
Professor of Geriatrics, #Parkinson’s researcher, #Newcastle University, #Biomedical Research Centre, & #Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle UK
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined September 2017
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Alison Yarnall retweeted
👏👏Congratulations to superb @HelenaDolphin on her successful defence of her PhD thesis on transcutaneous VNS in people with MCI. Sincere thanks to her examiners Alison Yarnall and Tomas Welsh, and viva chair Richard Reilly. @TUH_Tallaght @TCDGerontology
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Thank you - my supervisor @SPKennelly co-supervisor Dr Ciaran Finucane, collaborators @SeanCommins @NollaigBourke @adamhdyer Viva chair @ReillyNeuralLab, my examiners @AlisonYarnall @Tomas_Welsh and The Meath Foundation @TUH_Tallaght for fellowship funding-delighted I’ve passed😊
👏👏Congratulations to superb @HelenaDolphin on her successful defence of her PhD thesis on transcutaneous VNS in people with MCI. Sincere thanks to her examiners Alison Yarnall and Tomas Welsh, and viva chair Richard Reilly. @TUH_Tallaght @TCDGerontology
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Congratulations to our PhD student @gemmabate81 who sucessfully defended her thesis yesterday on #digital outcomes of #delirium in #Parkinsons! Very well deserved, well done Dr Bate!
@sil_bam @AlisonYarnall @BAM_Research @DiMeN_DTP @ParkinsonsUK @NIHRNewcBRC
Interested in how vagus n stim may help in #Parkinson’s & here @EuGMSSociety #EuGMS2024? Come to oral communication 6 at 0830 for preliminary results from @Sigurdsson_HP. Also visit our posters 0803 & 0807. Funded by @ParkinsonsUK & @DunhillMedical @BAM_Research @NIHRNewcBRC
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Fantastic to see so many researchers from the North East at today’s @ParkinsonsUK grant holders meeting! Great representation from our region!
@gillbarry1 @JulesD_Physio @rachaellawson85 @AlisonYarnall @Lisa_HumMovSci @Sigurdsson_HP @edwardmeinert @UniofNewcastle @NorthumbriaUni
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Excellent day at the @ParkinsonsUK Grant holders meeting today. Really enjoyed presenting along with @Lisa_HumMovSci, @Sigurdsson_HP & @AlisonYarnall, and hearing about so much ongoing research in the #Parkinsons community.
@BAM_Research @profdaviddexter @NIHRNewcBRC @PDNEC_RIG
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Excited for the first @ParkinsonsUK Grant holders meeting today at the impressive Crick Institute!
@AlisonYarnall @Lisa_HumMovSci @Sigurdsson_HP @FGerakios
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Brilliant programme from the rest of #LewyBody2024 UK conference! Great talks and excellent debate on biological staging from Sean O’Dowd and @AarslandDag. Thanks @rimonaweil , @John_PaulTaylor and @C__OCallaghan for organising!
@DrEmHenderson @AlisonYarnall @ProfJTOBrien
Alison Yarnall retweeted
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Alison Yarnall retweeted
Well done to our PhD student @FGerakios presenting at her first #BGDconf on the increased risk of poor outcomes in inpatients with #Parkinsons after #delirium. 👏🏻
Read more in our @Age_and_Ageing paper doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae0…
@DrSRichardson1 @AlisonYarnall @BAM_Research
“Team delirium” presenting this study looking at outcomes in patients with #parkinsonsdisease and #delirium — outcomes much worse in this group in terms of survival (46% predicted to be dead within a year of presenting with delirium), dementia, and institutionalisation #BGSconf
Alison Yarnall retweeted
Thank you to everyone who attended our Trust Dementia Care Conference @NewcastleHosps. We had a fantastic turnout, the keynote speakers and workshops were brilliant! Great finish to #DementaActionWeek2024 @AlisonYarnall @AddyMcleod @DrSRichardson1 @TeasdaleCheryl @joanna24uk
Congratulations @Marta_Camacho!
Congratulations to the newest Dr in the house! Well deserved celebrations after many years' great work on the gut-brain axis in Parkinson's @Marta__Camacho
Is #delirium important in #Parkinsons? Yes - check out our paper 👇🏽. Present in 2/3rds of hospital admissions; increased risk death (x3), dementia (x6), & institutionalisation (x10). We need to do more @NewcastleHosps @NuTHResearch @NIHR_Newc_CRF @BAM_Research @ParkinsonsUK
🚨New paper 🚨
Our PhD student @FGerakios published her first paper in @Age_and_Ageing !
Find out about the outcomes of delirium in inpatients with Parkinson's disease 👇doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae0…
#delirium #Parkinsons
@rachaellawson85 @AlisonYarnall @DrSRichardson1
Lots of events to mark World Delirium Awareness Day tomorrow @NewcastleHosps. Follow @emmaprend for more info. @joanna24uk @AddyMcleod @DrSRichardson1
World Delirium Awareness Day is on the 13th March 2024. The Dementia Care Team @NewcastleHosps are doing drop in events and activities to raise awareness in the trust .See trust intranet for details @joanna24uk @AlisonYarnall @AddyMcleod
Amazing news and so well deserved. An inspiration to us all @LynnRochester1 @BAM_Research @NIHRNewcBRC @NuTHResearch
🎉 Congratulations to our Mobilise-D Lead Prof @LynnRochester1 on winning the 2024 Suffrage Science Award for Life Sciences! 🌟 Your dedication and inspiration shine bright, inspiring women scientists worldwide. Here's Lynn alongside Prof Claudia Mazzà. #IWD2024 @IHIEurope @EFPIA
1 week left to apply! #digital mobility in #Parkinsons PhD Studentship - NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Digital Mobility and Milestones in Parkinson’s Disease at Newcastle University jobs.ac.uk/job/DFS938/phd-st…
Next up @Emma__Packer with a fantastic talk on her PhD on dopaminergic effect on mobility @sil_bam @Lisa_HumMovSci @NIHRNewcBRC @BAM_Research at our 3 Rivers #parkinsons meeting @drnaomiwarren
Next up @julie_physio inspiring us on how to optimise rehabilitation in #Parkinson’s - fantastic talk at our 3 Rivers meeting @drnaomiwarren @NIHRNewcBRC @ParkinsonsUK @PDNEC_RIG






































