Introduction 

I began my career as a biomedical scientist with interests in ageing and chronic disease, disease of the human nervous system and genetics of complex diseases. I went on to develop my interest in epidemiology working on cognitive impairment and dementia in population based cohort studies. During my PhD studies I investigated mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the UK population, developing my skills in complex statistical modelling of population prevalence, incidence and risk factor analysis. I have experience with state of the art statistical techniques and working with missing data within population studies. I have experience working with a number of old age populations including the Newcastle 85    study and have worked extensively with the cognitive function and ageing studies (CFAS). 

Roles and Responsibilities 

• The feasibility and practicality of dementia risk reduction in the older population: A pilot trial of multi-domain internet counselling.  

• Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) - Neuropathology Epidemiology 

• Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) - Mild Cognitive Impairment 

Qualifications

• BSc - Biomedical Sciences - Newcastle University (2013)

• MSc - Public Health and Health Service Research - Newcastle University (2015)

• PhD - Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in the Population: New Criteria and Cohort Effects (2015 -2019) 

Applied Epidemiology

• Neurodegenerative diseases and ageing
• Population prevalence, incidence and risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases
• Role of biomarkers in predicting risk of neurodegeneration
• Neuropathology of neurodegenerative disease in the population
• Pathways of progression from mild cognitive impairment to severe neurodegenerative disease.

Quantitative Methodology

• Analysis of complex cognitive outcomes
• Missing data models for epidemiological investigations
• Longitudinal models of epidemiological data
• Incorporating biomedical and neuropathological data into population based risk modelling

Lecturing

• MSc Public health and health services research: Chronic Disease Epidemiology
• MSc Public health and health services research: Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods 
• MPharm: Introduction to Statistics 
• BSc Biomedical Sciences: Public Health & Ageing 

Student Supervision

I have supervised a number of undergraduate and masters dissertation projects.

• Chambers A, Bury JJ, Minett T, Richardson CD, Brayne C, Ince PG, Shaw PJ, Garwood CJ, Heath PR, Simpson JE, Matthews FE, Wharton SB, CFAS. Advanced Glycation End Product Formation in Human Cerebral Cortex Increases with Alzheimer-type Neuropathologic Changes but is Not Independently Associated with Dementia in a Population-Derived Aging Brain Cohort. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 2020, 79(9), 950-958.
• Richardson C, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Matthews FE. Two-decade change in prevalence of cognitive impairment in the UK. European Journal of Epidemiology 2019, 34, 1085-1092.
• Lavrencic LM, Richardson C, Harrison SL, MunizTerrera G, Keage HAD, Brittain K, Kirkwood TBL, Jagger C, Robinson L, Stephan BCM. Is There a Link between Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Function in the Oldest-Old?. Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2018, 73(4), 499-505.
• Richardson C, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Matthews F, The Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. Risk of Two-Year Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2018). 2018, Chicago, Illinois: Elsevier.
• Richardson C, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayne C, Matthews F. The Changing Face of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Mild Dementia. In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2017. 2017, London, UK: Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
• Richardson C, Harrison S, Brittain K, Muniz-Terrera G, Robinson L, Stephan B. Associations between cognitive reserve and cognitive function in the very old: Newcastle 85+ Study. In: 2016 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting. 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana: Oxford University Press.
• Wang XN, McGovern N, Gunawan M, Richardson C, Windebank M, Siah TW, Lim HW, Fink K, Li J, Ng LG, Ginhoux F, Angeli V, Collin M, Haniffa M. A Three Dimensional Atlas of Human Dermal Leukocytes, Lymphatics and Blood Vessels. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2014, 134, 965-974.