Staff Profiles

Roles and Responsibilities

As a project manager, I support translational research projects within the Faculty of Medical Sciences. I am currently providing project management support to two projects.

1)      The United Kingdom Autoimmune Hepatitis Cohort (UK-AIH) is a multi-centre platform for research and translational medicine. The aim is to understand the unmet need in AIH and provide a platform for therapeutic advance. www.uk-aih.com

2)      Psoriasis Stratification to Optimise Relevant Therapy (PSORT) is a large scale multi-centre consortium incorporating academic and industrial collaboration. The study aims to understand the response to biologic therapies and deliver a novel guide to the management of psoriasis.

Previous Positions

Alzheimer’s Research UK Fellow – Neuropathology and brain imaging in Dementia (Biomedical Research Building, Newcastle University)

Research Associate - Dementia research involving brain imaging (Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University)

Qualifications

PhD Medical Sciences - Manchester University

BSc (Hons) Anatomical Sciences – Manchester University

• O'Donovan J, Watson R, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Burton EJ, Barber R, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Does posterior cortical atrophy on MRI discriminate between Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and normal aging?. International Psychogeriatrics 2013, 25(1), 111-119.
• Firbank MJ, Allan LM, Burton EJ, Barber R, O'Brien JT, Kalaria RN. Neuroimaging predictors of death and dementia in a cohort of older stroke survivors. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2012, 83(3), 263-267.
• Burton EJ, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB, Perry RH, Jaros E, Barber R, O'Brien JT. Neuropathological correlates of volumetric MRI in autopsy-confirmed Lewy body dementia. Neurobiology of Aging 2012, 33(7), 1228-1236.
• Burton EJ, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB, Perry RH, Jaros E, Barber R, O'Brien JT. Quantitative neurodegenerative pathology does not explain the degree of hippocampal atrophy on MRI in degenerative dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2012, 27(12), 1267-1274.
• Burton EJ, Karas G, Paling SM, Williams ED, Ballard CG, McKeith IG, Scheltens P, Barkhof F, O'Brien JT. Cerebral atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies studied using voxel-based morphometry. In: 2nd Meeting of the Alzheimers Imaging Consortium. 2004, Stockholm, Sweden: Neurobiology of Aging: Elsevier.
• O'Brien JT, Burton EJ, Kalaria R, Kenny RA, Ballard C. [abstract] Neuroimaging changes in vascular mild cognitive impairment (MCI). International Psychogeriatrics 2003, 15(s2), 50-51.
• Bradbury MP, Stephens S, Rowan E, Burton EJ, Kalaria R, Kenny RA, Ballard C. [abstract] White matter hyperintensities are associated with impairment of memory and attention in older stroke patients. International Psychogeriatrics 2003, 15(s2), 299-299.
• Wiseman RM, Burton EJ, Saxby BK, O'Brien JT, Ford GA. Increased brain atrophy rate in older hypertensive subjects. In: Journal of Hypertension: 13th European Meeting on Hypertension. 2003, Milan, Italy: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd.
• Wiseman RM, Burton EJ, Barber R, O'Brien JT, Ford GA. Reduced whole brain volumes, increased white matter lesions but normal hippocampal volume in older hypertensive subjects. In: Journal of Hypertension: 13th European Meeting on Hypertension. 2003, Milan, Italy: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd.
• Burton EJ, Paling SM, Ballard CG, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT, Karas G, Scheltens P, Barkhof F, Williams ED. Cerebral atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies studied using voxel-based morphometry. In: Neurobiology of Aging. 2002, Elsevier Inc.
• O'Brien JT, Wiseman R, Burton EJ, Barber B, Wesnes K, Saxby B, Ford GA. Cognitive associations of subcortical white matter lesions in older people. In: Alzheimer's Disease: Vascular Etiology and Pathology. 2002, Kyoto, Japan: New York Academy of Sciences.
• Ballard C, Wesnes KA, O'Brien J, Stephens S, Burton E, Rowan E, Kalaria R, Kenny RA. Cognitive impairments in elderly stroke patients without dementia: Profile and MRI correlates. In: Journal of Psychopharmacology: Summer Meeting of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. 2002, Harrogate: Sage Publications Ltd.
• Ballard C, Stephens S, McLaren A, Wesnes K, Kenny RA, Burton E, O'Brien J, Kalaria R. Neuropsychological deficits in older stroke patients. In: Alzheimer's Disease: Vascular Etiology and Pathology. 2002, Kyoto, Japan: New York Academy of Sciences.
• Karas G, Rombouts SARB, van Schijndel RA, Powels P, Scheltens P, Barkhof F, Burton EJ, Paling SM, O'Brien JT. Patterns of cerebral atrophy detected by voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in Alzheimer's disease. In: Neurobiology of Aging. 2002, Elsevier Inc.
• Paling S, Williams ED, LLoyd A, Barber R, Burton EJ, Gholkar A, Crum WR, Fox NC, McKeith I, Ballard C, O'Brien JT. Serial MR image registration and analysis techniques applied to studies of differential cerebral atrophy in late-onset dementia. In: International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences. 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: CSREA PRESS.
• Harper L, Fumagalli GG, Barkhof F, Scheltens P, O'Brien JT, Bouwman F, Burton EJ, Rohrer JD, Fox NC, Ridgway GR, Schott JM. MRI visual rating scales in the diagnosis of dementia: evaluation in 184 post-mortem confirmed cases. Brain 2016, 139, 1211-1225.