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Email
vyara.valkanova@psych.ox.ac.uk

Telephone
+44 (0)1865 223635
Fax +44 (0)1865 793101

Vyara Valkanova

MD BSc (hons)

Honorary Member

Consultant Psychiatrist

After graduating in Medicine, I obtained a degree in Psychology. I completed my higher specialty training in general adult and old age psychiatry in Oxford. Currently I'm working as a Consultant with the North Older Adult team in Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. My research interests include neuroimaging in dementia, the relationship between gait and cognition, as well as factors contributing to successful ageing.

Key publications

ssociation between gait and cognition in an elderly population based sample.

Valkanova V. et al, (2018), Gait Posture, 65, 240 - 245

Mind over matter--what do we know about neuroplasticity in adults?

Valkanova V. et al, (2014), Int Psychogeriatr, 26, 891 - 909

CRP, IL-6 and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

Valkanova V. et al, (2013), J Affect Disord, 150, 736 - 744

Vascular risk factors and depression in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Valkanova V. and Ebmeier KP., (2013), Biol Psychiatry, 73, 406 - 413

Recent publications

Will precision medicine still require neuropsychiatric phenotypes?

Ebmeier KP. and Valkanova V., (2026), Neurology, 106

nother Dementia Biomarker?

Ebmeier KP. and Valkanova V., (2026), Neurology, 106

Neuroimaging

Suri S. et al, (2020)

Imaging

Valkanova V. and EBMEIER K., (2019), 41 - 53

ssociation between gait and cognition in an elderly population based sample.

Valkanova V. et al, (2018), Gait Posture, 65, 240 - 245

ssociation between gait and cognition in an elderly population based sample.

Valkanova V. et al, (2018), Gait Posture, 65, 240 - 245

Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study.

Topiwala A. et al, (2017), BMJ, 357

What can gait tell us about dementia? Review of epidemiological and neuropsychological evidence.

Valkanova V. and Ebmeier KP., (2017), Gait Posture, 53, 215 - 223

Diagnosing early cognitive decline-When, how and for whom?

Allan CL. et al, (2017), Maturitas, 96, 103 - 108

Depression is linked to dementia in older adults.

Valkanova V. et al, (2017), Practitioner, 261, 11 - 15

systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between mobility and cognition in healthy older adults.

Demnitz N. et al, (2016), Gait Posture, 50, 164 - 174

Resilience and MRI correlates of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling elders.

Topiwala A. et al, (2015), Br J Psychiatry, 207, 435 - 439

Lifetime hypertension as a predictor of brain structure in older adults: cohort study with a 28-year follow-up.

Allan CL. et al, (2015), Br J Psychiatry, 206, 308 - 315

Neuroimaging in dementia.

Valkanova V. and Ebmeier KP., (2014), Maturitas, 79, 202 - 208

Mind over matter--what do we know about neuroplasticity in adults?

Valkanova V. et al, (2014), Int Psychogeriatr, 26, 891 - 909

Study protocol: The Whitehall II imaging sub-study.

Filippini N. et al, (2014), BMC Psychiatry, 14

Depression in older people is underdiagnosed.

Allan CE. et al, (2014), Practitioner, 258, 19 - 3

CRP, IL-6 and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

Valkanova V. et al, (2013), J Affect Disord, 150, 736 - 744

Diagnosis and management of autism in adults.

Valkanova V. et al, (2013), Practitioner, 257, 13 - 3

Vascular risk factors and depression in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Valkanova V. and Ebmeier KP., (2013), Biol Psychiatry, 73, 406 - 413

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