Dr Liz Coulthard
BA(Oxon.), MBBS(U.C.Lond.), MRCP, PhD(U.C.Lond.)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Dementia 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
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
Remote Evaluation of Sleep To enhance understanding of Early Dementia
Principal Investigator
Description
The RESTED Study has four major aims. Firstly to improve the characterisation of sleep disturbance and biological rhythms in cognitive impairment / dementia, secondly to understand more about the…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
01/01/2021 to 29/09/2023
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
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Publications
Recent publications
05/04/2023L-DOPA Increases Slow-Wave Sleep Duration and Selectively Modulates Memory Persistence in Older Adults
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Blood biomarkers
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
A longitudinal observational study of home-based conversations for detecting early dementia
BMJ Open
APOE ε4, Alzheimer's disease neuropathology, and sleep disturbance, in individuals with and without dementia
Alzheimer's Research and Therapy
Assessment and Treatment of Nocturia in Neurological Disease in a Primary Care Setting
European Urology Focus
