Professor Liz Coulthard
BA(Oxon.), MBBS(U.C.Lond.), MRCP, PhD(U.C.Lond.)
Current positions
Professor of Cognitive Neurology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
I lead the ReMemBR group (Research into Memory, the Brain and Dementia) comprising neurologists, psychologists and researchers and run a cognitive disorders disorders clinic focusing on early, accurate diagnosis of dementia. My clinical research work is based in the Bristol Brain Centre on the Southmead Hospital campus and I chair the strategic oversight committee for the Brain Centre.
My research looks at early markers of and interventions for Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body Diseases. I focus on the relationship between long-term memory, sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease with a view to developing interventions for sleep to help prevent decline and improve quality of life in prodromal and established Alzheimer’s.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Sleep Apnoea Symptoms and Prevalence in People Attending Memory Services
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/04/2025 to 30/06/2027
Developing a core outcome set for mild cognitive impairment
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/07/2023 to 01/08/2025
AI-driven brain modelling for neuromodulated cognitive enhancement
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/09/2022 to 28/02/2023
Feasibility Study of the Cumulus Neuroscience Platform for In Home Data Collection
Principal Investigator
Description
Study still in data collection phase - no formal data analysis yet.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
13/05/2022 to 10/02/2024
Determining Rate of EArly Memory and Sleep change in Alzheimer’s Dementia
Principal Investigator
Description
Project still in recruitment and data collection phase - no formal analysis has been conducted yet.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
08/02/2022 to 01/11/2026
Thesis supervisions
An investigation of the characteristics of people with Subjective Cognitive Decline and the effects of interventions on cognitive and psychological variables
Supervisors
Hippocampal segmentation in older people with memory problems
Supervisors
The Utility of Caffeine as an Attentional Enhancer
Supervisors
Predicting cognitive decline: very long-term memory and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease
Supervisors
Neural correlates of altered insight in frontotemporal dementia
Supervisors
An Investigation into the Link Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Multi-Method Approach
Supervisors
Prospective Memory in Healthy Aging, Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Supervisors
Memory and The Ageing Brain
Supervisors
Physiological imaging and improved task design for the assessment of episodic memory using blood oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
04/06/2025A new behavioural intervention to enhance memory in older people - evening autobiographical recall
Neuropsychologia
Brain Health Clinics – An Evolving Clinical Pathway?
The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
Hemoglobin in the brain frontal lobe tissue of patients with Alzheimer’s disease is susceptible to reactive nitrogen species-mediated oxidative damage
Redox Biology
Longitudinal Remote Sleep and Cognitive Research in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
JMIR Aging
Mindfulness Meditation for Sleep Disturbances Among Individuals with Cognitive Impairment
Healthcare
