Blackburn, Dan - University of Sheffield - Department of Neuroscience

个人简介

My research interests are into Post-Stroke Dementia and diagnostic tests for early dementia or cognitive impairment. I am investigating novel mechanisms of diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias using electroencephalography (EEG) and conversation analysis. I am a co-applicant on a NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme: PB-PG-0211-24079 – Using Conversation Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems: a pilot study is using the technique of conversational analysis to explore how people with and without an organic memory disorder describe their subjective memory complaint. This work is being led by Professor Markus Reuber, who has used this technique in the field of epilepsy and non-epileptic attacks. I am PI for an Alzheimer’s Research United Kingdom (ARUK-PPG20114B-25) 2014-2016 (£29,805) to ‘Developing a new biomarker for the early diagnosis of dementia; a novel non-linear signal processing approach using resting state EEG’ This is in collaboration with Dr Ptolemy Sarrigianis in the department of Neurophysiology.

研究领域

I completed my undergraduate medical degree in Liverpool in 1998 and did my medical training in London. I have worked as a neurology SpR in Singapore and Nottingham prior to joining the University of Sheffield as a PhD student in 2005. I worked as a clinical lecturer in Neurology from 2010-2013 and have recently taken up a consultant neurology post. My main subspecialty interest is in dementia.

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Conversational assessment in memory clinic encounters: interactional profiling for the differential diagnosis of dementia and functional memory disorder. Danielle Jones, Chris Elsey, Daniel Blackburn, Sarah Wakefield, Kirtsy Harkness, Annalena Venneri, Paul Drew, Markus Reuber. Ageing and Mental Health. 2015 1-10. Increased Uptake of HIV Testing in Acute Neurology Admissions Using Staged Practical Interventions Dilraj Singh Sokhi, Dr. Chantal Oxenham, Dr. Rebecca Coates1, Dr. Mhairi Forbes, Nadi Gupta and Daniel Blackburn. PLOS One. 2015, 10(9), e0134574. Towards a diagnostic conversational profile of dementia within memory clinics. Chris Elsey, Paul Drew, Danielle Jones, Daniel Blackburn & Markus Reuber. Patient Educ Couns. 2015, 98(9), 1071-7. Lysosomal and phagocytic activity is increased in astrocytes during disease progression in the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. David J. Baker, Daniel J. Blackburn, Marcus Keatinge, Dilraj Sokhi, Paulius Viskaitis, Paul R. Heath, Laura Ferraiuolo, Janine Kirby and Pamela J. Shaw. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2015, 9:410. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00410. Functional (Psychogenic) Cognitive Disorders. A Perspective from the neurology clinic. Jon Stone , Suvankar Pal, Daniel Blackburn, Markus Reuber, Parvez Thekkumpurath, Alan Carson. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2015, 48 sup1, s5-s17. Baseline characteristics, analysis plan and report on feasibility for the Prevention Of Decline in Cognition After Stroke Trial (PODCAST). Polly Scutt, Daniel Blackburn, Sprigg, Alistair Burns, John Reckless, Joanna M Wardlaw, Philip M Bath. Trials. 2015, 16: 509 doi:10.1186/s13063-015-1033-2