Graham Reid

My research interests are in risk and resilience for neuropsychological pathologies. Prior to starting my MSc, my work took a social psychiatry framework to understand the factors that seem to confer protection against disease across the lifespan and influence help-seeking behaviours in those affected. I was particularly interested in lifestyle medicine, which encapsulates variables, such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, and religiosity. In my current work, I am looking at the relationship between heart and brain health in emerging Alzheimer's Disease. I am particularly interested in cardiovascular risk factors, such hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, and how their impact on the heart may affect later-life risk for Alzheimer's Disease. To conduct this work, I am using data from longitudinal cohorts to assess changes in heart and brain health over time, as well as changes in cognition, such as memory. The key methodologies that I am using for this work include diffusion tensor MRI imaging, doppler ultrasonography of arterial phenotypes, and psychometric testing of cognition.