Anya Topiwala

BA (Hons) BMBCh (Oxon) MRCPsych DPhil (Oxon)

Senior Clinical Researcher

Consultant Psychiatrist (OUHFT)

I am a Senior Clinical Researcher and Consultant Psychiatrist. My particular research interest is risk and resilience factors for cognitive impairment, and the neural mechanisms underpinning these, using Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an investigative tool. A particular interest is the association of alcohol consumption with adverse brain outcomes. I am currently working on the MRC-funded study "Predicting MRI abnormalities with longitudinal data of the Whitehall II Substudy", which will image 800 participants in the Whitehall II cohort.

My funding has been through the MRC, the Ruth and Nevill Mott Scholarship at Linacre College, and grants from Alzheimer's Research UK and the University of Oxford. Recent prizes include the Gosling Fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Junior Investigator Award from the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, and a European Psychiatry Society Research prize.

Neurobiology of Ageing

Key publications

Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study.
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Topiwala A. et al, (2017), BMJ, 357

Recent publications

Classification and characterization of periventricular and deep white matter hyperintensities on MRI: A study in older adults.
Journal article

Griffanti L. et al, (2018), Neuroimage, 170, 174 - 181
Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study.
Journal article

Topiwala A. et al, (2017), BMJ, 357
Sub-threshold depressive symptoms and brain structure: A magnetic resonance imaging study within the Whitehall II cohort.
Journal article

Allan CL. et al, (2016), J Affect Disord, 204, 219 - 225
Resilience and MRI correlates of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling elders.
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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.
Journal article

Allan CL. et al, (2015), Br J Psychiatry, 206, 308 - 315
Hypomania
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Allan CL. et al, (2015), Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference, 3, 949 - 954
Establishing the cause of memory loss in older people
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Chouliaras L. et al, (2015), The Practitioner, 1778, 15 - 19
Using structural and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate the dementias
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Suri S. et al, (2014), Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, 14, 475 - 489
Prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in older age.
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Topiwala A. et al, (2014), Maturitas, 77, 118 - 123
Psychiatric disorders in patients presenting to hospital following self-harm: A systematic review
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Hawton K. et al, (2013), Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, 821 - 830

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