
      • Trainees
    • Our Partnership
    • Our Region
    • National Initiatives
    • Acknowledgement and Branding
  • Our Research
    • Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
    • Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
      • Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network
    • Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
      • Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
    • Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
    • Liver Disease, Multimorbidity and Lifestyle
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
    • Musculoskeletal Disease and Inflammation Medicine
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
      • PIMS
    • Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
    • Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics
      • The Theme
      • Team
      • Impact
      • News and Events
    • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Patient & Public Involvement
    • Get Involved in Research
    • Public Partnership Advisory Group
    • PPIE Resources for Researchers
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  • About
    • Our Vision and Strategy
    • Our Governance
    • Our People
    • Our Partnership
    • Our Region
    • National Initiatives
    • Acknowledgement and Branding
  • Our Research
    • Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity
    • Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration
    • Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion
    • Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population
    • Liver Disease, Multimorbidity and Lifestyle
    • Musculoskeletal Disease and Inflammation Medicine
    • Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction
    • Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics
    • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Patient & Public Involvement
    • Get Involved in Research
    • Public Partnership Advisory Group
    • PPIE Resources for Researchers
  • Industry & Partners
  • Training & Professional Development
    • Our Research Training
    • Resource Hub
    • Opportunities
  • Our Impact
  • News and Events
  • Contact

Dementia, Mental Health and
Neurodegeneration

  1. Our Research
  2. Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration
  3. Team
  • Professor John-Paul Taylor

    Theme Co-Lead for Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration

  • Professor Hamish McAllister-Williams

    Theme Co-Lead for Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration

  • A portrait photo of Alison Yarnall

    Professor Alison Yarnall

    BRC Leadership Track for the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Honorary Consultant in Older People's Medicine

  • Dr Paul Donaghy

    Member of the BRC Leadership Track for the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme, MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow

A portrait photo of Lisa Alcock

Dr Lisa Alcock

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team

Senior Research Associate and Gait Laboratory Manager

Claire Airey

  • Dementia Team

Research Nurse (Lewy Body Dementia)

Professor Johannes Attems

  • Dementia Team

Professor of Neuropathology

Professor Mark R Baker

  • Dementia Team

Honorary Professor of Experimental Neurology

Dr Robert Barber

  • Dementia Team

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Hannah Blackburn

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team

Research Assistant in Brain and Movement

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Professor Andrew Blamire

  • Dementia Team
  • Neuromuscular Disease Team
  • Leadership Team
  • Interdisciplinary Research

Co-Director NIHR Newcastle BRC, Dean of Translational and Clinical Research Institute & Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics, Interdisciplinary Research Academic Lead

Dr Jennifer Burgess

  • Dementia Team

Clinical PhD Student 

Susanna Carella

  • Dementia Team

PhD Student 

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Professor Lynn Rochester

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Lead
  • Communication and Impact

Theme Co-Lead for Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion and Professor of Human Movement Science

Dr Emily Chruscikowski

  • Dementia Team

Training Fellow

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Professor Camille Carroll

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Lead

BRC Leadership Track for the Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion Theme and Professor of Clinical Neuroscience

Dr Sean Colloby

  • Dementia Team

Research Associate

Dr David Cousins

  • Dementia Team

Director, Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Tiago da Silva Costa

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Daniel Erskine

  • Dementia Team

Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Neurodegenerative Pathology 

Rachel Gatley

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

Dr Michael Firbank

  • Dementia Team

Associate Researcher

Professor Tiago Fleming Outeiro

  • Dementia Team

Professor of Neurodegeneration

Dr Peter Gallagher

  • Dementia Team

Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Research (FMS) & Faculty Postgraduate Tutor

Ann Gibson

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team

Administrator

Professor Timothy Griffiths

  • Dementia Team

Professor of Cognitive Neurology 

Dr Soraia Guerra Sousa

  • Dementia Team

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Jay Hall

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

PhD Student

Dr Calum Hamilton

  • Dementia Team

Research Associate

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Dr Judith Harrison

  • Dementia Team

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

Dr Jahfer Hasoon

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

Clinical Research Associate

Dr Gavin Hudson

  • Dementia Team

Senior Lecturer

Dr Alison Killen

  • Dementia Team

Research Associate, PPIE Researcher

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Dr Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi

  • Dementia Team

Senior Research Associate/Lecturer in Regenerative Medicine 

Dr Rachael Lawson

  • Dementia Team

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Academic Lead for the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration theme, Senior Lecturer

Dr Meher Lad

  • Dementia Team

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurology/MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow 

Dr William Lee

  • Dementia Team

PhD Student 

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Dr Ellen Lirani Silva

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team

Research Associate, EDI Lead for the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme

Professor Ian McKeith

  • Dementia Team

Emeritus Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Dr Ríona McArdle

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team

NIHR Advanced Fellow, Theme PPIE Lead for the Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion Theme

Dr Christopher Morris

  • Dementia Team

Senior Lecturer

Dr Jessica Nicholls-Mindlin

  • Dementia Team

Clinical PhD student

Kirsty Olsen

  • Dementia Team

Research Assistant  

Joe O’Neill

  • Dementia Team

Laboratory Technician

Professor Nicola Pavese

  • Dementia Team

Professor of Clinical Neuroscience 

Susan Richardson

  • Dementia Team

Brain Bank Research Nurse

Dr Sarah Richardson

  • Ageing and Sarcopenia Team
  • Dementia Team

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Dr Soheila Sharghi-Namini

  • Dementia Team

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Mohammadreza Sedghi Gamchi

  • Dementia Team
  • Digital Health Team
  • Trainees

NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

Louise Suddese

  • Dementia Team
  • Informatics Team

BRC Theme Administrator

Professor Alan Thomas

  • Dementia Team

Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Newcastle University

Dr Leigh Townsend

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

Academic Clinical Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry and PhD Student

Dr Lauren Walker

  • Dementia Team

Research Associate, Alzheimer's Research UK Fellow

Simon Walker

  • Dementia Team

Data Manager

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Dr Stuart Watson

  • Dementia Team

Academic Clinical Senior Lecturer and Member of the BRC Leadership Track for the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme

Dr Victoria Wing

  • Dementia Team

Academic Clinical Fellow

Dr Laura Wright

  • Dementia Team

Research Associate 

Lucy Wood

  • Dementia Team
  • Trainees

NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

More about the Theme

  • The Theme
  • Team
  • Impact
  • News and Events
  • Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network

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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Email: Newcastle.BRC@newcastle.ac.uk

Tel: +44(0)1912081148

The NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is part of the NIHR and hosted by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Newcastle University.

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