Professor Iracema Leroi
Associate Professor/Consultant, Psychiatry
Associate Professor/Consultant, Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN)
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Wormald A, McGlinchey E, D'Eath M, Leroi I, Lawlor B, McCallion P, McCarron M, O'Sullivan R. & Chen Y., Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Caregivers of People with an Intellectual Disability, in Comparison to Carers of Those with Other Disabilities and with Mental Health Issues: A Multicountry Study., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. , 20, (4), 2023
Leroi I, Karanja W, Adrion ER, Alladi S, Custodio N, Goswami SP, Guerchet M, Gubner J, Ibanez A, Ilinica S, Jafri H, Lawlor B, Mohamed AA, Ogunniyi A, Robertson I, Robinson L, Spector A, Varghese M, Weidner W, Caramelli P, Dementia Charter of Conduct Global Expert Reference Group., Equity and balance in applied dementia research: A charter of conduct and checklist for global collaborations., International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 37, (7), 2022
Fox S, Brown LJE, Antrobus S, Brough D, Drake RJ, Jury F, Leroi I, Parry-Jones AR, Machin M., Co-design of a Smartphone App for People Living With Dementia by Applying Agile, Iterative Co-design Principles: Development and Usability Study., JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10, (1), 2022, pe24483
Stringer G, Couth S, Heuvelman H, Bull C, Gledson A, Keane J, Rayson P, Sutcliffe A, Sawyer PH, Zeng XJ, Montaldi D, Brown LJE, Leroi I., Assessment of non-directed computer-use behaviours in the home can indicate early cognitive impairment: A proof of principle longitudinal study., Aging & mental health, 2022, p1-10
Leroi I, Wolski L, Charalambous AP, Constantinidou F, Renaud D, Dawes P, Hann M, Himmelsbach I, Miah J, Payne M, Simkin Z, Thodi C, Yeung WK, Yohannes AM., Support care needs of people with hearing and vision impairment in dementia: a European cross-national perspective., Disability and rehabilitation, 44, (18), 2022, p5069-5081
Littlejohn J, Bowen M, Constantinidou F, Dawes P, Dickinson C, Heyn P, Hooper E, Hopper T, Hubbard I, Langenbahn D, Nieman CL, Rajagopal M, Thodi C, Weinstein B, Wittich W, Leroi I., International Practice Recommendations for the Recognition and Management of Hearing and Vision Impairment in People with Dementia., Gerontology, 68, (2), 2022, p121-135
Legaz A, Abrevaya S, Dottori M, González Campo C, Birba A, Martorell Caro M, Aguirre J, Slachevsky A, Aranguiz R, Serrano C, Gillan CM, Leroi I, Ibañez A, Multimodal mechanisms of human socially reinforced learning across neurodegenerative diseases., Brain : a journal of neurology, 2022
Maharani A, Zaidi SNZ, Jury F, Vatter S, Hill D, Leroi I., The long-term impact of loneliness and social isolation on depression and anxiety in memory clinic attendees and their care partners: A longitudinal actor-partner interdependence model., Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 8, (1), 2022, pe12235
Toledo JB, Abdelnour C, Weil RS, Ferreira D, Rodriguez-Porcel F, Pilotto A, Wyman-Chick KA, Grothe MJ, Kane JPM, Taylor A, Rongve A, Scholz S, Leverenz JB, Boeve BF, Aarsland D, McKeith IG, Lewis S, Leroi I, Taylor JP, ISTAART Lewy body dementias Trial Methods Working Group., Dementia with Lewy bodies: Impact of co-pathologies and implications for clinical trial design., Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022
Hooper E, Brown LJE, Cross H, Dawes P, Leroi I, Armitage CJ., Systematic Review of Factors Associated With Hearing Aid Use in People Living in the Community With Dementia and Age-Related Hearing Loss., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, (10), 2022, p1669-1675.e16
Cross H, Dawes P, Hooper E, Armitage CJ, Leroi I, Millman RE., Effectiveness of Hearing Rehabilitation for Care Home Residents With Dementia: A Systematic Review., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, (3), 2022, p450-460.e4
O'Brien JT, Chouliaras L, Sultana J, Taylor JP, Ballard C, RENEWAL Study Group., RENEWAL: REpurposing study to find NEW compounds with Activity for Lewy body dementia-an international Delphi consensus., Alzheimer's research & therapy, 14, (1), 2022, p169
Henderson C, Knapp M, Stirling S, Shepstone L, High J, Ballard C, Bentham P, Burns A, Farina N, Fox C, Fountain J, Francis P, Howard R, Leroi I, Livingston G, Nilforooshan R, Nurock S, O'Brien JT, Price A, Swart AM, Tabet N, Telling T, Thomas AJ, Banerjee S., Cost-effectiveness of mirtazapine for agitated behaviors in dementia: findings from a randomized controlled trial., International psychogeriatrics, 34, (10), 2022, p905-917
Harding AJE, Morbey H, Ahmed F, Opdebeeck C, Elvish R, Leroi I, Williamson PR, Keady J, Reilly ST., A Core Outcome Set for Nonpharmacological Community-Based Interventions for People Living With Dementia at Home: A Systematic Review of Outcome Measurement Instruments., The Gerontologist, 61, (8), 2021, pe435-e448
Leroi I, Chauhan N, Hann M, Jones L, Prew S, Russell G, Sturrock RA, Taylor J, Worthington M, Dawes P., Sensory Health for Residents with Dementia in Care Homes in England: A Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Survey., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22, (7), 2021, p1518-1524.e12
Brady C, Fenton C Loughran O, Higgins A, McLoughlin D, Nursing home staff mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37, (1), 2021
Conroy E., Kennedy P., Heverin M., Leroi I., Mayberry E., Beelen A., Stavroulakis T., van den Berg L.H., McDermott C.J., Hardiman O., Galvin M., Informal caregivers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A multi"centre, exploratory study of burden and difficulties, Brain Sciences, 11, (8), 2021
Banerjee S, High J, Stirling S, Shepstone L, Swart AM, Telling T, Henderson C, Ballard C, Bentham P, Burns A, Farina N, Fox C, Francis P, Howard R, Knapp M, Leroi I, Livingston G, Nilforooshan R, Nurock S, O'Brien J, Price A, Thomas AJ, Tabet N., Study of mirtazapine for agitated behaviours in dementia (SYMBAD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial., Lancet (London, England), 398, (10310), 2021, p1487-1497
Gould RL, Wetherell JL, Kimona K, Serfaty MA, Jones R, Graham CD, Lawrence V, Livingston G, Wilkinson P, Walters K, Le Novere M, Leroi I, Barber R, Lee E, Cook J, Wuthrich VM, Howard RJ., Acceptance and commitment therapy for late-life treatment-resistant generalised anxiety disorder: a feasibility study., Age and ageing, 50, (5), 2021, p1751-1761
Zarotti N, Eccles FJR, Foley JA, Paget A, Gunn S, Leroi I, Simpson J., Psychological interventions for people with Parkinson's disease in the early 2020s: Where do we stand?, Psychology and psychotherapy, 94, (3), 2021, p760-797
Dawes P, Leroi I, Chauhan N, Han W, Harbishettar V, Jayakody DMP, Jones L, Konstantinou A, Maharani A, Martini A, Politis A, Prabhakar S, Prew S, Prouskas C, Russell G, Sturrock A, Sunarti S, Taylor J, Vorvolakos T, Worthington M., Hearing and vision health for people with dementia in residential long term care: Knowledge, attitudes and practice in England, South Korea, India, Greece, Indonesia and Australia., International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 36, (10), 2021, p1531-1540
Morgan-Trimmer S, Kudlicka A, Warmoth K, Leroi I, Oyebode JR, Pool J, Woods R, Clare L., Implementation processes in a cognitive rehabilitation intervention for people with dementia: a complexity-informed qualitative analysis., BMJ Open, 11, (10), 2021, pe051255
O'Sullivan R, Burns A, Leavey G, Leroi I, Burholt V, Lubben J, Holt-Lunstad J, Victor C, Lawlor B, Vilar-Compte M, Perissinotto CM, Tully MA, Sullivan MP, Rosato M, Power JM, Tiilikainen E, Prohaska TR., Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Multi-Country Study. , International journal of environmental research and public health, 18, (19), 2021, p9982
Miah J, Sheikh S, Francis RC, Nagarajan G, Antony S, Tahir M, Sattar R, Naz A, Tofique S, Billah M, Saha S, Leroi I., Patient and Public Involvement for Dementia Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Developing Capacity and Capability in South Asia., Frontiers in neurology, 12, 2021, p637000
Howard R, Gathercole R, Bradley R, Harper E, Davis L, Pank L, Lam N, Talbot E, Hooper E, Winson R, Scutt B, Ordonez Montano V, Nunn S, Lavelle G, Bateman A, Bentham P, Burns A, Dunk B, Forsyth K, Fox C, Poland F, Leroi I, Newman S, O'Brien J, Henderson C, Knapp M, Woolham J, Gray R., The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of assistive technology and telecare for independent living in dementia: a randomised controlled trial., Age and ageing, 50, (3), 2021, p882-890
Chen Y, Demnitz N, Yamamoto S, Yaffe K, Lawlor B, Leroi I., Defining brain health: A concept analysis. , International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 37, (1), 2021
Sheikh S, Tofique S, Zehra N, Amjad R, Rasheed M, Usman M, Lal S, Hooper E, Miah J, Husain N, Jafri H, Chaudhry N, Leroi I., SENSE-Cog Asia: A Feasibility Study of a Hearing Intervention to Improve Outcomes in People With Dementia., Frontiers in neurology, 12, 2021, p654143
Gathercole R, Bradley R, Harper E, Davies L, Pank L, Lam N, Davies A, Talbot E, Hooper E, Winson R, Scutt B, Montano VO, Nunn S, Lavelle G, Lariviere M, Hirani S, Brini S, Bateman A, Bentham P, Burns A, Dunk B, Forsyth K, Fox C, Henderson C, Knapp M, Leroi I, Newman S, O'Brien J, Poland F, Woolham J, Gray R, Howard R., Assistive technology and telecare to maintain independent living at home for people with dementia: the ATTILA RCT., Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 25, (19), 2021, p1-156
Jahanara Miah, Piers Dawes, Iracema Leroi, Bella Starling, Karina Lovell, Owen Price, Andrew Grundy, Suzanne Parsons, Evaluation of a research awareness training programme to support research involvement of older people with dementia and their care partners, Health Expectations, 2020
Iracema Leroi, Christopher J. Armitage, Fidéline Collin, Eric Frison, Mark Hann, Emma Hooper, David Reeves, Zoe Simkin, Lucas Wolski, A randomised controlled trial of hearing and vision support in dementia: Protocol for a process evaluation in the SENSE-Cog trial, Trials, 21, (1), 2020
Jade S. Pickering, Iracema Leroi, Jennifer McBride, Ellen Poliakoff, Continuous force measurements reveal no inhibitory control deficits in Parkinson"s disease, Experimental Brain Research, 2020
Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Annie Pye, Wai Kent Yeung, Iracema Leroi, Malcolm Neil, Chryssoula Thodi, Piers Dawes, Tools for App- and Web-Based Self-Testing of Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Search and Evaluation, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Leroi I, Vaitheswaran S, Sheikh S, Chaudhry N, Goswami SP, Miah J, Sakel M, Tofique S, Husain N, SENSE-Cog Asia Collaboration., Capacity & capability building for applied dementia research in low- & middle-income countries: Two exemplars from South Asia., The Indian journal of medical research, 152, (6), 2020, p614-625
Miah J, Parsons S, Lovell K, Starling B, Leroi I, Dawes P., Impact of involving people with dementia and their care partners in research: a qualitative study., BMJ Open, 10, (10), 2020, pe039321
Davies A, Brini S, Hirani S, Gathercole R, Forsyth K, Henderson C, Bradley R, Davies L, Dunk B, Harper E, Lam N, Pank L, Leroi I, Woolham J, Fox C, O'Brien J, Bateman A, Poland F, Bentham P, Burns A, Gray R, Knapp M, Talbot E, Hooper E, Winson R, Scutt B, Ordonez V, Nunn S, Lavelle G, Howard R, Newman S., The impact of assistive technology on burden and psychological well-being in informal caregivers of people with dementia (ATTILA Study)., Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 6, (1), 2020, pe12064
Iracema Leroi, Christopher J. Armitage, Fidéline Collin, Eric Frison, Mark Hann, Emma Hooper, David Reeves, Zoe Simkin, Lucas Wolski, A randomised controlled trial of hearing and vision support in dementia: Protocol for a process evaluation in the SENSE-Cog Trial, 2020
, Goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation for early-stage alzheimer"s and related dementias: The GREAT RCT, Health Technology Assessment, 2019
, Hearing Impairment, Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Cognitive Function: Longitudinal Analysis Using English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019
Wilcockson, T.D.W. and Mardanbegi, D. and Xia, B. and Taylor, S. and Sawyer, P. and Gellersen, H.W. and Leroi, I. and Killick, R. and Crawford, T.J., Abnormalities of saccadic eye movements in dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment, Aging, 2019
, Patient and public involvement in dementia research in the European Union: A scoping review, BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Jade S. Pickering, Iracema Leroi, Jennifer McBride, Ellen Poliakoff, Continuous force measurements reveal no inhibitory control deficits in Parkinson"s disease, 2019
Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Annie Pye, Wai Kent Yeung, Iracema Leroi, Malcolm Neil, Chryssoula Thodi, Piers Dawes, Tools for App- and Web-Based Self-Testing of Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Search and Evaluation (Preprint), 2019
Iracema Leroi, Christopher J. Armitage, Fidéline Collin, Eric Frison, Mark Hann, Emma Hooper, David Reeves, Zoe Simkin, Lucas Wolski, A randomised controlled trial of hearing and vision support in dementia: Protocol for a process evaluation in the SENSE-Cog Trial, 2019
, Individualised sensory intervention to improve quality of life in people with dementia and their companions (SENSE-Cog trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Trials, 2019
Forsyth, K. and Henderson, C. and Davis, L. and Singh Roy, A. and Dunk, B. and Curnow, E. and Gathercole, R. and Lam, N. and Harper, E. and Leroi, I. and Woolham, J. and Fox, C. and O'Brien, J. and Bateman, A. and Poland, F. and Bentham, P. and Burns, A. and Davies, A. and Gray, R. and Bradley, R. and Knapp, M. and Newman, S. and McShane, R. and Ritchie, C. and Talbot, E. and Hooper, E. and Winson, R. and Scutt, B. and Ordonez, V. and Nunn, S. and Lavelle, G. and Howard, R., Assessment of need and practice for assistive technology and telecare for people with dementia"The ATTILA (Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia) trial, Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 2019
, Parkinson"s-adapted cognitive stimulation therapy: a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial, Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2019
Iracema Leroi, Zoe Simkin, Emma Hooper, Lucas Wolski, Harvey Abrams, Christopher J. Armitage, Elizabeth Camacho, Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Fideline Collin, Fofi Constantinidou, Piers Dawes, Rachel Elliott, Sue Falkingham, Eric Frison, Mark Hann, Catherine Helmer, Ines Himmelsbach, Hannah Hussain, Sarah Marié, Susana Montecelo, Chryssoula Thodi, Wai Kent Yeung, Impact of an intervention to support hearing and vision in dementia: The SENSE"Cog Field Trial, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019
Piers Dawes, Lucas Wolski, Ines Himmelsbach, Jemma Regan, Iracema Leroi, Interventions for hearing and vision impairment to improve outcomes for people with dementia: a scoping review, International Psychogeriatrics, 31, (2), 2019, p203--221
, Protocol for the development of versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for people with hearing or vision impairment, BMJ Open, 2019
, Which computer-use behaviours are most indicative of cognitive decline? Insights from an expert reference group, Health informatics journal, 2019
Virginie Naël et al. and the Sense‑Cog consortium, Vision loss and 12-year risk of dementia in older adults: the 3C cohort study, European Journal of Epidemiology, 2019
T. J. Crawford, S. Taylor, D. Mardanbegi, M. Polden, T. W. Wilcockson, R. Killick, P. Sawyer, H. Gellersen, I. Leroi, The Effects of Previous Error and Success in Alzheimer"s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Scientific Reports, 9, (1), 2019
, Deep and Frequent Phenotyping study protocol: An observational study in prodromal Alzheimer's disease, BMJ Open, 2019
Leroi, I. and Himmelsbach, I. and Wolski, L. and Littlejohn, J. and Jury, F. and Parker, A. and Charalambous, A.P. and Dawes, P. and Constantinidou, F. and Thodi, C., Assessing and managing concurrent hearing, vision and cognitive impairments in older people: An international perspective from healthcare professionals, Age and Ageing, 2019
, Feasibility and Acceptability of Computerised Cognitive Training of Everyday Cognition in Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, 2019
, Feasibility of an Intervention to Support Hearing and Vision in Dementia: The SENSE-Cog Field Trial, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2019
, What is important to people living with dementia?: The 'long-list' of outcome items in the development of a core outcome set for use in the evaluation of non-pharmacological community-based health and social care interventions, BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Linda Clare, Aleksandra Kudlicka, Jan R. Oyebode, Roy W. Jones, Antony Bayer, Iracema Leroi, et al, Individual goal"oriented cognitive rehabilitation to improve everyday functioning for people with early"stage dementia: A multicentre randomised controlled trial (the GREAT trial), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019
Vatter, S.,Stanmore, E., Clare, L., McDonald, K.R.,McCormick, S.A. and Leroi, I., Care Burden and Mental Ill Health in Spouses of People With Parkinson Disease Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2019
, Parkinson"s-adapted cognitive stimulation therapy: feasibility and acceptability in Lewy body spectrum disorders, Journal of Neurology, 2019
, A qualitative study of female caregiving spouses' experiences of intimate relationships as cognition declines in Parkinson's disease, Age and Ageing, 2018
, A protocol to evaluate the impact of involvement of older people with dementia and age-related hearing and/or vision impairment in a multi-site european research study, Research Involvement and Engagement, 2018
, Can you detect early dementia from an email? A proof of principle study of daily computer use to detect cognitive and functional decline, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018
, Bidirectional associations of vision and hearing loss with anxiety: Prospective findings from the Three-City Study, Age and Ageing, 2018
, Correction to: The Edinburgh Consensus: Preparing for the advent of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's Research and Therapy (2017) 9 (85) DOI: 10.1186/s13195-017-0312-4), Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 2018
, Longitudinal Relationship Between Hearing Aid Use and Cognitive Function in Older Americans, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2018
Iracema Leroi, Kentaro Watanabe, Nick Hird, Taro Sugihara, "Psychogeritechnology" in Japan: Exemplars from a super-aged society, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018
, Dementia in 'super-aged' Japan: challenges and solutions, Neurodegenerative disease management, 2018
, Multidimensional Care Burden in Parkinson-Related Dementia, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2018
Fan Yang, Piers Dawes, Iracema Leroi, Brenda Gannon, Measurement tools of resource use and quality of life in clinical trials for dementia or cognitive impairment interventions: A systematically conducted narrative review, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018
, Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018
, Known and unknown requirements in healthcare, Requirements Engineering, 2018
, Developing a core outcome set for people living with dementia at home in their neighbourhoods and communities: Study protocol for use in the evaluation of non-pharmacological community-based health and social care interventions, Trials, 2018
, Measurement tools of resource use and quality of life in clinical trials for dementia or cognitive impairment interventions: Protocol for a scoping review, Systematic Reviews, 2017
, Pharmacological therapy and anxiolytics in patients with respiratory diseases, Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases, 2017
Iracema Leroi, Disrupted identities: movement, mind, and memory in Parkinson's disease, International Psychogeriatrics, 29, (06), 2017, p879--881
, The Edinburgh Consensus: Preparing for the advent of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 2017
, The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: A randomised controlled trial, PLoS Medicine, 2017
, Improving hearing and vision in dementia: Protocol for a field trial of a new intervention, BMJ Open, 2017
, Cognitive Impairment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2017
, Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia, Dementia, Fifth Edition, 2017
, Psychosocial therapy for Parkinson"s-related dementia: Intervention development, Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
, Research protocol for a complex intervention to support hearing and vision function to improve the lives of people with dementia, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2017
Annie Pye, Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Iracema Leroi, Chrysoulla Thodi, Piers Dawes, Screening tools for the identification of dementia for adults with age-related acquired hearing or vision impairment: a scoping review, International Psychogeriatrics, 29, (11), 2017, p1771--1784
, Psychosocial therapy for Parkinson's-related dementia: Study protocol for the INVEST randomised controlled trial, BMJ Open, 2017
, Combining Mouse and Keyboard Events with Higher Level Desktop Actions to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment, Proceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2016, 2016
, Editorial: ICT for assessment and rehabilitation in alzheimer's disease and related disorders, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2016
, Treat the brain to improve the lungs?: Mental illness as a risk factor for readmission in COPD, Chest, 2016
, Cognitive training interventions for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
, Individual cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia: A clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial, Health Technology Assessment, 2015
, From click to cognition: Detecting cognitive decline through daily computer use, The Preservation of Memory, 2015
, Experiences of apathy in people with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative exploration, Disability and Rehabilitation, 2015
, Perceptions of cause and control in people with alzheimer's disease, Gerontologist, 2014
, Memantine improves goal attainment and reduces caregiver burden in Parkinson's disease with dementia, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2014
, Arterial spin labelling reveals prolonged arterial arrival time in idiopathic Parkinson's disease, NeuroImage: Clinical, 2014
, Clinical profile of compulsive sexual behaviour and paraphilia in Parkinson's disease, Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2014
, Dopaminergic influences on executive function and impulsive behaviour in impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease, Journal of Neuropsychology, 2013
, Does telecare prolong community living in dementia? A study protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial, Trials, 2013
, Goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation in early-stage dementia: Study protocol for a multi-centre single-blind randomised controlled trial (GREAT), Trials, 2013
, Lithium in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (LiCALS): A phase 3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet Neurology, 2013
, An exploration of apathy and impulsivity in Parkinson disease, Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2012
, Functional dementia assessment using a video monitoring system: Proof of concept, Gerontechnology, 2012
, Neuropsychiatric symptoms in parkinsons disease with mild cognitive impairment and dementia, Parkinson's Disease, 2012
, Automatic video monitoring system for assessment of alzheimer's disease symptoms, Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 2012
, Perceptions of cause and control of impulse control behaviours in people with Parkinson's disease, British Journal of Health Psychology, 2012
, Apathy and impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease: A direct comparison, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 2012
, Apathy in Parkinson's disease, Advances in Biological Psychiatry, 2012
, Carer burden in apathy and impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2012
, Impulse control disorders in parkinson's disease: A psychosocial perspective, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2012
, Apathy in the elderly: From assessment to treatment, Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2012
, Cognitive impairment in parkinson disease: Impact on quality of life, disability, and caregiver burden, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2012
, Behavioural disorders, disability and quality of life in Parkinson's disease, Age and Ageing, 2011
, A pilot randomized controlled trial of sleep therapy in Parkinson's disease: Effect on patients and caregivers, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010
, Randomized controlled trial of memantine in Dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, Movement Disorders, 2009
, Memantine in patients with Parkinson's disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial, The Lancet Neurology, 2009
, Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Scale presentation and clinimetric testing results, Movement Disorders, 2008
, A comparison of small and large assisted living facilities for the diagnosis and care of dementia: The Maryland assisted living study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2007
, Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2007
, Non-dopaminergic treatment of cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson's disease: A review, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2006
, Cognitive Impairments in Cerebellar Degeneration: A Comparison with Huntington's Disease, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2004
, Amantadine for Executive Dysfunction Syndrome in Patients with Dementia, Psychosomatics, 2004
, Cognitive Impairment and Psychiatric Symptoms in 133 Patients with Diseases Associated with Cerebellar Degeneration, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2004
, Randomized placebo-controlled trial of donepezil in cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2004
, The epidemiology of psychosis in dementia, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2003
, Re: "cognitive function after 11.5 years of alcohol use: Relation to alcohol use" [3] (multiple letters), American Journal of Epidemiology, 2003
, Cognitive function after 11.5 years of alcohol use: Relation to alcohol use, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002
, Psychopathology in patients with degenerative cerebellar diseases: A comparison to Huntington's disease, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2002
, Successful multimodality treatment of severe behavioral disturbance in a patient with advanced Huntington's disease, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2001
, Psychiatric syndromes in cerebellar degeneration, International Review of Psychiatry, 2001
, Neuropsychiatry of Huntington's disease and other basal ganglia disorders, Psychosomatics, 2000
, The care of patients with dementia, Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 1999
, Psychotic depression: An atypical initial presentation of multiple sclerosis, Psychosomatics, 1998
, Treatment of the psychiatric manifestations of Huntington's disease: A review of the literature, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1998
, Fluoxetine-imipramine interaction [4], Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1996
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Grant: Lead applicant: HRB CRN Scheme. 1million euro. 'Dementia Trials Ireland'
Grant: Lead applicant: HRB DIFA Scheme. 431,000 euro. 'SENSE-Cog Care: Hearing and Vision in Care Homes in Ireland'
Grant: Lead applicant: EU Horizon2020: 6.7 million euro. 'SENSE-Cog: Hearing and vision in dementia'
Grant: Lead applicant: Irish Research Board: 12,000 euro. 'COVID-related loneliness and social isolation in carers of people with brain health challenges'
Grant: Lead applicant: GBHI Funding. $125,000: 'Developing a PPI Program for GBHI'
Grant: Lead applicant: ESTHER Ireland. 8000 euro. 'Bengali-Irish Partnership for Brain Health'
Grant: Lead applicant: Trinity Covid Response Fund: 6400 euro. 'Exploring Coping in Care Partners during COVID-19'
Grant: Lead applicant: MRC Global Clinical Research Fund (GCRF)GCRF (UK). £20,000. 'PakAGE: Developing the infrastructure for a longitudinal study of aging in Pakistan'
Travel Grant: UK-Pakistan Global Development Workshop for Affordable Healthcare (UPSIGN-COMSATS), Islamabad
Grant: Lead applicant: MRC Global Clinical Research Fund (GCRF)GCRF (UK). £38,000. 'SENSE-Cog Asia: Feasibility study of hearing augmentation in dementia in South Asia''
Grant: Lead applicant: NIHR RfPB scheme. £342,000; 'INVEST: Cognitive Stimulation for Dementia in Parkinson's Disease'
Grant: Lead applicant: Data Science Institute Pump Prime. £10,000. Novel methods for analysing gait patterns in cognitive impairment.
Grant: Lead applicant: INNOVATE UK. £150,000. CYGNUS: Digital Platform for Memory Clinic Data Collection
Grant: Lead applicant: MICRA (U Manch). £6000. 'Lost Memory Lost Way: Technology to address wandering in dementia'
Grant: Lead applicant: MICRA SeedCorn funds. £6,000. 'Is the retina truly a window to the brain?'
Grant: Lead applicant: ISSF-Wellcome Trust. £26,000. Manchester High Schools' Dementia Ambassadors' Program
Grant: Lead applicant: Parkinson's UK Senior Fellowship: £239,000. Clinical and neural correlates of ICD in Parkinson's Disease.
Grant: Lead applicant: Lundbeck Unrestricted. £48,000: 'RCT of Memantine in Parkinson's Dementia'
Grant: Lead applicant: Pfizer Unrestricted. $121,000. RCT of donepezil in Parkinson's Dementia
Grant: Lead applicant: Johns Hopkins NBRU. $35,000. Donepezil in PDD
Grant: Co-applicant (PPI Lead): UK NIHR (HTA): COBALT - RCT of memantine in PDD/DLB
Grant: Co-applicant: ERASMUS Plus: 437,000 euro: oMERO: Developing a Professional Profile for a Visual Disabilities Rehabilitator
Grant: Co-applicant : MRC RCUK: £1.6 million; SASHI/SAHAR - Self Harm in South Asia
Grant: Co-applicant (Site PI): UK NIHR (HTA): £1.8 million; SYMBAD - RCT of mirtazepine/CBZ in Alzheimer
Grant: Co-applicant (Clinical Lead): EPSRC: £1 million 'MODEM: Sensing in dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (Clinical Lead): EPSRC: £610,000: 'SAM: Self-management of mental health and dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (Site PI): NIHR (HTA): £1 million; 'MADE: Minocycline in Dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (Clinical Lead): ESRC (UK); £5million. 'Neighbourhoods and Dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (Site PI): NIHR (HTA):£180,000: 'ATILLA: RCT of Assisted Technology in Dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (Site PI): NIHR (HTA): £2.4 million. 'GREAT: RCT of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant (PPI Lead): UK NIHR (HTA): £1.1 million; 'iCST: individualised CST in dementia'
Grant: Co-applicant: NARSAD (USA): $50,000. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Memberships
ISTAART, Alzheimer Association (USA), Professional Interest Area (PIA) for 'Partnering with Research Participants (PPI): Steering Group Member
Neurology Academy, Course founder and director for 'Lewy Body Academy (LBA) Masterclass'
Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
American Psychiatric Association