Newcastle University

Introduction 

Position: Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Institute for Ageing and Health, and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust 

Roles and Responsibilities

Clinical Lead for specialist Lewy body disease clinic at Northumbria Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 

Royal College of Psychiatrists Examinations Panel Member

F1000 associate member 

Qualifications and Memberships

 MBBS(hons) PhD MRCPscyh 

My current research interests include:

• Understanding the neurobiological basis for cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lewy body dementias including cognitive fluctuations and visual hallucinations (sponsor: O'Brien JT)
• The application of novel neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques in dementia
• The clinical characterisation of visual hallucinations
• Understanding the dynamic interaction between vision and cognition (collaborators: Clarke M; Collerton D; Mosimann U).

Previous Funding 

• Newcastle HealthCare Charity £49K (2007) "A Novel Study Investigating Visual Cortex Function in Dementia with Lewy Bodies using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and MR Imaging". (Co-applicant with O'Brien JT) 
• Alzheimer’s Research Trust £29K (2008) "An fMRI compatible visual perception test battery for demented patients". (Co-applicant with Mosimann U;O'Brien JT; McKeith IG)  
• Wellcome Starter Grant £22K (2009) "A Novel Study Investigating Visual Cortex Function in Dementia with Lewy Bodies using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and MR Imaging". (Principal applicant)

Current Funding

• Wellcome Intermediate Clinical Fellowship £573K (2010) "Investigating attentional function and cognitive fluctuations in Lewy body disease: a functional magnetic imaging and electrophysiology study" also known as CATFieLD study. (Principal applicant. Sponsor O'Brien JT)
• Alzheimer`s　Research　UK PhD studentship £96K (2011) "Investigating　Attentional　Function　and Cognitive　Fluctuations　in　Lewy　Body　Disease". (Principal applicant with Graziadio S and O'Brien JT) 

I teach on the undergraduate biomedical sciences course and postgraduate MRCPsych course. In addition I also teach medical students (Stage III and Stage IV).

• Onofrj M, Taylor JP, Monaco D, Franciotti R, Anzellotti F, Bonanni L, Onofrj V, Thomas A. Visual Hallucinations in PD and Lewy body dementias: Old and new hypotheses. Behavioural Neurology 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Han RC, Jefferis JM, Taylor JP, Archibald NK, Clarke MP. A novel, multidisciplinary clinic for complex visual problems in older people. Eye 2012, 26(12), 1536-1541.
• Franciotti R, Falasca NW, Bonanni L, Anzellottia F, Maruottia V, Comania S, Thomas A, Tartaroa A, Taylor J-P, Onofrj M. Default network is not hypoactive in dementia with fluctuating cognition: an Alzheimer disease/dementia with Lewy bodies comparison. Neurobiology of Ageing 2013, 34(4), 1148-1158.
• Taylor JP, Firbank M, Barnett N, Pearce S, Livingstone A, Mosimann U, Eyre JA, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies: transcranial magnetic stimulation study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2011, 199, 492-500.
• Taylor JP, Firbank MJ, He JB, Barnett N, Pearce S, Livingstone A, Vuong Q, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Visual cortex in dementia with Lewy bodies: magnetic resonance imaging study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(6), 491-498.
• Lee D, Taylor J-P, Thomas AJ. Assessment of cognitive fluctuation in dementia: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2012, 27(10), 989-998.
• Taylor J-P, O'Brien JT. Neuroimaging of Dementia with Lewy bodies. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America 2012, 22(1), 67-81.
• Taylor JP, Firbank M, O'Brien J. Occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation in dementia with Lewy bodies Reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(4), 345-346.
• Taylor J-P, O'Brien JT. Parkinson’s Disease with Dementia. In: Ebmeier, K.P., O’Brien, J.T., Taylor, J.-P, ed. Psychiatry of Parkinson’s Disease. Basel: Karger, 2012, pp.103-124.
• Ebmeier KP, O'Brien JT, Taylor J-P, ed. Psychiatry of Parkinson's disease. Basel: S. Karger AG, 2012.
• Killen AJ, Firbank MJ, Collerton D, Clarke MP, Jefferis J, Taylor J-P, McKeith IG, Mosimann U. The assessment of cognition in visually impaired older adults. Age and Ageing 2013, 42(1), 98-102.
• Jefferis JM, Collerton J, Taylor JP, Jagger c, Kingston A, Davies K, Kirkwood T, Clarke MP. The impact of visual impairment on mini-mental state examination scores in the Newcastle 85+ study. Age and Ageing 2012, 41(4), 565-568.
• Jefferis JM, Mosimann UP, Taylor JP, Clarke MP. "Do your eyes play tricks on you?" Asking older people about visual hallucinations in a general eye clinic. International Psychogeriatrics 2011, 23(6), 1014-1015.
• Taylor J-P. An introduction to Mild Cognitive Impairment. PSIGE Newsletter 2011, 116, 4-7.
• Taylor J-P, O'Brien J. Dementia with Lewy bodies – Clinical Aspects: E-brain module. Joint Neurosciences Council, 2011. Available at: http://www.ebrainjnc.com.
• Wood JS, Firbank MJ, Mosimann UP, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT. Development of a Novel fMRI Compatible Visual Perception Prototype Battery to Test Older People With and Without Dementia. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2011, 24(2), 73-83.
• Cerejeira J, Taylor J-P. Diagnosing, treating and preventing delirium. Geriatric Medicine 2011, 41(2), 81-85.
• Taylor JP. Guide to the Psychiatry of Old Age by David Ames, Edmond Chiu, James Lindesay and Kenneth Shulman [book review]. International Psychogeriatrics 2011, 23(4), 677-677.
• Taylor J-P, McKeith IG. The Lewy Body Dementia Spectrum (Alpha Synucleinopathies). In: Abou-Saleh, M.M., Katona, C.L.E., Kumar, A, ed. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp.chapter 58.
• Colloby SJ, Taylor JP, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, Williams ED, O'Brien JT. Covariance Tc-99m-Exametazime SPECT Patterns in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Utility in Differential Diagnosis. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2010, 23(1), 54-62.
• Nicholson TRJ, Taylor JP, Gosden C, Trigwell P, Ismail K. National guidelines for psychological care in diabetes: how mindful have we been?. Diabetic Medicine 2009, 26(4), 447-450.
• Taylor J-P, Fleminger S. The management of dementia. In: Gelder MG; Andreasen NC; Lopez-Ibro JJ; Geddes JR, ed. New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp.411-419.
• Trigwell P, Taylor JP, Ismail K, Nicholson T, Alibhai M, Gosden C, Proud P, Turner B. Minding the Gap, The provision of psychological support and care for people with diabetes in the UK : A report from Diabetes UK. London: Diabetes UK, 2008.
• Taylor J-P, Rowan EN, Lett DJ, O'Brien JT, McKeith IG, Burn DJ. Poor attentional function predicts cognitive decline in non-demented Parkinson's disease patints independent of motor phenotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2008, 79(12), 1318-1323.
• Taylor JP, Colloby SJ, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, Williams D, Patterson J, O'Brien JT. Cholinesterase inhibitor use does not significantly influence the ability of I-123-FP-CIT imaging to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2007, 78(10), 1069-1071.
• Mogg A, Purvis R, Eranti S, Contell F, Taylor JP, Nicholson T, Brown RG, McLoughlin DM. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a randomised controlled pilot study. Schizophrenia Research 2007, 93(1), 221-228.
• Teodorczuk A, Taylor JP, Cerejeira JMS, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB. The need to improve the teaching of assessment of psychiatric symptoms at undergraduate level. Medical Education 2007, 41(12), 1237-1238.
• Obhi SS, Haggard P, Taylor J, Pascual-Leone A. rTMS to the Supplementary Motor Area Disrupts Bimanual Coordination. Motor Control 2002, 6(4), 319-332.
• Eyre JA, Taylor JP, Villagra F, Smith M, Miller S. Evidence of activity-dependent withdrawal of corticospinal projections during human development. Neurology 2001, 57(9), 1543-1554.
• Taylor J-P, Thomas AJ. Alzheimer's Disease. In: R. Jacoby; K Oppenheimer; T Dening; AJ Thomas, ed. Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. In Press.
• Onofrj M, Varanese S, Bonanni L, Taylor J-P, Antonini A, Valente EM, Petrucci S, Stocchi F, Thomas A, Perfetti B. Cohort study of prevalence and phenomenology of tremor in Dementia with Lewy bodies. Journal of Neurology 2013. In Press.
• Peraza LR, Kaiser M, Firbank M, O'Brien J, Taylor J-P. Functional connectivity in dementia with Lewy bodies: What can the resting state show about visual hallucinations in this disease?. In: BNA Conference 2013. 2013, Barbican Centre, London, UK: BNA.
• Colloby SJ, Taylor J-P, Davison CM, Lloyd JJ, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Multivariate spatial covariance analysis of 99mTc-exametazime SPECT images in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease: utility in differential diagnosis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Taylor J-P, Collerton D. 'Stimulating' and 'Imaging' insights into the aetiology of visual hallucinations in Dementia with Lewy bodies. Newsletter of the Section of Neuropsychiatry 2013, 6, 4-12.
• Jefferis JM, Taylor JP, Collerton J, Jagger C, Kingston A, Davies K, Kirkwood T, Clarke MP. The association between diagnosed glaucoma and cataract and cognitive performance in very old people: Cross sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2013, 20(2), 82–88.
• Jefferis JM, Clarke MP, Mosimann UP, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP. The influence of two common dementia types on visual symptoms. Acta Ophthalmologica 2013, (epub ahead of print).