Dr Byron Creese
@byroncreese.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and Director of Research, Department of Psychology | Brunel University of London | Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience | Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #Dementia
Bit of a metalhead as well 🏳️🌈
Bit of a metalhead as well 🏳️🌈
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Join our debate tonight at 8pm on research funding with @byroncreese.bsky.social and Subhashisa Swain as they explore peer review and lottery ideas. All welcome.
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
Dementia Researcher Salon Debate - Rethinking Research Funding: Peer Review vs. Lottery
Dementia Researcher Salon Debate - Rethinking Research Funding: Peer Review vs. Lottery
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Join our debate tonight at 8pm on research funding with @byroncreese.bsky.social and Subhashisa Swain as they explore peer review and lottery ideas. All welcome.
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
🧠 New in BJPsych: 1-year stroke risk with risperidone in dementia.
We looked across CVD subgroups ( stroke, CVD, and risk factors) to see if any group was “safer” to prescribe to.
Spoiler: there isn’t one.
📊 Infographic + link below.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Dementia #Stroke #Psychiatry
We looked across CVD subgroups ( stroke, CVD, and risk factors) to see if any group was “safer” to prescribe to.
Spoiler: there isn’t one.
📊 Infographic + link below.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Dementia #Stroke #Psychiatry
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🧠 New in BJPsych: 1-year stroke risk with risperidone in dementia.
We looked across CVD subgroups ( stroke, CVD, and risk factors) to see if any group was “safer” to prescribe to.
Spoiler: there isn’t one.
📊 Infographic + link below.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Dementia #Stroke #Psychiatry
We looked across CVD subgroups ( stroke, CVD, and risk factors) to see if any group was “safer” to prescribe to.
Spoiler: there isn’t one.
📊 Infographic + link below.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Dementia #Stroke #Psychiatry
Excited to share we’ve been awarded £215k from NIHR @nihr.bsky.social to continue our research on #antipsychotic use in #dementia 💡
Next up: analysing trial data, electronic health records & lived experiences to optimise safe prescribing.
We’ll be recruiting soon - watch this space for adverts!
Next up: analysing trial data, electronic health records & lived experiences to optimise safe prescribing.
We’ll be recruiting soon - watch this space for adverts!
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Excited to share we’ve been awarded £215k from NIHR @nihr.bsky.social to continue our research on #antipsychotic use in #dementia 💡
Next up: analysing trial data, electronic health records & lived experiences to optimise safe prescribing.
We’ll be recruiting soon - watch this space for adverts!
Next up: analysing trial data, electronic health records & lived experiences to optimise safe prescribing.
We’ll be recruiting soon - watch this space for adverts!
Excited to be heading to Stavanger this Sunday for Helse Stavanger’s International Research Day!
Photos from my last visit - 3yrs ago!
Sad to be missing the National Day and Eurovision there on Saturday, but thrilled to be reconnecting with collaborators.
🇳🇴🇬🇧
Photos from my last visit - 3yrs ago!
Sad to be missing the National Day and Eurovision there on Saturday, but thrilled to be reconnecting with collaborators.
🇳🇴🇬🇧
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Excited to be heading to Stavanger this Sunday for Helse Stavanger’s International Research Day!
Photos from my last visit - 3yrs ago!
Sad to be missing the National Day and Eurovision there on Saturday, but thrilled to be reconnecting with collaborators.
🇳🇴🇬🇧
Photos from my last visit - 3yrs ago!
Sad to be missing the National Day and Eurovision there on Saturday, but thrilled to be reconnecting with collaborators.
🇳🇴🇬🇧
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Want to know more about how American Football impacts your brain health? I've got a study going and looking to recruit participants!
4 hours of your time and a little bit of blood, ideally in Exeter, but could also do Bristol, UK
Any questions? Please contact me by DM or email
#BrainHealth #TBI
4 hours of your time and a little bit of blood, ideally in Exeter, but could also do Bristol, UK
Any questions? Please contact me by DM or email
#BrainHealth #TBI
May 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Want to know more about how American Football impacts your brain health? I've got a study going and looking to recruit participants!
4 hours of your time and a little bit of blood, ideally in Exeter, but could also do Bristol, UK
Any questions? Please contact me by DM or email
#BrainHealth #TBI
4 hours of your time and a little bit of blood, ideally in Exeter, but could also do Bristol, UK
Any questions? Please contact me by DM or email
#BrainHealth #TBI
Just doing my bit to put Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience @brunelpsy.bsky.social on the neuroscience connections map at #BNA2025
April 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Just doing my bit to put Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience @brunelpsy.bsky.social on the neuroscience connections map at #BNA2025
In Liverpool today for #BNA2025 sharing our pilot study on #psychosis mechanisms in #Alzheimer as a case study on collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult. Great that they're prioritising psychiatric syndromes in dementia.
April 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In Liverpool today for #BNA2025 sharing our pilot study on #psychosis mechanisms in #Alzheimer as a case study on collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult. Great that they're prioritising psychiatric syndromes in dementia.
Busy day this week running out SmartSocks study (testing new #healthtech for objective measurement of #agitation in #dementia). Started 3 participants in London before wrapping up for two residents in Berks after 4 weeks testing. Grateful to the care home staff for their insights!
April 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Busy day this week running out SmartSocks study (testing new #healthtech for objective measurement of #agitation in #dementia). Started 3 participants in London before wrapping up for two residents in Berks after 4 weeks testing. Grateful to the care home staff for their insights!
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📢 Our lab is looking for a bioinformatics postdoc. We have lots of exciting projects to work on, including single cell (epi-)genomics, microglia xenotransplantations and nanopore long reads splicing analysis. Look out for the official advert next week and get in touch in the meantime 🧬🧠
February 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢 Our lab is looking for a bioinformatics postdoc. We have lots of exciting projects to work on, including single cell (epi-)genomics, microglia xenotransplantations and nanopore long reads splicing analysis. Look out for the official advert next week and get in touch in the meantime 🧬🧠
🚨A brain DNA co-methylation network analysis of #psychosis in #Alzheimer's disease
- DNA methylation assessed in the prefrontal cortex.
- Enrichment in synaptic genes and excitatory & inhibitory neurons.
- Mechanistic links with #schizophrenia
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
- DNA methylation assessed in the prefrontal cortex.
- Enrichment in synaptic genes and excitatory & inhibitory neurons.
- Mechanistic links with #schizophrenia
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
A brain DNA co‐methylation network analysis of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease
INTRODUCTION
The presence of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is suggested to be associated with distinct molecular and neuropathological profiles in the brain.
METHODS
We assessed brain DNA .....
dx.doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨A brain DNA co-methylation network analysis of #psychosis in #Alzheimer's disease
- DNA methylation assessed in the prefrontal cortex.
- Enrichment in synaptic genes and excitatory & inhibitory neurons.
- Mechanistic links with #schizophrenia
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
- DNA methylation assessed in the prefrontal cortex.
- Enrichment in synaptic genes and excitatory & inhibitory neurons.
- Mechanistic links with #schizophrenia
dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
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Please see a collective response from an esteemed group of leaders in the dementia field to the NYT article and book “doctored” by Charles Piller. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
February 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please see a collective response from an esteemed group of leaders in the dementia field to the NYT article and book “doctored” by Charles Piller. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
*super food and also that'd be sunrise not sunset 🙄 - I blame the jet lag.
By for now, Sydney.
By for now, Sydney.
Powered up for the last day of the conference in Sydney where I chaired the first session. Apparently açaí is a super good though maybe not when it's got that much yoghurt and syrup in top 😋
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
February 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
*super food and also that'd be sunrise not sunset 🙄 - I blame the jet lag.
By for now, Sydney.
By for now, Sydney.
Powered up for the last day of the conference in Sydney where I chaired the first session. Apparently açaí is a super good though maybe not when it's got that much yoghurt and syrup in top 😋
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
February 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Powered up for the last day of the conference in Sydney where I chaired the first session. Apparently açaí is a super good though maybe not when it's got that much yoghurt and syrup in top 😋
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
And the sunset before heading home
Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻
Great start to the Australasian #NeuropsychiatricSyndromes Symposium yesterday in Sydney. Great to connect with people from all over the world to discuss this important topic, and have the opportunity to present myself 😁
#ANNS
@istaart.bsky.social
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
#ANNS
@istaart.bsky.social
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Great start to the Australasian #NeuropsychiatricSyndromes Symposium yesterday in Sydney. Great to connect with people from all over the world to discuss this important topic, and have the opportunity to present myself 😁
#ANNS
@istaart.bsky.social
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
#ANNS
@istaart.bsky.social
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
I'm in Sydney getting ready for the Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia conference.
Funded by @istaart.bsky.social this conference will bring together latest scientific advances and the applications to care delivery.
Funded by @istaart.bsky.social this conference will bring together latest scientific advances and the applications to care delivery.
January 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I'm in Sydney getting ready for the Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia conference.
Funded by @istaart.bsky.social this conference will bring together latest scientific advances and the applications to care delivery.
Funded by @istaart.bsky.social this conference will bring together latest scientific advances and the applications to care delivery.
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📢 *Two new* 🤩 preprints out this month from @byroncreese.bsky.social on safer use of risperidone for agitation in dementia 🧠💊
Great to see Brunel University undergrads contribute to this research on placement while studying Psych and at the Brunel Medical School 💪
Great to see Brunel University undergrads contribute to this research on placement while studying Psych and at the Brunel Medical School 💪
January 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 *Two new* 🤩 preprints out this month from @byroncreese.bsky.social on safer use of risperidone for agitation in dementia 🧠💊
Great to see Brunel University undergrads contribute to this research on placement while studying Psych and at the Brunel Medical School 💪
Great to see Brunel University undergrads contribute to this research on placement while studying Psych and at the Brunel Medical School 💪
Preprints linked to the below #antipsychotics in #dementia work now out:
A matched cohort study examining stroke risk across CVD subgroups:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A qualitative study of perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A matched cohort study examining stroke risk across CVD subgroups:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A qualitative study of perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Flanked by a sizable plate of pastries before getting started with our #antipsychotics in #dementia event today. >30 attendees from social care, NHS and members of the public.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Preprints linked to the below #antipsychotics in #dementia work now out:
A matched cohort study examining stroke risk across CVD subgroups:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A qualitative study of perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A matched cohort study examining stroke risk across CVD subgroups:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
A qualitative study of perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Flanked by a sizable plate of pastries before getting started with our #antipsychotics in #dementia event today. >30 attendees from social care, NHS and members of the public.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
December 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Flanked by a sizable plate of pastries before getting started with our #antipsychotics in #dementia event today. >30 attendees from social care, NHS and members of the public.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.
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🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈
A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.
Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈
A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.
Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈
A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.
Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈
A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.
Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
🚨🚨 Registrations still open for our Alzheimer's Association funded event in Sydney, Australia 🌏🦘
Travel bursaries available and full details below! 👇👇
Travel bursaries available and full details below! 👇👇
Very excited to be organising this event in Sydney colleagues from the US and Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au
November 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
🚨🚨 Registrations still open for our Alzheimer's Association funded event in Sydney, Australia 🌏🦘
Travel bursaries available and full details below! 👇👇
Travel bursaries available and full details below! 👇👇
All about sharing our #NIHR-funded work on #antipsychotics in #dementia.
All welcome. Especially relevant to NHS, social care workers and academics.
Pastries for breakfast and lunch provided 🥐☕🍱
(Shared this when first on blue sky and had a network of about 3. Resharing now it's grown a bit 🙂)
All welcome. Especially relevant to NHS, social care workers and academics.
Pastries for breakfast and lunch provided 🥐☕🍱
(Shared this when first on blue sky and had a network of about 3. Resharing now it's grown a bit 🙂)
Safer #antipsychotic prescribing in #dementia. Free event linked to our NIHR-funded study on whether cardiovascular disease screening helps make safer prescribing decisions.
Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
Safer Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia: Latest information
Understand the latest research on antipsychotic safety in dementia and tools to incorporate this into clinical decision making.
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 8:18 AM
All about sharing our #NIHR-funded work on #antipsychotics in #dementia.
All welcome. Especially relevant to NHS, social care workers and academics.
Pastries for breakfast and lunch provided 🥐☕🍱
(Shared this when first on blue sky and had a network of about 3. Resharing now it's grown a bit 🙂)
All welcome. Especially relevant to NHS, social care workers and academics.
Pastries for breakfast and lunch provided 🥐☕🍱
(Shared this when first on blue sky and had a network of about 3. Resharing now it's grown a bit 🙂)
Reposted by Dr Byron Creese
Hello World! New here, and a little bit scared of having to rebuild the Twitter network, but here we go:
I'm a group leader at UK DRI and @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My lab works on #epigenetics in neurodegenerative diseases, to understand non-coding genetic and environmental risk factors 🧬🧠
I'm a group leader at UK DRI and @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My lab works on #epigenetics in neurodegenerative diseases, to understand non-coding genetic and environmental risk factors 🧬🧠
November 11, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Hello World! New here, and a little bit scared of having to rebuild the Twitter network, but here we go:
I'm a group leader at UK DRI and @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My lab works on #epigenetics in neurodegenerative diseases, to understand non-coding genetic and environmental risk factors 🧬🧠
I'm a group leader at UK DRI and @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My lab works on #epigenetics in neurodegenerative diseases, to understand non-coding genetic and environmental risk factors 🧬🧠
👇🏻Reminder registration is still open for our free event 3rd Dec (CPD credits available)
#antipsychotic safety in #dementia - results from our research on utility of screening on CVD to inform prescription decisions.
- update on the evidence based for first line non-pharmacological approaches.
#antipsychotic safety in #dementia - results from our research on utility of screening on CVD to inform prescription decisions.
- update on the evidence based for first line non-pharmacological approaches.
Safer #antipsychotic prescribing in #dementia. Free event linked to our NIHR-funded study on whether cardiovascular disease screening helps make safer prescribing decisions.
Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
Safer Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia: Latest information
Understand the latest research on antipsychotic safety in dementia and tools to incorporate this into clinical decision making.
NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
👇🏻Reminder registration is still open for our free event 3rd Dec (CPD credits available)
#antipsychotic safety in #dementia - results from our research on utility of screening on CVD to inform prescription decisions.
- update on the evidence based for first line non-pharmacological approaches.
#antipsychotic safety in #dementia - results from our research on utility of screening on CVD to inform prescription decisions.
- update on the evidence based for first line non-pharmacological approaches.
What started with a routine Xmas (too early I know) listen to Stay Another Day has turned my train ride into a deep dive to find my other fav boy band songs (in no particular order):
1) It's Alright (E17)
2) Story of My Life (OneD)
3) Pray (TT)
4) The Right Stuff (NKOTB)
5) Larger than Life (BSB)
1) It's Alright (E17)
2) Story of My Life (OneD)
3) Pray (TT)
4) The Right Stuff (NKOTB)
5) Larger than Life (BSB)
November 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
What started with a routine Xmas (too early I know) listen to Stay Another Day has turned my train ride into a deep dive to find my other fav boy band songs (in no particular order):
1) It's Alright (E17)
2) Story of My Life (OneD)
3) Pray (TT)
4) The Right Stuff (NKOTB)
5) Larger than Life (BSB)
1) It's Alright (E17)
2) Story of My Life (OneD)
3) Pray (TT)
4) The Right Stuff (NKOTB)
5) Larger than Life (BSB)
Very excited to be organising this event in Sydney colleagues from the US and Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Very excited to be organising this event in Sydney colleagues from the US and Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au
Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘
Travel awards and registration available here:
anss.psy.unsw.edu.au