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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Cervical lymph nodes and ovarian teratomas as germinal centres in NMDA receptor-antibody encephalitis.
Journal article
Al-Diwani A. et al, (2022), Brain, 145, 2742 - 2754
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The psychopathology of NMDAR-antibody encephalitis in adults: a systematic review and phenotypic analysis of individual patient data.
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Al-Diwani A. et al, (2019), Lancet Psychiatry, 6, 235 - 246
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In Vivo N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) Density as Assessed Using Positron Emission Tomography During Recovery From NMDAR-Antibody Encephalitis.
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Galovic M. et al, (2022), JAMA Neurol
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The autoantibody-mediated encephalitides: from clinical observations to molecular pathogenesis.
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Ramanathan S. et al, (2021), J Neurol, 268, 1689 - 1707
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Rituximab abrogates aquaporin-4-specific germinal center activity in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.
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Damato V. et al, (2022), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 119
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Immunopsychiatry in 2021: premise to promise, and back again.
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Al-Diwani A. et al, (2022), Lancet Psychiatry, 9, 11 - 12
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Clinical relevance of serum antibodies to extracellular N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor epitopes.
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Zandi MS. et al, (2015), J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 86, 708 - 713
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The clinical relevance of serum versus CSF NMDAR autoantibodies associated exclusively with psychiatric features: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
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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.