Alhaj, Hamid - University of Sheffield - Department of Neuroscience

个人简介

Dr Hamid Alhaj obtained his MD from Aleppo University, Syria and PhD from Newcastle University, UK. He did his specialty psychiatric training within the Northern Deanery, where has was awarded an Academic Clinical Fellowship at Newcastle University from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This facilitated the development of his academic and research work, while completing his clinical training. In 2013, he was awarded an NIHR Clinical Lectureship at the University of Sheffield, where he completed his higher specialty training (CCT) in General Adult Psychiatry and further developed new research skills and ideas. He was appointed as a substantive consultant psychiatrist in 2014 on Rowan Ward within the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, he holds an honorary senior clinical lecturer contract with the University of Sheffield.

研究领域

Dr Alhaj’s main research interest involves the neurobiology and psychopharmacology of psychiatric disorders. He has utilised neuroimaging techniques such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate the cognitive changes in patients with mood and psychotic disorders as well as healthy individuals.

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McAllister-Williams RH, Alhaj HA, Massey A, Pankiv J, Reckermann U (2014). Somatodendritic 5-hydroxytryptamine1A (5-HT1A) autoreceptor function in major depression as assessed using the shift in electroencephalographic frequency spectrum with buspirone. Psychological Medicine. Yates S, Smith E, Alhaj HA, and McAllister-Williams RH (2013). Future perspectives on the pharmacological management of depression. Clinical Investigation 3:2, 137-151 Alhaj HA, Selman M, Jervis V, Rodgers J, Barton S, McAllister-Williams RH (2012). Effect of low-dose acute tryptophan depletion on the specificity of autobiographical memory in healthy subjects with a family history of depression. Psychopharmacology 2012. Jul; 222(2):285-92 Pariante CM, Alhaj HA, Arulnathan VE, Gallagher P, Hanson A, Massey AE, McAllister-Williams RH (2012). Central glucocorticoid receptor-mediated effects of the antidepressant, citalopram, in humans: A study using EEG and cognitive testing. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012. May; 37(5):618-28. Alhaj HA 2009. Effects of Adrenal Steroids on Mood and Memory: Electrophysiological Studies in Depressed Patients and Healthy Subjects. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN 978-3-8383-2193-6, Paperback, 276 Alhaj H, Wisniewski G, McAllister-Williams RH. The use of the EEG in measuring therapeutic drug action: focus on depression and antidepressants. Journal of Psychopharmacology 2011, 25(9), 1175-1191. Lajin B, Alachkar A, Hamzeh AR, Michati R, Alhaj HA (2011). No association between Val158Met of the COMT gene and susceptibility to schizophrenia in the Syrian population. North Am J Med Sci 2011; 3: 176-178. Alhaj HA and McAllister-Williams RH (2008). Adrenal steroids and episodic memory: relevance to mood disorders. In: Ekrem Dere, Alexander Easton, Lynn Nadel, Joe Huston, ed. Handbook of Episodic Memory. Elsevier.