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Dr Bernadette McGuinness

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Bernadette McGuinness

Dr Bernadette McGuinness

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Our research focuses on mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Specifically we are funded to assess the role of inflammation and also nutrition in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

We are also leading a large data analytics project of dementia in Northern Ireland and we are assessing the utility of EEG and MEG in diagnosis.

Contact info

  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 8959

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Dementia research including the role of nutrition and inflammation in neurodegeneration
  • The utility of EEG and MEG in assisting diagnostics
  • Large data analytics projects

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Network lead ARUK NI
  • Clinical Lead in Northern Ireland Cohort of Longitudinal Ageing

Research students

PhD Title The development and pilot testing of tailored Mediterranean lifestyle education to encourage behaviour change in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Country Northern Ireland
   
MD Title  Exploring the use of mobile-EEG and machine learning methods to profile signs of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Country  UK
   
PhD Title Evaluation of pain in dementia including the evaluation of a new measure: the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool
Country UK
   
PhD Title TNF inhibitors for the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease
Country UK

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title 'Predicting the risk of post-operative delirium. Use of neuropsychology, serum and CSF biomarkers and genetics to predict risk of post-operative delirium
Country UK
Current Position  Academic Clinical Lecturer
   

 

 


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