Staff Profile

Positions

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry;

ST4 in Old Age Psychiatry, Central Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust 

Qualifications and Memberships

MBChB MRCPsych PGCert PhD

Clinical Roles and Responsibilities

Registrar to Professor John-Paul Taylor, Lewy Body Dementia Specialist Clinic, Central Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust 

Registrar to Dr Charlotte Allan, Consultant Psychiatrist in the Memory Assessment and Management Service, Central Northumbria Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Other Roles and Responsibilities

Associate Editor, British Journal of Psychiatry

Associate Editor, the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 

I studied Medicine at the University of Dundee, Scotland, and began psychiatry training on the Maudsley Hospital rotation, London. She had doctoral Fellowship funding from the Welsh Clinical Academic Training scheme and the Wellcome Trust GW4-CAT scheme. My PhD, undertaken at Cardiff University, was on genetics and magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer’s Disease, particularly manifestations of polygenic risk in grey matter and white matter microstructure.

Since moving to Newcastle, my work has focused on exploring the changes in gene expression and brain networks underpinning cholinergic dysfunction in Lewy Body Dementia and (attentional impairments, cognitive fluctuations, visual hallucinations). My other interests include the clinical assessment and management of neurodegenerative disorders, improving physical health outcomes for people with neuropsychiatric illness and public involvement in research. 

My teaching commitments include:

MRCPsych Course for HEE North East

Post-graduate teaching at Central Northumbria, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust