Old Age Psychiatry
The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) in Nottingham is one of the UK’s leading interdisciplinary mental health research institutes. Members of the IMH form part of the Mental Health and Technology theme of the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. The NIHR MindTech Healthcare Technology co-operative, hosted by the IMH, is the only one in the UK to focus on mental health.
Research themes
The major research themes of the old age psychiatry speciality in the IMH include:
- Psychosocial interventions in dementia care
- Dementia and technology
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Health services research
- Neuroimaging
- Dementia and the arts
- Hearing and dementia
- Multimodal biomarkers
- Molecular genetics of dementia
Current academic staff
Current academic staff in Old Age Psychiatry include:
- Clinical Professors: Professor Martin Orrell and Professor Tom Dening
- Clinical Associate Professor: Dr Anto Rajamani
- Non-clinical Professors: Occupational Health Psychology (Professor Amanda Griffiths), Mental Health and Social Care (Professor Justine Schneider), and Neuroepidemiology (Professor Blossom Stephan)
- Non-clinical Assistant/Associate Professors: Dr Katy Jones, Dr Helen Knight and Dr Jen Yates
Research opportunities
- Psychosocial interventions in dementia care
- Dementia and technology
- Health services research
- Neuroimaging
- Dementia and the arts
- Biomarkers for dementia
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Molecular genetics of dementia
- Epidemiology and prevention
- Substance misuse in older people
- Epigenetics and epitranscriptomics of dementia
- Professors Orrell/Dening
- Professor Orrell
- Professor Orrell
- Professor Peter Liddle
- Professors Schneider/Dening
- Dr Rajamani
- Dr Rajamani
- Dr Rajamani
- Professor Stephan
- Dr Jones
- Dr Helen Knight
Current research grants
Current and recent research grants in Old Age Psychiatry include:
- AQUEDUCT: Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia care Using Crisis Teams (NIHR PGfAR; £2m)
- PrAISED: Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (NIHR PGfAR; £3.1m)
- DISTINCT: Dementia: Intersectorial Strategy for Training - Innovation Network for Current Technology (Marie-Curie Innovation Network; £3.7m)
- BBDLB: Blood based biomarkers for Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Innovate UK; £238,466)
- MIDDEL: Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in Elderly Care (MRC; £470,000)
More information
More information about Academic Old Age Psychiatry is available on the IMH Dementia Studies webpages and Centre for Dementia webpages.
You may contact the Academic Programme Director for Psychiatry, Dr Anto Rajamani, for further details.
Contact Anto Rajamani