Adam Al-Diwani
MA BMBCh DPhil MRCP MRCPsych
NIHR Clinical lecturer in psychiatry
- Honorary psychiatry specialist registrar
- Tutor Oxford medical school brain and behaviour rotation
Translating neuroimmunology for innovation in clinical research and services
Contact information
Research groups
Collaborators
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Belinda Lennox
Head of Department
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Paul Harrison
Professor of Psychiatry
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Ivan Koychev
Senior Clinical Researcher
Key publications
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Al-Diwani A. et al, (2022), Brain, 145, 2742 - 2754
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Al-Diwani A. et al, (2019), Lancet Psychiatry, 6, 235 - 246
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Galovic M. et al, (2022), JAMA Neurol
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Ramanathan S. et al, (2021), J Neurol, 268, 1689 - 1707
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Damato V. et al, (2022), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 119
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Al-Diwani A. et al, (2022), Lancet Psychiatry, 9, 11 - 12
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Zandi MS. et al, (2015), J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 86, 708 - 713
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Blackman G. et al, (2022), J Neurol, 269, 5302 - 5311
As a NIHR clinical lecturer Adam divides his time between clinical psychiatry, teaching, and research. He recently completed a Wellcome DPhil fellowship (2017-20) investigating the psychiatric presentation and B cell immunobiology of NMDAR-antibody encephalitis.
He has been awarded an Academy of Medical Sciences starter grant to extend investigations of cervical lymph nodes as a key nexus between brain and the periphery, focusing on cognitive ageing.
He is translating analysis of mental states in autoimmune encephalitis by collaborating with the Royal College of Psychiatrists neuropsychiatry faculty to develop guidelines to aid timely diagnosis of these conditions in frontline mental health services.