John T. O'Brien,
DM
(England, United Kingdom), Board of Directors
I am Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the Institute for Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. My basic medical training was completed in Cambridge and Oxford and I subsequently trained in Old Age Psychiatry at the Institute for Psychiatry in London, the University of Melbourne and in Cambridge and Norwich in the UK. My current post involves a combination of clinical, research and teaching duties. Clinically I am lead consultant for the Newcastle Memory Clinic, specialist service for the early diagnosis of those with cognitive disorders. My main research interests are in neurobiological (particularly vascular) factors in late life depression and cognitive impairment, dementia with Lewy bodies and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) changes in depression and dementia.
I was co-chair and organiser of the joint IPA – Royal College of Psychiatrists regional IPA meeting held in Newcastle in April 2000 and was co-organiser of the IPA special expert meeting “Vascular Burden of the Brain” held in Madrid in November 2001. I have been a regular contributor to the
IPA Bulletin as Assistant Editor (research) in which capacity I regularly co-write the recent advances column. Most recently, I have been appointed Deputy Editor of the
International Psychogeriatrics. Through these and other activities which are detailed on my CV I have been a keen supporter of the International Psychogeriatric Association in seeking to improve knowledge about psychiatric disorders in later life and disseminate such knowledge internationally to both medical and non-medical staff.
Prof. O’Brien was elected to the IPA Board of Directors in 2003. He can be contacted at
j.t.o'brien@newcastle.ac.uk.
I am Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the Institute for Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. My basic medical training was completed in Cambridge and Oxford and I subsequently trained in Old Age Psychiatry at the Institute for Psychiatry in London, the University of Melbourne and in Cambridge and Norwich in the UK. My current post involves a combination of clinical, research and teaching duties. Clinically I am lead consultant for the Newcastle Memory Clinic, specialist service for the early diagnosis of those with cognitive disorders. My main research interests are in neurobiological (particularly vascular) factors in late life depression and cognitive impairment, dementia with Lewy bodies and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) changes in depression and dementia.