Research

See the international experts we are working with (in alphabetical order)

 

Assistant Professor Ramiro D. Almeida

Kim, J. Y. and Jaffrey, S. R. (2016). Separating neuronal compartments gives clues as to local effect of ubiquitin conjugates in synaptogenesis. Journal of Cell Biology, 212 (7).

Pinto, M. J. and Almeida, R. M. (2016). Puzzling out presynaptic differentiation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 139 (921 – 942).

Almeida, R. D., Manadas, B.J., Melo, C. V., Gomes, J. R., Mendes, C. S., Graos, M. M., Carvalho, R. F., Carvalho, A. P. and Duarte, C. B. (2015). Neuroprotection by BDNF against glutamate-induced apoptotic cell death is mediated by ERK and PI3-kinase pathways. Cell Death and Differentiation, 12 (1329 – 1343).

Martins, L. F., Costa, R. O., Pedro, J. R., Aguiar, P., Serra, S. C., F. G. Teixeira, Sousa, N., Salgado, A. J. and Almeida, R. D. (2017). Mesenchymal stem cells secretome-induced axonal outgrowth is mediated by BDNF. Scientific Reports, 7 (4153).

Baptista, F. I., Pinto, M. J., Elvas, F., Almeida, R. D., Ambrosio, A. F. (2013). Diabetes alters KIF1A and KIF5B motor proteins in the hippocampus. Effect of Diabetes on Hippocampal Motor Proteins, 8 (6).

 

Dr. Selen Atasoy

Dr. Atasoy obtained her Ph.D. in medical imaging jointly at the Technical Universtiy of Munich and Imperial College London. She then held a postdoctoral research position at the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, where she started her work in experimental and computational neuroscience exploring neural correlates of consciousness.

Currently she is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona.

She has been awarded TUM Graduate School of Information Science in Health Ph.D. Fellowship, BMEP Biomedical Sciences Exchange Scholarship and currently holds Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Her current research focuses on exploring brain dynamics in consciousness, sleep and psychedelic states as well as in psychiatric disorders by analysing fMRI and MEG data within the mathematical framework of harmonic waves– a phenomenon ubiquitous in nature.

 

Professor Mia Malda Atoui

Maalouf, F., Hatoum, C., Atwi, M., & Boustany, R. (2010). Psychiatric comorbidities in common genetic disorders with physical disability. Pediatric Health, 4, (6), 591-601.

Maalouf, F., Atwi, M., & Brent, D. (2011). Treatment-Resistant Depression in Adolescents: Review and Updates on Clinical Management. Depression and Anxiety, 0: 1-9.

Bawab, S., Tavitian, L., Atoui, M., Hariz, N., & Maalouf, F. (2013). Validation of the Arabic Screen for Child Related Anxiety Disorders, Psychiatry Research.

Zeinoun, P., Bawab, S., Atoui, M., Hariz, N., Khani, M., Maalouf, FT., Nahas, Z., & Tavitian, L. (2012). An initial validation of an Arabic multi-informant diagnostic interview of the Lebanese adolescents: The Development and Well Being Assessment (DAWBA). Comprehensive Psychiatry

Tavitian, L., Bawab, S., Maalouf F., Atoui, M., Hariz, N., Zeinoun, P. (2013). Validation of the Arabic Moods and Feelings Questionnaire. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, doi: 10.1007/s10578-013-0406-6

Sawaya, H., Johnson, K., Schmidt, M., Johnson, R., Arana, A., Chahine, G.,  Atoui, M., George, M., & Nahas, Z. (2014). Resting-state functional connectivity of antero-medial prefrontal cortex sub-regions in major depression and relationship to emotional intelligence, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Atoui, M., Badr, L., Drenttel Brand,T., Shahine, R., Khoury, R., & Abboud, M. (2015). The Daily Lived Experiences of adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Lebanon. Journal of Pediatric Health Care.

Chahine, G., Short, B., Spicer, K., Schmidt, M., Burns, C., Atoui, M., … & Nahas, Z. (2014). Regional cerebral blood flow changes associated with focal electrically administered seizure therapy (FEAST). Brain stimulation, 7(3), 483-485.

Nahas, Z., Al Ali, K., Sawaya, H., Hamadeh, A., Bazzi, Z., Atoui, M., … & Karameh, F. (2015). Focal electrically administered seizure therapy (FEAST): Clinical and mechanistic updates. Brain Stimulation, 2(8), 413-414.

Sawaya, H., Atwi, M., Hamadeh, A., Nahas, Z. (2015). Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7) in an Arabic speaking Lebanese Psychiatric sample.

 

Dr. Sue Barker

Mental Health Nurse and Chartered Psychologist

Barker, S., Heaslip, V. and Chelvanayagam, S. 2014. Addressing older people’s mental health needs in the community setting. British Journal of Community Nursing 19(5), pp. 234-238. (10.12968/bjcn.2014.19.5.234)

Barker, S. 2016. Psychology for nursing & healthcare professionals developing compassionate care [Psychology for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals].. London: Sage.

Barker, S. and Morgan, G. 2016. The care practitioner. In: Barker, S. ed. Psychology for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals.  London:  SAGE Publications Inc., pp. 117-141.

Barker, S., Al Harthy, H. and Stacey-Emile, G. 2015. Partnership working between UK and Oman to enhance mental health nursing education and practice. Presented at: NPNR 21st International Conference, Manchester, 17-18 September 2015.

 

Arvid Bave

(forthcoming) “Trivial Languages, forthcoming in Acta Analytica.

(2016). Self-Consciousness and Reductive Functionalism, Philosophical Quarterly 67 (266), pp. 1-21.

(2015). Conceptual Role Semantics in Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, edited by Duncan Pritchard, Oxford University Press.

(2015). Charity and Error-Theoretic Nominalism, Ratio 28 (3), pp. 256-270.

(2015). A Deflationist Error Theory of Properties, Dialectica 69 (1), pp. 23-59.

(2013). Formulating Deflationism, Synthèse 190 (15), pp. 3287-3305.

(2013). Compositional Semantics for Expressivists, Philosophical Quarterly 63 (253), pp. 633-659.

(2012). On Using Inconsistent Expressions, Erkenntnis 77 (1), pp. 133-148.

(2011). How to Precisify Quantifiers, Journal of Philosophical Logic 40 (1), pp. 103-111.

(2010). Deflationism and the Primary Truth Bearer, Synthèse 173 (3), pp. 281-297.

(2009). Why Is a Truth-Predicate Like a Pronoun?, Philosophical Studies 145 (2), pp. 297-310.

(2009). A Deflationary Theory of Reference, Synthèse 169 (1), pp. 51-73.

(2008). A Pragmatic Defense of Millianism, Philosophical Studies 138 (2), pp. 271-289.

(2007). Meaning as a Normative Concept: An interview with Allan Gibbard (with Gunnar Björnsson), Theoria 78(3), pp. 190-205.

(2006) Deflationism: A Use-Theoretic Analysis of the Truth-Predicate, doctoral dissertation, Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell International.

 

Stefan Buijsman

Buijsman, S. (2017). Learning the Natural Numbers as a Child.

 

Professor Angel Caputi

Cell and Synaptic Physiology

Bell, C. C., Caputi, A., Grant, K. and Serrier, J. (1993). Storage of a sensory pattern by anti-Hebbian synaptic plasticity in an electric fish. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science. 90 (10).

Nogueira, J., Castelló, M. E. and Caputi, A. A. (2006). The role of single spiking spherical neurons in a fast sensory pathway. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 209 (1122 – 1134).

Castelo, M. E., Aguilera, P. A., Trujillo-Cenoz, O., Caputi, A. A. (2000). Electroreception in Gymnotus Carapo: Pre-Receptor Processing and the Distribution of Electroreceptor Types. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 203 (3279–3287).

Pereira, A. C., Aguilera, P. and Caputi, A. A. (2012). The active electrosensory range of Gymnotus omarorum. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (3266-3280).

Aguilera, P. A. and Caputi, A. A. (2003). Electroreception in G. carapo: detection of changes in waveform of the electrosensory signals. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (989-998).

Caputi, A. A., Aguilera, P. A. and Castelló, M. E. (2003). Probability and amplitude of novelty responses as a function of the change in
contrast of the reafferent image in G. carapo. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (999-1010).

Nogueira, J. and Caputi, A. A. (2013). From the intrinsic properties to the functional role of a neuron phenotype: an example from electric fish during signal trade-off. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (2380-2392).

Caputi, A. A. (1999). The Electric Organ Discharge of Pulse Gymnotiforms: The Transformation of a Simple Impulse into a Complex Statiotemporal Electromotor Pattern. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 202 (1229–1241).

Crampton, W. G. R., Rodríguez-Cattáneo, A., Lovejoy, N. R. and Caputi, A. A. (2013). Proximate and ultimate causes of signal diversity in the electric fish Gymnotus. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216 (2523-2541).

Rodríguez-Cattaneo, A., Pereira, A. C., Aguilera, P. A., Crampton, W. G. R., Caputi, A. A. (2008). Species-Specific Diversity of a Fixed Motor Pattern: The Electric Organ Discharge of Gymnotus. 

Professor Eugenia Carvalho

Professor Eugénia Carvalho outlines her research activities, which are geared towards understanding the molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance and wound healing in diabetes.

 

Dr. Roman Chrast

Dr. Roman Chrast is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a senior researcher of Chrast Laboratory. You can read more here.

 

Professor Nisha Dogra, Professor of Psychiatry Education at University of Leicester

Dogra N., Parkin A., Gale F. & Frake C. (in press). A multidisciplinary handbook of child and adolescent mental health for front-line professionals. 3^rd Edition Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

Dogra N, Cooper S & Lunn B (2016) Ten teachers: Psychiatry. 2^nd edition Hodder Stoughton: London

Wright B, Dave S & Dogra N (2017) 100 cases in psychiatry. 2^nd edition Hodder Stoughton: London

O’Reilly & Dogra N (2016) Interviewing children: a practical guide, Sage: London

Turner M & Dogra N (2016). Diversity issues in clinical communication in Brown J, Noble L, Papageorgiou A & Kidd J (editor) Clinical communication in medicine. Wiley: Blackwell.

Dave S, Jenkins R & Dogra N (2016). Mental Health, mental illness and disability in McKimm et al (editors) Working in global health: an introduction for students and health practitioners. Learning Matters.

Ares K, Kuhns L, Dogra N & Karnik N (2015). Child mental health and risk behaviour over time in Kirkcaldy B (editor)

Dogra N (2015n) Principles of child and adolescent psychiatry, International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Limited: Oxford

Bone C, Dugard P, Vostanis P & Dogra N (2015) Students’ understandings of mental health and their preferred learning platforms. Journal of Public Mental Health. 14:4; 185-195.

Singletary JH, Bartle CL, Svirydzenka N,  Suter-Giorgini NM, Cashmore AM and Dogra N (in press) Adolescents’ perception of mental and physical health in the context of general wellbeing. Health Education Journal, May 2015; vol. 74, 3: pp. 257-269., first published on June 4, 2014.

Bella-Awusah T, Adedokun B, Dogra N, Omigbodun O (2014). The impact of a mental health teaching programme on rural and urban secondary school students’ perceptions of mental illness in southwest Nigeria. J Child Adolesc Ment Health 26(3):207-215.

Svirydzenka N, Bone C, Dogra N (2014). Schoolchildren’s perspectives on the meaning of mental health. Journal of Public Mental Health 13(1):4-12.

Dogra N. Childhood mental illness (2014) Diversity and Equality in Health and Care 11(1):81-83.

 

Professor Dimitar Elchinov

Ivanov, D. (no date). The Value of Truth.

Karageorgieva, A. and Ivanov, D. (no date). Structure of concepts: ‘theory theory’ and folk philosophy.

Karageorgieva, A. and Ivanov, D. (no date). Everyday Life and Philosophy.

Karageorgieva, A. and Ivanov, D. (no date). On Cognitive Insecurity.

Jukka Jolkkonen, PhD, Adjunct Professor Research Director

Lipsanen and Jolkkonen, 2011 Borlongan, Jolkkonen and Detante, 2015 Jolkkonen and Kwakkel, 2016

 

Professor Amit Khairnar

Amit Khairnar et al. (2017). 99mTc-NTP 15-5 Imaging for Cartilage Involvement in Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison with Routinely Used Molecular Imaging Methods and Sensitivity to Chronic Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Treatment. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 56 (5).

Khairnar, A., Plumitallo, A., Frau, L., Schintu, N., Morelli, M. (2010). Caffeine Enhances Astroglia and Microglia Reactivity Induced by 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (‘Ecstasy’) in Mouse Brain. Neurotox Res. 17 (435–439).

Khairnar, A. et al. (2017). Early and progressive microstructural brain changes in mice overexpressing human a-Synuclein detected by diffusion kurtosis imaging. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 61 (197 – 208).

Khairnar, A. et al. (2016). Late-stage a-synuclein accumulation in TNWT-61 mouse model of Parkinson’s disease detected by diffusion kurtosis imaging. Journal of Neurochemistry. 136 (1259–1269).

Moratalla, R., Khairnar, A., Simola, N. et al. (2015). Amphetamine-related drugs neurotoxicity in humans and in experimental animals: Main mechanisms. Progress in Neurobiology.

 

RNDr. Miroslava Korenova PhD

Miroslava Korenova is a professor of Neuroimmunology at Slovak Academy of Science. She has an expertise in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurophysiology, Neurodegeneration, Movement Dissorders and others. Please, read more here.

 

Albena Krumova

Psychology of education: a contemporary view. (2017)

ECBES, ISBN 978-619-90563-1-8, pp. 404 (author)

Abnormal Child Development and Behavior (2015)

ECBES, ISBN 978-619-90563-0-1, pp. 312 (author)

Personality beyond the norm. (2004)

EDUCATION, ISBN 954-552-042-6, pp. 384 (author)

Positive Organizational Psychology. (2015)

Kassel University Press GmbH, ISBN 978-3-86219-844-3, pp. 236 (coauthor)

 

Andreas Lytras

Lytras, A. N. (2016). Wage Labour in Modern Society. The current realities and the challenge of change, Athens, Papazissis, (eBook), [https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/wage-labour-in-modern-society/id1108352456?mt=11].

Lytras, A. N. (2016). An Alternative for Combating Unemployment. Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 4 (2), pp. 59-71, [DOI: 10.15640/jssw.v4n2a7, URL: https://doi.org/10.15640/jssw.v4n2a7].

Lytras, A. N. (2017). A Radical Policy for Combating Unemployment. The Future Network: Autonomous Workers, Stock Holders, Consumers and the State, Athens, Papazissis, (eBook), [https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-radical-policy-for-combating-unemployment/id1213798305?mt=11].

 

Professor Felicia Lucia Rivera Megret

Arredondo, F., Echeverry, C., Blasina, F., Vaamonde, L., Diaz, M., Rivera, F., Martinez, M., Abin-Carriquiry, J. A., Dajas, F. (2014). Flavones and flavonols in brain and disease: facts and pitfalls.

Watson, R. R., Preedy, V. R. (2013). Bioactive Nutriceuticals and Food Supplements in Neurological and Brain Disease: Prevention and Therapy. v. Academic Press, London, 25, p.: 229 – 235.

Dajas, F., Abin, J. A., Arredondo, F., Blasina, F., Echeverry, C., Rivera, F., Vaamonte, L.  The neuroprotective capacity of Achyrocline satureioides (Lam) D.C. and its flavonoids. Mechanisms of action.

Bagetta, G., Corasaniti, M. I., Cosentino, M., Sakurada, S. Herbal Medicines For Human Health: Development and Evaluation of Plant-derived medicines.. v.: 1, Taylor and Francis , London.

Bagetta, G., Corasaniti, M.I., Cosentino, M., Sakurada, S. (2010). Herbal Medicines For Human Health: Development and Evaluation of Plant-derived medicines.. v.: 1, Taylor and Francis , London.

Rivera, F., Tejera, D., Abin Carriquiri, J. A., Martinez, M., Prunell, G., Dajas, F. (2013). Achyrocline Satureioides (Lam.) D C (Marcela) reduce el daño cerebral en la isquemia focal permanente en ratas. Revista Cubana dePlantas Medicinales, 18.

Dajas, F., Abin Carriquiri, J. A., Rivera, F. (2013). Neuroprotective Actions of Flavones and Flavonols: Mechanisms and Relationship to flavonoid structural features. Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, v.: 13, 2013

Pedemonte, M., Rivera, F., Testa, M., Velluti, R., Dajas, F. (2013). Achyrocline satureioides (LAM) D.C. would improve sleep quality in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: a pilot study. Sleep Science, 64, p. 135 – 140.

Rivera, F., Costa, G., Abin, A., Urbanavicius, J., Arruti, C., Casanova, G., Dajas, F. (2008). Reduction of ischemic brain damage and increase of Glutathione by a liposomal preparation of Quercetin in permanent focal ischemia in rats. Neurotoxicity Research, 13, p. 1 – 10.

Morquio, A., Rivera, F., Dajas, F. (2005). Photoprotection by Topical Application of Achyrocline satureioides (“Marcela”). Phytotherapy Research, 19, p. 486 – 490.

Rivera, F., Gervaz, E., Sere, C., Dajas, F. (2004). Toxicological studies of the aqueous extract from Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC (marcela). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 95, p. 359 – 362.

Rivera, F., Urbanavicius, J., Gervaz, E., Morquio, A., Dajas, F. (2004). Some aspects of the in vivo neuroprotection capacity of flavonoids: bioavailability and structure-activity relationship. Neurotoxicity Research, 6, p. 1 – 11.

 

Dr. Jean Mulder

Lecturer of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Communicating with Asia: the future of English as a global language

Conference Papers Refereed:
Conceptualising Backchannel Behaviour in Japanese English and Australian English

Research Book Chapters:
A context-based approach to the identification of hedging devices and features of writer-reader relationship in academic publications.  Occupying niches: Interculturality, cross-culturality and aculturality in academic research. Springer International Publishing.

Journal Articles Refereed:
The Survival of the Subjunctive in Australian English: Ossification, Indexicality and Stance.  Australian Journal of Linguistics.  34.

Conference Papers Refereed:
Documenting unacknowledged inheritances in contemporary Australian English

Conference Papers Unrefereed:
The Functions of Extended Loop Sequences in Japanese English Backchannel Interactions

 

Alicja Niedzwiecka

Niedźwiecka, A., Ramotowska, S. & Tomalski, P. (2017). Mutual gaze during early mother-infant interactions promotes attention control development. Child Development, early online view. DOI:10.1111/cdev.12830 Tomalski, P., Marczuk, K., Pisula, E., Malinowska, A., Kawa, R. and Niedźwiecka, A. (2017).

Chaotic home environment is associated with reduced infant processing speed under high task demands. Infant Behavior and Development, 48, 124-133. doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.04.007 Niedźwiecka, A. and Tomalski P. (2015). Gaze-cueing effect depends on facial expression of emotion in 9- to 12-month-old infants. Frontiers in Psychology 6:122. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00122

 

Professor Clévio Nóbrega

Matos, CA, de Almeida, LP, Nóbrega, Clévio (2017). Proteolytic cleavage of Polyglutamine disease-causing proteins: revisiting the toxic fragment hypothesis. Curr Pharm Des. 23:753-755.

Alves Cruzeiro, J, Mendonça, L, Pereira de Almeida, L, Nóbrega, Clévio (2016). Motor Dysfunctions and Neuropathology in Mouse Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2: a Comprehensive Review. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10:532.

Matos, CA, Nóbrega Clévio, Louros SR, Almeida B, de Almeida, LP, Macedo-Ribeiro S, Carvalho AL. (2016). Ataxin-3 phosphorylation decreases neuronal defects and toxicity in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 disease models. J Cell Biol, 212:465-480.

Conceição, M, Mendonça, L, Nóbrega, Clévio, Gomes, C, Costa, P, Hirai, H, Moreira, JN, Lima, C, Manjunath, N, Pereira de Almeida, L. (2016). Intravenous administration of brain-targeted stable nucleic acid lipid particles alleviates Machado-Joseph disease neurological phenotype. Biomaterials, 82:124-137.

Nóbrega Clévio, Carmo-Silva S, Albuquerque D, Vasconcelos-Ferreira A, Vijayakumar U-G, Mendonça L, Hirai H, Pereira de Almeida L (2015). Reestablishing Ataxin -2 downregulates translation of mutant ataxin-3 and alleviates Machado-Joseph disease. Brain, 138:3537-54.

Nóbrega Clévio*, Nascimento-Ferreira I*, Onofre I, Albuquerque D, Hirai H, Déglon N, Pereira de Almeida L (2014) RNA interference mitigates motor and neuropathological deficits in a cerebellar mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. PlosOne, 9(8):e100086. *Equal contribution.

Dr. Reinhard Schneider

Gawron, P., Ostaszewski, M., Satagopam, V., Gebel, S., Mazein, A., Kuzma, M., Zorzan, S., McGee, F., Otjacques, B., Balling, R., Schneider, R. (2016). INERVA—a platform for visualization and curation of molecular interaction networks in NPJ Systems Biology and Applications .

Satagopam, V., Gu, W., Eifes, S., Gawron, P., Ostaszewski, M., Gebel, S., Barbosa-Silva, A., Balling, R., Schneider, R. (2016). Integration and Visualization of Translational Medicine Data for Better Understanding of Human Diseases in Big data, 4(2), 97-108.

Enrico, G., Schneider, R. (2015). Integration and Visualization of Translational Medicine Data for Better Understanding of Human Diseases. in Neurobiology of Disease, 74.

Hofmann-Apitius, M., Ball, G., Gebel, S., Schneider, R., Page, M., Kodamulli, AT., Younesi, E., Ebeling, C., Tegner, J., Canard, L. (2015). Bioinformatics Mining and Modeling Methods for the Identification of Disease Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Disorders in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(12), 29179-29206.

Fujita, K.A., Ostaszewski, M., Matsuoka, Y., Schneider, R. et al. (2014). Integrating Pathways of Parkinson’s Disease in a Molecular Interaction Map in Molecular Neurobiology.

 

PD Dr. Judith Steigmuller

Lecturer of Neurology

Stegmüller J, Synofzik M., 2016, New transgenic ALS/FTD models on the rat-walk, JNeurochem, Editorial Highlight

Vingill S., Brockelt D., Lancelin C., Tatenhorst L., Dontcheva G, Christian Preisinger C. Schwedhelm-Domeyer N, Joseph S, Mitkovski M, Goebbels S, Nave K.A, Schulz J.B., Marquardt J, Lingor P, Stegmüller J. (2016). Loss of FBXO7 (PARK15) results in reduced proteasome activity and models a parkinsonism-like phenotype in mice, EMBO Journal, 35(18).

Mukherjee C., Holubowska A., Schwedhelm-Domeyer N., Mitkovski M., Lee S.J., Kannan M., Matz A., Vadhvani M., Stegmüller J. (2015). Loss of the neuron-specific F-box protein FBXO41 models an ataxia-like phenotype in mice with neuronal migration defects and neurodegeneration in the cerebellum, JNeurosci, 35(23).

Mitkovski M., Dahm L., Heinrich R., Monnheimer M., Gerhart S., Stegmüller J., Hanisch U.K., Nave K.A., Ehrenreich H. (2015). Erythropoietin dampens injury-induced microgial motility, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, Epub May 2015.

Matz A., Lee S.J., Schwedhelm-Domeyer N., Zanini D., Holubowska A., Kannan M., Farnworth M., Jahn O., Göpfert M., Stegmüller J., 2015, Regulation of neuronal survival and morphology by the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF157, Cell Death and Differentiation, Oct 24 AOP

 

Latchezar Tomov

Tomov, L. (2016). Jump Math and the Risk Management of Education. Conference paper.

Marian Tsanov

is a Research Assistant Professor at University of Dublin. Please, read more here.

Tsanov M, Wright, N, Vann S.D, Erichsen J.T, Aggleton J.P, O’Mara, S. M. (2011) Hippocampal inputs mediate theta-related plasticity in anterior thalamus. Neuroscience 187:52-62

Tsanov M, Chah E, Wright, N, Vann S.D, Reilly R.B., Erichsen J.T, Aggleton J.P, O’Mara, S. M. (2011) Oscillatory entrainment of thalamic neurons by theta rhythm in freely-moving rats. J Neurophysiology, 105:(1)4-17.

 

Dr. Stella Vlachou

Lecturer in Psychology

O’Connor, R.M., Moloney, R.D., Vlachou, S., and Cryan J.F. (2015). Glutamatergic transmission during adolescence is critical for the behavioural effects of cocaine: effects of early life stress. Neuropharmacology, 99: 168-176.

 

Professor Panos Vostanis

Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

World Awareness for Children in Trauma (WACIT) Initiative – This global initiative has the objective of developing an evidence-based psychosocial model for children who experience complex trauma, particularly in low-income countries and in the absence of specialist resources. The programme incorporates research, inter professional training and network-building. Target groups are street children, orphaned, victims of war, refugee, and living in slums. For more information on recent events and activities, visit the blog and project website.

 

Vostanis, P. (2014). Helping Children and Young People who Experience Trauma: Children of Despair, Children of Hope. London: Radcliffe Publishers.  Read more about it by clicking here. 

Vostanis, P., Humphrey, P. N., Fitzgerald, N., Deighton, J. and Wolpert, M. (2013). How do schools promote emotional well-being among their pupils? Findings from a national scoping survey of mental health provision in English schools. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 18 (3).

Vostanis, P., O’Reilly, M., Taylor, H., Day, C., Street, C., Wolpert, M. and Edwards, R. (2012). What can education teach child mental health
services? Practitioners’ perceptions of training and joint working. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. 17 (2).

Butterworth, S., Singh, S., Birchwood, M., Islam, Z., Munro, E., Vostanis, P., Paul, M., Khan, A. & Simkiss, D. Transitioning care-leavers with mental health needs: “They set you up to fail”. Child & Adolescent Mental Health, DOI: 10.1111/camh.12171

Wadman, R., Clarke, D., Sayal, K., Vostanis, P., Armstrong, M., Harroe, C., Majumder, P. & Townsend, E. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of self-harm repetition and recovery in young adults. Journal of Health Psychology, in press.

Vostanis, P. (2016) New approaches to interventions for refugee children. World Psychiatry, 15, 75-77.

Vostanis, P. (2016) A Practical Guide to Helping Children and Young People who Experience Trauma. London: Speechamark.

O’Reilly, M., Bowlay-Williams, J., Svirydzenka, N. & Vostanis, P. (2016) A qualitative exploration of how adopted children and their parents conceptualise mental health difficulties. Adoption & Fostering, 40, 60-76.

Sharpe, H., Patalay, P., Fink, E., Vostanis, P., Deighton, J. & Wolpert, M. (2016) Exploring the relationship between quality of life and mental health problems in children: implications for measurement and practice. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 6, 659-667.

Stevanovic, D., Olayinka, A., Vostanis, P., Balhara, Y.P., Avicenna, M., Kandemir, H., Knez, R., Franic, T., Petrov, P., Maroco, J., Supic, Z.T. & Bagheri, Z. (2016) Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale across 11 world-wide societies. Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S204579601600038X

Townsend, E., Wadman, R., Sayal, K., Armstrong, M., Harroe, C., Majumder, P., Vostanis, P. & Clarke, D. (2016) Uncovering key patterns in self-harm in adolescents: Sequence analysis using the Card Sort Task for Self-harm (CaTS). Journal of Affective Disorders, 206, 161-168.

Thabet, A.A. & Vostanis, P. (2015) Impact of trauma on Palestinian children and the role of coping strategies. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 5, 330-340.

Wolpert, M., Humphrey, N., Deighton, N., Patalay, P., Fugard, A., Fonagy, P., Belsky, J. and Vostanis, P. (2015) Into the swamp: Impact and implementation evaluation of government-mandated targeted school-based mental health provision in England. School Psychology Review, 44, 117-138.

Majumder, P., Sharma, I., Vostanis, P. & Bone, C. (2015). The effect of aerobic exercise in the maintenance treatment of depression. International Psychiatry, 61, 129-136.

O’Reilly, M., Majumder, P., Karim, K. & Vostanis, P. (2015) “This doctor, I not trust him, I’m not safe”: The perceptions of mental health and services by unaccompanied refugee adolescents. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61, 129-136.

Patalay, P., Fonagy, P., Deighton, J., Belsky, J., Vostanis, P. & Wolpert, M. (2015) A general psychopathology factor in early adolescence. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207, 15-22.

Thabet, A.A., Tawahina, A. Henley, D., Pelling, H., Vostanis, P. & Qamar, K.A. (2015) Mental health of disabled Palestinian adults in the Gaza Strip. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, 10, 1-10.

Stevanovic, D., Atilola, O., Balhara, Y.P., Avicenna, M., Kandemir, H., Vostanis, P., Knez, R. & Petrov, P. (2015) The relationship between alcohol/drugs use and quality of life among adolescents: An international cross-sectional study. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 24, 177-185.

Deighton, J., Patalay, P. Belsky, J., Humphrey, N., Vostanis, P., Fugard, A., Fonagy, P. and Wolpert, M. (2013). Targeted mental health provision for children with behaviour difficulties in primary schools: Results of a national randomised trial. The Psychology of Education Review. 37 (2).

Bone, C., O’Reilly, M., Karim, K. & Vostanis, P. (2015) “They’re not witches…” Young children and their parents’ perceptions and experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Child: Care, Health and Development, 15, 450-458.

Vostanis, P., Martin, P., Davies, R., De Francesco, D., Jones, M., Sweeting, R., Ritchie, B., Allen, P. & Wolpert, M. (2015) Development of a framework for prospective payment for child mental health services. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 20, 202-209.

Shamia, A.N., Thabet, A.A. & Vostanis, P. (2015) Exposure to war traumatic experiences, PTSD and post traumatic growth among nurses in Gaza. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22, 749-745.

Patalay, P., Belsky, J., Fonagy, P., Vostanis, P., Humphrey, N., Deighton, J. & Wolpert, M. (2015) The extent and specificity of relative age effects on mental health and functioning in early adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57, 475-481.

Stevanovic, D., Olayinka, A., Vostanis, P., Balhara, Y.P., Avicenna, M., Kandemir, H., Knez, R., Franic, T., Petrov, P., Maroco, J., Supic, Z.T. & Bagheri, Z. (2015) Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of Adolescent Self-Report on the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi: 10.1111/jora.12218.

Bone, C., Dogra, N. & Vostanis, P. (2015) Students’ understandings of mental health and their preferred learning platforms. Journal of Public Health, 14, 185-195.

Butterworth, Islam, Z., Vostanis, P., Munro, E., Paul, M., Birchwood, M., Singh, S., Khan, A. & Simkiss, D. (2015) How can health services effectively improve the mental health of young people leaving public care? Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100 (Suppl 3), A212.

 

Emil Visnovsky

Here are some short YouTube videos for your interest on the topic of Ethics.

What is Ethics – Definition

What is Good and Evil

Why should we be moral?

Why be moral?

Moral dilemma – what would you do?

Moral dilemma 2

The Trolley Problem

 

Professor Karen Waldie

Rolfe, M. H. S., Hausmann, M., Waldie, K. E. (2006). Hemispheric Functioning in Children With Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders. 10 (1).

Waldiea, K. E., Hausmann, M. (2010). Right fronto-parietal dysfunction in children with ADHD and developmental dyslexia as determined by line bisection judgements. Neuropsychologia, 48 (3650 – 3656).