Dr William McGeown

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Psychology

Personal statement

I joined the School of Psychological Sciences and Health in August 2013. I was previously employed as a Lecturer for 5 years within the Department of Psychology (University of Hull) and prior to that I held research positions for 3 years within The Clinical Neuroscience Centre (University of Hull).

My research interests are mostly centred on the cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms that are found in Alzheimer’s disease and the other dementias. A secondary research interest relates to suggestibility and hypnosis.

I am an Associate Fellow within the BPS, a member of the Division of Neuropsychology, and a Chartered Psychologist.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Memory

Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Normal ageing

Hypnosis and suggestibility

Neuroimaging and neuropsychological research methods

Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) (University of Hull)

PhD (University of Hull)

Master in Research Methods (MRes) Diploma (University of Aberdeen)

BSc (Hons) Psychology (University of Aberdeen)

Publications

Cognitive, health and social outcomes of a school-based intergenerational engagement intervention for community-residing older adults.: Krzeczkowska Anna, McGeown William, Gow Alan J, Brown Nicholls Louise; The 6th international Conference of Aging & Cognition by EUCAS (2021)
Neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of domain-specific anosognosia in early Alzheimer's disease: Valera-Bermejo Jose Manuel, De Marco Matteo, Mitolo Micaela, McGeown William J, Venneri Annalena; Cortex Vol 129, pp. 236-246 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.026
Eigenvector alignment : assessing functional network changes in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: Clark Ruaridh A, Nikolova Niia, McGeown William J, Macdonald Malcolm; PLOS One Vol 15 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231294
The cortical activity of graded relevance: Pinkosova Zuzana, McGeown William J, Moshfeghi Yashar; SIGIR '20 - Proceedings of the 43rd International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval The 43rd International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2020), pp. 299–308 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1145/3397271.3401106
Revisiting criteria for psychosis in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias : toward better phenotypic classification and biomarker research: Fischer Corinne E, Ismail Zahinoor, Youakim James M, Creese Byron, Kumar Sanjeev, Nuñez Nicolas, Ryan Darby R, Di Vita Antonella, D'Antonio Fabrizia, de Lena Carlo, McGeown William J, Ramit Ravona, Rasmussen Jill, Bell Joanne, Wang Huali, Bruneau Marie Andrée, Panegyres Peter K, Lanctôt Krista L, Agüera-Ortiz Luis, Lyketsos Constantine, Cummings Jeffrey, Jeste Dilip V, Sano Mary, Devanand D P, Sweet Robert A, Ballard Clive; Journal of Alzheimer's Disease : JAD Vol 73, pp. 1143-1156 (2020); https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190828
What electrophysiology tells us about Alzheimer's disease : a window into the synchronization and connectivity of brain neurons: Babiloni Claudio, Blinowska Katarzyna, Bonanni Laura, Cichocki Andrej, De Haan Willem, Del Percio Claudio, Dubois Bruno, Escudero Javier, Fernández Alberto, Frisoni Giovanni, Guntekin Bahar, Hajos Mihaly, Hampel Harald, Ifeachor Emmanuel, Kilborn Kerry, Kumar Sanjeev, Johnsen Kristinn, Johannsson Magnus, Jeong Jaeseung, LeBeau Fiona, Lizio Roberta, Lopes da Silva Fernando, Maestú Fernando, McGeown William J, McKeith Ian, Moretti Davide Vito, Nobili Flavio, Olichney John, Onofrj Marco, Palop Jorge J, Rowan Michael, Stocchi Fabrizio, Struzik Zbigniew M, Tanila Heikki, Teipel Stefan, Taylor John Paul, Weiergräber Marco, Yener Gorsev, Young-Pearse Tracy, Drinkenburg Wilhelmus H, Randall Fiona; Neurobiology of Aging Vol 85, pp. 58-73 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.09.008

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Teaching

I previously co-developed the MSc in Clinical Health Psychology course and was Director of this programme for 3 years. I now contribute as class leader and lecturer on the “Neuropsychology relating medical conditions” class.

In the past I have taught Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychology of Ageing and Dementia, and Health Psychology, in addition to various sessions on statistics, research methods and cognitive psychology.

I am an HEA fellow.

Research interests

I run the neuroanalytics laboratory within the School of Psychological Sciences and Health and lead the Dementia Research Network at the University of Strathclyde. Key research themes include:

Ageing and Dementia

My research is focused on developing ways to detect different types of dementia (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Fronto-temporal dementia) in the very early stages using cognitive, neuroimaging, neurophysiological and blood-based markers. I am also interested in the breakdown of cognition (episodic and semantic memory, language and attention) that occurs during the course of neurodegenerative disease, and in understanding the neural correlates of neuropsychiatric/behavioural symptoms.

I have used pharmacoimaging in the past to assess the efficacy of drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. I am keen to extend this research and to investigate methods of predicting response to treatment (with possibilities for personalised medication).

Further interests include the effects of normal ageing (e.g., on cognitive function and on the brain).

Hypnosis and suggestibility
As Principal Investigator, I currently lead two funded research projects to investigate hypnosis and suggestibility (funding from The Leverhulme Trust and the BIAL Foundation). I am interested in the effects of hypnosis on the brain, and in the cognitive, neural and genetic associations that may underpin suggestibility.

I am open to supervising PhD projects in the above areas.

Professional activities

Hypnosis and Suggestibility: New Perspectives in Theory and Practice, and the David Waxman Memorial Lecture: Chair; 16/12/2020
Dementia diagnosis/symptomology. Hypnotic suggestibility: Speaker; 9/3/2020
Imaging at Strathclyde: Organiser; 4/10/2019
External examiner for PhD: Examiner; 5/12/2018
External examiner for a PhD: Examiner; 13/2/2018
Hypnotic suggestibility and response to hypnosis: Associated brain regions and networks: Speaker; 23/9/2017

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Projects

Electrophysiological and genetic factors associated with hypnosis and suggestibility.: McGeown, William (Principal Investigator) Tate, Rothwelle (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Pinkosova, Zuzana: Moshfeghi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Co-investigator) Pinkosova, Zuzana (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
An investigation of the neural bases of hypnosis and suggestibility: McGeown, William (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 26-Jan-2021
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies | Panni, Zanib: McGeown, William (Principal Investigator) Baker, Matthew (Co-investigator) Panni, Zanib (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2015 - 01-Jan-2020
Improving dementia diagnosis in primary care and building research capacity of the Centre for clinic neurosciences: McGeown, William (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2015
Investigating anosognosia in Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer Research UK, £2660): McGeown, William (Academic); 01-Jan-2013 - 01-Jan-2015

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Psychology
Graham Hills Building

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