Staff Profile

Current Role

I am a Senior Lecturer leading the Defining delirium and its impact in Parkinson’s Disease (DELIRIUM-PD) study at the Translation and Clinical Research Institute at Newcastle University. I a lead within the Brain and Movement (BAM) Research Group.

Other roles

Lead of the North East and Cumbria Parkinson's Research Interest Group (NEC-RIG) Parkinson's NEC-RIG (parkinsonsnec-rig.org) 

Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Academic Lead for the NIHR Newcastle BRC Dementia, mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme

Educational Lead for the Mental Health, Dementia and Neurodegeneration Theme (MHND) in the Faculty of Medical Science

Member of the Parkinson's UK College of Experts grant review panel

Steering group member of the Parkinson's Incidence Cohorts Collaboration (PICC)

Member of the Critical Path for Parkinson's (CPP) consortium

Member of Dementia Platforms UK (DPUK)

Areas of expertise

• Parkinson’s disease
• Dementia
• Neuropsychology
• Delirium
• Quality of life
• Neuropsychiatric symptoms
• Carers

Qualifications

• PhD, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, 2016
• MSc, Health Psychology, University of Nottingham, 2008
• BSc, Joint Honours Mathematics and Psychology, 2007

Memberships

• British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Psychologist
• International and Parkinson Movement Disorders Society (MDS)
• European Delirium Association (EDA)
• Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases (DemaNDs) Research Group
• British Geriatrics Society (BGS)

Links

ORCID

Google Scholar

SCOPUS

Brain and Movement (BAM) Research Group

I am the Janet Owens Parkinson's UK Senior Research Fellow and a Senior Lecturer. I am a lead within the Brain and Movement (BAM) Research Group led by Professor Lynn Rochester at the Translation and Clinical Research Institute at Newcastle University, and based at the Biomedical Research Building.

My translational research programme aims to determine the optimal measurements and mechanisms underpinning neuropsychiatric symptoms and delirium in the context of Parkinson’s, and how these conditions are associated with cognitive and motor decline. Ultimately, my goal is to improve the recognition and management of these distressing symptoms and conditions, and to improve the quality of life and long-term health outcomes of people affected by Parkinson’s.

Current and previous studies

• Can we use EEG identify and understand delirium in inpatients with Lewy body dementia? (EEG-Del), PI, funded by the Alzheimer’s Society Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network (LBD DTN).
• Discovering digital biomarkers of activity and sleep in ageing and diverse neurological populations (ActivNap), PI, funded by NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Centre.
• Defining delirium and its impact in Parkinson’s Disease (DELIRIUM-PD), PI funded by Parkinson’s UK.
• Identifying delirium in people with Parkinson’s disease (DETERMINE-PD), PI, funded by Parkinson’s UK.
• Using wearable technology to identify activity and sleep patterns in inpatients with delirium and Parkinson’s disease, Chief Investigator, funded by MRC DiMeN DTP.
• Using EEG to understand and identify delirium in inpatients with Parkinson’s disease. PI, funded by NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre awarded to the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University.
• Predicting cognitive decline using neuropsychiatric symptoms in prodromal Lewy body disease: a multimodal study, PI, funded by the Lewy Body Society.
• Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Cohorts with Longitudinal Evaluation in Parkinson’s Disease (ICICLE-PD). PI: Professor David Burn.
• Structural Retinal Changes: A biomarker for dementia in Parkinson’s disease? Co-investigator. PI: Professor David Burn, funded by Parkinson’s UK.

Teaching and supervision

Educational Lead for the Mental Health, Dementia and Neurodegeneration (MHDN) Theme in the Faculty of Medical Science.

Postgraduate

Current PhD and MD students:

• Florence Gerakios, PhD student. "Evaluating the phenomenology and natural history of delirium in inpatients with Parkinson's disease." March 2022 - present.
• William Lee, MD student. "Persistent Delirium in Older People with Parkinson’s Disease: Development of a Risk Assessment Tool and to Assess its Current Management Strategies." Sept 2021 - present.
• Mohammadreza Sedghi, PhD student. "Discovering digital biomarkers of activity and sleep in ageing and diverse neurological populations (ActivNap)." Oct 2024 - present.

Past PhD students

• Gemma Bate, PhD student. "Using wearable technology to identify activity and sleep patterns in inpatients with delirium and Parkinson’s disease." MRC DiMeN DTP student. Passed Oct 2024.

MRes Supervisor for Neuroscience, Medical Science and Ageing and Health, Newcastle University.

MSc Medical Sciences Project Supervisor, Faculty of Medical Science Newcastle University.

MRCPsych Senior Academic Supervisor, Health Education North East, Newcastle University. One current Old Age Psychiatry Higher Trainee.

Undergraduate

BSc Biomedical Sciences Dissertation Project Supervisor, Faculty of Medical Science, Newcastle University.

BSc Psychology Personal Tutor

BSc Psychology PSY1001: Psychological Enquiry. Teaching and essay supervisor

BSc Psychology PSY3097: Empirical Project Supervisor

Undergraduate Summer School Supervisor.

• Articles

  • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Gerakios F, Yarnall AJ, Bate G, Wright L, McDonald C, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Stebbins G, Allan LM. Detecting delirium in Parkinson’s disease: an evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of bedside tools. Age & Ageing 2025. In Press.
  • Wright LM, Donaghy PC, Burn DJ, Taylor J-P, OBrien JT, Yarnall AJ, Matthews FE, Firbank MJ, Sigurdsson HP, Schumacher J, Thomas AJ, Lawson RA. Brain network connectivity underlying neuropsychiatric symptoms in prodromal Lewy body dementia. Neurobiology of Aging 2025, 151, 95-106.
  • Szwedo AA, Dalen I, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Pedersen KF, MacLeod AD, Counsell CE, Backstrom D, Forsgren L, Camacho M, Williams-Gray CH, Tysnes OB, Alves G, Maple Grodem J. Dementia Risk Prediction in Early Parkinson's Disease: Validation and Genetic Integration of the MoPaRDS. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2025. In Preparation.
  • Pourzinal D, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Williams-Gray CH, Barker RA, Yang J, McMahon KL, OSullivan JD, Byrne GJ, Dissanayaka NN. Profiling people with Parkinson's disease at risk of cognitive decline: Insights from PPMI and ICICLE-PD data. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2024, 16(3), e12625.
  • Fotheringham L, Lawson RA, Urasa S, Boshe J, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB, Rogathi J, Howlett W, Dekker MCJ, Gray WK, Evans J, Walker RW, Makupa PC, Paddick S-M. Neuropsychological tests associated with symptomatic HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in a cohort of older adults in Tanzania. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2024, 30(7), 660-670.
  • Whittle BJ, Izuogu OG, Lowes H, Deen D, Pyle A, Coxhead J, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Jackson MS, Santibanez-Koref M, Hudson G. Early-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease is associated with reduced circular RNA expression. npj Parkinson's Disease 2024, 10, 25.
  • Gerakios F, Yarnall AJ, Bate G, Wright L, Davis D, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Stebbins G, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Allan L, Richardson SJ, Lawson RA. Delirium is more common and associated with worse outcomes in Parkinson's disease compared to older adult controls: results of two prospective longitudinal cohort studies. Age and Ageing 2024, 53(3), afae046.
  • Bate GL, Kirk C, Rehman RZ, Guan Y, Yarnall AJ, Del Din S, Lawson RA. The Role of Wearable Sensors to Monitor Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns in Older Adult Inpatients: A Structured Review. Sensors 2023, 23(10), 4881.
  • Wright LM, Donaghy PC, Burn DJ, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT, Yarnall AJ, Matthews FE, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Lawson RA. Predicting cognitive decline using neuropsychiatric symptoms in prodromal Lewy body dementia: A longitudinal study. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2023, 113, 105762.
  • Cullinan RJ, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM, Lawson RA. Documentation and Diagnosis of Delirium in Parkinson’s Disease. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 527-535.
  • Gonzalez MC, Tovar-Rios DA, Alves G, Dalen I, Williams-Gray CH, Camacho M, Forsgren L, Backstrom D, Lawson RA, Macleod AD, Counsell CE, Paquet C, DeLena C, D'Antonio F, Pilotto A, Padovani A, Blanc F, Falup-Pecurariu C, Lewis SJG, Rejdak K, Papuc E, Hort J, Nedelska Z, O'Brien J, Bonanni L, Marquie M, Boada M, Pytel V, Abdelnour C, Alcolea D, Beyer K, Tysnes O-B, Aarsland D, Maple-Grodem J. Cognitive and Motor Decline in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2023, 10(6), 980-986.
  • Richardson S, Lawson RA, Price A, Taylor JP. Challenges in diagnosis and management of delirium in Lewy body disease. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 475-480.
  • Pourzinal D, Yang J, Lawson RA, McMahon KL, Byrne GJ, Dissanayaka NN. Systematic review of data-driven cognitive subtypes in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neurology 2022, 29(11), 3395-3417.
  • Szwedo AA, Dalen I, Pedersen KF, Camacho M, Bäckström D, Forsgren L, Tzoulis C, Winder-Rhodes S, Hudson G, Liu G, Scherzer C, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Williams-Gray CH, Macleod AD, Counsell CE, Tysnes OB, Alves G, Maple-Grødem J. GBA and APOE Impact Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease: A 10-Year Population-Based Study. Movement Disorders 2022, 37(5), 1016-1027.
  • Sigurdsson HP, Yarnall AJ, Galna B, Lord S, Alcock L, Lawson RA, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Taylor JP, Pavese N, Brooks DJ, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ, Rochester L. Gait-related metabolic covariance networks at rest in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders 2022, 37(6), 1222-1234.
  • Ray NH, Lawson RA, Martin SL, Sigurdsson HP, Wilson J, Galna B, Lord S, Alcock L, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ, Taylor JP, Rea R, Bergamino M, Rochester L, Yarnall AJ. Free-water imaging of the cholinergic basal forebrain and pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson’s disease. Brain 2022, 146(3), 1053–1064.
  • Mc Ardle R, Del Din S, Morris R, Alcock L, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Rochester L, Lawson RA. Factors Influencing Habitual Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease: Considering the Psychosocial State and Wellbeing of People with Parkinson’s and Their Carers. Sensors 2022, 22(3), 871.
  • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Kershaw D, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayn C, Barnes L, Yarnall AJ, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Parker S, Allan LM. Evaluation of Bedside Tests of Attention and Arousal Assessing Delirium in Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, and Older Adults. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2022, 12(2), 655-665.
  • Lawson RA, Williams-Gray CH, Camacho M, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Breen DP, Barker RA, Rochester L, Burn DJ, Yarnall AJ. Which neuropsychological tests? Predicting cognitive decline and dementia in Parkinson’s disease in the ICICLE-PD cohort. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2021, 11(3), 1297-1308.
  • Naisby J, Lawson RA, Galna B, Alcock L, Burn DJ, Rochester L, Yarnall AJ. Trajectories of pain over six years in early Parkinson’s disease: ICICLE-PD. Journal of Neurology 2021, 268, 4759-4767.
  • Colloby SJ, Nathan P, Bakker G, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, OBrien JT, Taylor JP. Spatial covariance of cholinergic muscarinic M₁/M₄ receptors in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders 2021, 36(8), 1879-1888.
  • Xu Z, Anderson KN, Saffari SE, Lawson RA, Chaudhuri KR, Brooks David, Pavese N. Progression of sleep disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease. A 5-year longitudinal study. Journal of Neurology 2021, 268, 312-320.
  • Cai N, Gomez Duran A, Yonova Doing E, Kundu K, Burgess AI, Golder ZJ, Calabrese C, Bonder MJ, Camacho M, Lawson RA, Williams Gray CH, Di Angelantonio E, Roberts DJ, Watkins NA, Ouwehand WH, Butterworth AS, Stewart ID, Pietzner M, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Danesh J, Walter K, Rothwell WM, Howson JMM, Stegle O, Chinnery PF, Soranzo N. Mitochondrial DNA variants modulate N-formylmethionine, proteostasis and risk of late-onset human diseases. Nature Medicine 2021, 27, 1564-1575.
  • Richardson SJ, Lawson RA, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Matthews FE, Brayne C, Barnes L, Taylor JP, Parker S, Allan LM. Hospitalisation without delirium is not associated with cognitive decline in a population-based sample of older people – results from a nested, longitudinal cohort study. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(5), 1675-1681.
  • Camacho M, Macleod AD, Maple-Grødem J, Evans JR, Breen DP, Cummins G, Wijeyekoon RS, Greenlan J, Alves G, Tysnes O, Lawson RA, Barker RA, Williams-Gray CH. Early constipation predicts faster dementia onset in Parkinson's disease. npj Parkinson's Disease 2021, 7, 45.
  • Wilson J, Yarnall AJ, Craig CE, Galna B, Lord S, Morris R, Lawson RA, Alcock L, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ, Taylor JP, Ray NJ, Rochester L. Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Volumes Predict Gait Decline in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders 2021, 36(3), 611-621.
  • Ramsay N, Macleod AD, Alves G, Camacho M, Forsgren L, Lawson RA, Maple-Grødem J, Tysnes OB, Williams-Gray CH, Yarnall AJ, Counsell CE. Validation of a UPDRS-/MDS-UPDRS-based definition of functional dependency for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2020, 76, 49-53.
  • Bauermeister S, Orton C, Thompson S, Barker RA, Bauermeister JR, Ben-Shlomo Y, Brayne C, Burn D, Campbell A, Calvin C, Chandran S, Chaturvedi N, Chene G, Chessell IP, Corbett A, Davis DHJ, Denis M, Dufouil C, Elliott P, Fox N, Hill D, Hofer SM, Hu MT, Jindra C, Kee F, Kim C-H, Kim C, Kivimaki M, Koychev I, Lawson RA, Linden GJ, Lyons RA, Mackay C, Matthews PM, McGuiness B, Middleton L, Moody C, Moore K, Na DL, O'Brien JT, Ourselin S, Paranjothy S, Park K-S, Porteous DJ, Richards M, Ritchie CW, Rohrer JD, Rossor MN, Rowe JB, Scahill R, Schnier C, Schott JM, Seo SW, South M, Steptoe M, Tabrizi SJ, Tales A, Tillin T, Timpson NJ, Toga AW, Visser P-J, Wade-Martins R, Wilkinson T, Williams J, Wong A, Gallacher JEJ. The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal. European Journal of Epidemiology 2020, 35, 601-611.
  • Martin-Ruiz C, Williams-Gray CH, Yarnall AJ, Boucher JJ, Lawson RA, Wijeyekoon RS, Barker RA, Kolenda C, Parker C, Burn DJ, Von Zglinicki T, Saretzki G. Senescence and inflammatory markers for predicting clinical progression in Parkinson's disease-the ICICLE-PD study. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2020, 10(1), 193-206.
  • Dlay JK, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Williams-Gray CH, Breen DP, Barker RA, Burn DJ, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ. Progression of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms over Time in an Incident Parkinson’s Disease Cohort (ICICLE-PD). Brain Sciences 2020, 10(2), 78.
  • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM. Identifying delirium in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 35(5), 547-552.
  • Wilson J, Alcock L, Yarnall AJ, Lord S, Lawson RA, Morris R, Taylor J-P, Burn DJ, Rochester L, Galna B. Gait Progression Over 6 Years in Parkinson’s Disease: Effects of Age, Medication, and Pathology. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2020, 12, 577435.
  • Ahamadi M, Conrado DJ, Macha S, Sinha V, Stone J, Burton J, Nicholas T, Gallagher J, Dexter D, Bani M, Boroojerdi B, Smit H, Weidemann J, Chen C, Yang M, Maciuca R, Lawson R, Burn D, Marek K, Venuto C, Stafford B, Akalu M, Stephenson D, Romero K. Development of a disease progression model for leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 in Parkinson's disease to inform clinical trial designs. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2020, 107(3), 553-562.
  • Sleeman I, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Johnston F, Khoo TK, Burn DJ. Urate and homocysteine: predicting motor and cognitive changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2019, 9(2), 351-359.
  • Stuart S, Lawson RA, Yarnall YA, Nell J, Alcock L, Duncan DW, Khoo TK, Barker RA, Rochester L, Burn DJ. Pro‐Saccades Predict Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease: ICICLE‐PD . Movement Disorders 2019, 34(11), 1690-1698.
  • Durcan R, Wiblin L, Lawson RA, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Brooks DJ, Pavese N, Burn DJ. Prevalence and duration of non‐motor symptoms in prodromal Parkinson's disease. European Journal of Neurology 2019, 26(7), 979-985.
  • King E, O'Brien J, Donaghy P, Williams-Gray CH, Lawson RA, Morris CM, Barnett N, Olsen K, Martin-Ruiz C, Burn DJ, Yarnall AJ, Taylor JP, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Thomas A. Inflammation in Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Parkinson’s disease, Lewy Body disease and Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2019, 34(8), 1244-1250.
  • Lawson RA, McDonald C, Burn DJ. Defining delirium in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2019, 64, 29-39.
  • Gravell R, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Burn DJ, Sayer AA, Barker RA, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ. Multimorbidity predicts quality of life but not motor severity in early Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2018, 8(4), 511-515.
  • Minett T, Su L, Mak E, Williams G, Firbank M, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn D, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging changes in early Parkinson’s disease: ICICLE-PD study. Journal of Neurology 2018, 265(7), 1528-1539.
  • Lawson RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Brittain KR. Coping with cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease: perspectives from patients and carers. Parkinson's Disease 2018, 2018, 1362053.
  • Clegg BJ, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Barker RA, Burn DJ, Yarnall AJ, Lawson RA. Categorising visual hallucinations in early Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2018, 8(3), 447-453.
  • Sleeman I, Aspray T, Lawson RA, Coleman S, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Schoenmakers I, Barker R, Rochester R, Burn DJ, Yarnall AJ. The Role of Vitamin D in Disease Progression in Early Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2017, 7(4), 669-675.
  • Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Breen DP, Khoo TK, Williams-Gray CH, Barker RA, Burn DJ. Stability of mild cognitive impairment in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2017, 88, 648-652.
  • O'Dowd S, Galna B, Morris R, Lawson RA, McDonald C, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Rochester L, Anderson KN. Poor Sleep Quality and Progression of Gait Impairment in an Incident Parkinson’s Disease Cohort. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2017, 7(3), 465-470.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Firbank MJ, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Mollenhauer B, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal whole-brain atrophy and ventricular enlargement in nondemented Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Aging 2017, 55, 78-90.
  • Peraza LR, Nesbitt D, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, Yarnall AJ, Khoo TK, Kaiser M, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Brooks DJ, Burn DJ, Taylor JP. Intra- and inter-network functional alterations in Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment. Human Brain Mapping 2017, 38(3), 1702-1715.
  • Morris R, Lord S, Lawson RA, Coleman S, Galna B, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Rochester L. Gait Rather Than Cognition Predicts Decline in Specific Cognitive Domains in Early Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Gerontology: Series A 2017, 72(12), 1656-1662.
  • Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Johnston F, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, on behalf of the ICICLE-PD study group. Cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: impact on quality of life carers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2017, 32(12), 1362-1370.
  • Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Petrides GS, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Maxwell RJ, Brooks DJ, Burn DJ. Cerebral glucose metabolism and cognition in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease: ICICLE-PD study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2017, 88(4), 310-316.
  • Dissanayaka NNW, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Breen DP, Khoo TK, Barker RA, Burn DJ. Anxiety is associated with cognitive impairment in newly-diagnosed Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2017, 36, 63–68.
  • Williams-Gray CH, Wijeyekoon R, Yarnall AJ, Lawson RA, Breen DP, Evans JR, Cummings GA, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Burn DJ, Barker RA, on behalf of the ICICLE-PD study group. Serum immune markers and disease progression in an incident Parkinson's disease cohort (ICICLE-PD). Movement Disorders 2016, 31(7), 995-1003.
  • Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Breen DP, Williams-Gray CH, Barker RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ. Cognitive decline and quality of life in incident Parkinson’s disease: the role of attention. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2016, 27, 47-53.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Firbank MJ, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Baseline and longitudinal grey matter changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-PD study. Brain 2015, 138, 2974-2986.
  • Yarnall AJ, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, Breen DP, Khoo TK, Brooks D, Barker RA, Taylor JP, Burn DJ. Anticholinergic Load: Is there a Cognitive Cost in Early Parkinson's Disease?. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2015, 5(4), 743-743.
  • Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Breen DP, Barker RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ. Severity of mild cognitive impairment in early Parkinson's disease contributes to poorer quality of life. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2014, 20(10), 1071-1075.
  • Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Breen DP, Barker RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ. Quality of Life and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Early Parkinson's Disease: Does Subtype Matter?. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2014, 4(3), 331-336.
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Evans S, Frankel J, Garrard P, Gibb W, Gove R, Holmes C, Lawton N, Malik N, McElwaine T, Morgan S, Phipps H, Pressly V, Queen V, Roberts H, Tan R, Turner G, Weller R, Zaman S, O'Brien A, Grosset D, MacPhee G, McGonigal A, Vennard C, Rektorova I, Carey G, Castleton B, Dhakam Z, Kalcantera E, Long C, Mandal B, Martin V, Nari R, Nicholas V, Sunderland C, Franks S, Hammans S, Moffitt V, Rice-Oxley M, Elizabeth J, Logan A, Summers B, Cooper S, Darch W, Homan J, Hussain M, Sharratt D, Solanki T, Bennett J, Vassallo J, Ford A, Kendall G, Stocker K, Chaudhry A, Grubneac A, Kenton A, Lindahl A, Lismore J, McConville M, Peskett R, Ponsford J, Shehu A, Strens L, Hughes T, Sastry B, Barrett J, Turnbull C, Vanek H, Moore A, O'Brien I, Watling D, Wyatt L, Jones C, Mahan T, Ullyart K, Wood B, Desai H, Ferry P, Grubneac A, Ponsford J, Ray P, Rose P, Shehu A, Thanvi B, Waters S, Rizvi S, Sa'Adu A, Walker E, Berry G, Russell N, Lennox G, Ward T, Abrams J, Ashley S, Steiger M, Beal A, Hawkins J, Heller A, Jenkinson M, McHenry M, Samuel M, Scoble N, Vahid R, Caie L, Leslie V, Primrose W, Baker K, Buckley C, Bulley S, Gibbons D, Goodland R, Heywood P, Jones L, Martin L, Qadiri MR, Rashed K, Rowland -Axe R, Stone A, Whittuck M. Long-term effectiveness of dopamine agonists and monoamine oxidase B inhibitors compared with levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD MED): A large, open-label, pragmatic randomised trial. The Lancet 2014, 384(9949), 1196-1205.
  • Lawson RA, Millar D, Brown RG, Burn DJ. Guided Self-Help for the Management of Worry in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2013, 3(1), 61-68.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Neal M, Pippard B, Forrest I, Lawson R, Fisher HF, Matthews JNS, Hollingsworth K, Simpson AJ, Wild J, Thelwall P. ¹⁹F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane in patients with asthma and patients with COPD pre- and post-bronchodilator therapy. In: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting & Exhibition. 2021, Virtual.
  • Stuart S, Alcock L, Nell J, Lawson RA, Morris R, Yarnall AJ, Burn D, Rochester L. Pro-saccades predict decline in attention over 18 months in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease. In: 21st International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • McDonald C, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, O'Dowd ST, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ. The Frequency and Progression of Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Parkinson’s disease and Healthy Controls Over 36 months Follow-up in the ICICLE-PD Study. In: Parkinson’s UK Research Conference. 2016, Leeds.
  • Peraza LR, Lawson RA, Firbank JM, Yarnall A, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Brooks D, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Burn D, Taylor JP. Principal component discriminant analysis of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease reveals early functional changes in the resting state. In: Neuroinformatics 2016 INCF Conference. 2016, Reading, UK: Frontiers Media S.A.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams G, Lawson R, Yarnall A, Gordon D, Adrian O, Tien K, Brooks D, Rowe J, Barker R, Burn D, O'Brien J. Baseline and longitudinal grey matter changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-PD study. In: 17th IPA International. 2015, Berlin, Germany: Cambridge University Press.
  • Nesbitt D, Peraza LR, Lawson R, Yarnall A, Firbank M, Taylor J-P, Burn D. fMRI resting state connectivity in Parkinson's with mild cognitive impairment. In: Parkinson's UK Research Conference. 2014, York, UK.

• Review

  • Rafferty MR, Foster ER, Roberts AC, Smaller KA, Johnson LL, Lawson RA. Stemming the Tide: The Proactive Role of Allied Health Therapy in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2024, 14(s1), S7-S19.