Dr Daniel Blackburn

BSc, MBChB, MRCP, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Lecturer

Honorary Consultant Neurologist

Dan Blackburn
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d.blackburn@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9101
Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)

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Dr Daniel Blackburn
School of Medicine and Population Health
Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
385a Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2HQ
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I completed my undergraduate medical degree in Liverpool in 1998 and did my medical training in London. I have worked as a neurology SpR in Singapore and Nottingham prior to joining the University of Sheffield as a PhD student in 2005.

I worked as a clinical lecturer in Neurology from 2010-2013.I have been a senior lecturer since 2018. My main subspecialty interest is in dementia.

Research interests

My research interests are into developing non-invasive scalable diagnostic tests for early dementia or cognitive impairment. I am investigating novel mechanisms of diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, post-stroke dementia and other dementias using automated assessment of language & electroencephalography (EEG).

I co-lead the development of  CognoSpeakTM () with Heidi Christensen from UoS Department of Computer Science (). This is an automated assessment of Cognition that can be undertaken in people’s own homes. We have several on-going grants to develop this for use in Memory Assessment Pathways (MAP) and in the post-stroke population

I am working on novel resting state EEG processing approach to detect cognitive impairment.

I am investigating the utility of telematics to assess driving safety.

I also have a research interest in the role of astrocytes in neurodegeneration. My PhD investigated this in MND and I am part of a team investigating an in-vitro model of sporadic AD using inducible Neural Precursor Technology to grow astrocytes and neurones from people with sporadic AD and assay metabolic markers.

Current Projects

PI: University of Sheffield, Participatory Research. Feb-July 2023. Co-evaluation of partnership working to develop AI dementia detection health technology. £14,030

PI:INIHR i4i grant. CognoSpeak: a Cognitive Health Assessment Tool (CcHAT). £1.47²Ñ. 36 months. Start date 01.02.2022

COEN6011: Investigating neuronal hyperactivity as a link between amyloid-β and tau spreading in Alzheimer’s disease (NeurActAmy) Submitted Dec 2022- Successful

KE Funding application, £22,904 of EPSRC funding awarded to support project: â€˜Establishing medical device regulatory appropriate software development at TUoS: Establish and trial an eQMS solution for CognoSpeak (CognoSpeak-eQMS)’. Dec 2022-June 2023.

Alzheimer Research UK Local Network grant, Investigating Barriers to Accessing Memory Pathways for people from South Asian background and exploring acceptability of CognoSpeak (automated cognitive assessment tool). Hina Khan, Dr Gregor Russell  and Iftikhar Khan (Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust) & Dr Daniel Blackburn £5000. March 2023- Feb 2024

NIHR HSDR:  Improving triadic decision making involving people with dementia. Led by Traci Walker (co-applicants Markus Reuber, Simon Bell, Alistair Wardrope). Start date 01.10.2022- 30.09.202. £525,092.89.

NIHR Three Schools: Dementia Research Programme. Improving the lives of people living with dementia and carers 2021-2024. Dementia Career Development Awards: Establishing a dementia related research career and writing a research funding proposal focused on developing a complex intervention to support the wellbeing of people with mild cognitive impairment, using a public health approach.  Start date 01.06.2022- 31.06.2023; £36,145

Equal, diverse and inclusive primary care research delivery (EDI-PCR delivery). Jon Dickson, Professor Liddy Goyder, Professor Adewale Adebajo MBE, Jodie Keyworth, Dr Dan Blackburn, Steve Knight, Professor Simon Heller, Dr Dipak Patel, Professor Chris Newman, Karen French, Ian Baxter. Start date March 2022- End date July 2022. £30°­

UKRI ISCF Healthy Ageing Catalyst Award 2020; Understanding elderly drivers' behaviour and fitness to drive. £62,500

Rosetrees Charity INTERDISCIPLINARY PRIZE 2019
MEDICINE WITH MATHEMATICS / COMPUTING / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPutational Assessment of Stroke Survivors (COMPASS) £250,000 (co-funded with Knowledge Exchange,(UoS), Clinical Research Network Yorkshire & Humber,

Health & Care Partnership, Sheffield. Remote monitoring people with Mild Cognitive Impairment using combined technology of the Digital Doctor and ViVA  £24,774 2019-2021.

Health Education England/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme Internship Scheme 2019/20. £8000. Zoe Unwin, EEG physiologist.

Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) Pump Priming Award Notification (£7,000), 2018. Investigating potential of QEEG and digital doctor in memory assessment pathways in Kenya

Medical Research Council Confidence in Concept. COCOA (COmputerised Cognitive Assessment) – proof-of-concept. 2018-19. £49,513

4wardNorth Wellcome Academy PhD Training Fellowship to fund Dr Simon Bell’s PhD project- Characterising astrocyte metabolic deficits in sporadic and familial AD to identify new therapeutic targets. 2018-2020.

Neuroscience Research fund- Ryder Briggs (£32,000) March 2017-19. Developing qEEG as biomarker in fronto-temporal dementia.

ARUK: ARUK-PPG2018A-009:  Neutrophil derived microvesicles: linking systemic inflammation and dementia. PI Julie Simpson. 2018-19.

Neuroscience small grant from Sheffield teaching Hospital’s- to fund Academic Clinical Fellow Ronan O’Malley develop the Avatar project to analyse semantic and letter fluency using Automatic Speech Recognition- 2018. (£3200)

Alzheimer research UK Preparatory Clinical Research Fellowship (ARUK-PCRF2016A-1: £69998- Jan 2016). Creating an Astrocyte model of Alzheimer’s disease using induced Neural Progenitor Cell Technology PI is Simon Bell who is my academic clinical fellow I am supervising. Collaboration with Professor Stephen Wharton, Drs Laura Ferraiuolo and Heather Mortiboys.

NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme. 14/140/80 Journeying through dementia; randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness. 2015-2019. (£2,017,925).  Collaboration with ScHARR and Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust

NIHR Research Design Service Yorkshire and Humber (RDS YH) public involvement in grant application to develop Public and patient acceptability and co-design input on the Avatar project (£480) 2018.

Medical Research Council Proximity to Discovery (MRC P2D: £4,988). Development of a novel biomarker for dementia diagnosis based on quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG). 2015-2016. Collaboration between neurophysiology and a commercial partner the BlackBox Toolkit company

Alzheimer’s Research United Kingdom (ARUK-PPG20114B-25) 2014-2016 (£29,805). Plus Yorkshire branch of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust Network. 2015 (£4000). Both ARUK grants are for ‘Developing a new biomarker for the early diagnosis of dementia; a novel non-linear signal processing approach using resting state EEG’

NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme: PB-PG-0211-24079 – Using Conversation Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Memory Problems: a pilot study. 2013-2015. (£230,000).

Publications

Journal articles

  • Pahar M, Tao F, Mirheidari B, Pevy N, Bright R, Gadgil S, Sproson L, Braun D, Illingworth C, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2025) . 2025 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Health and Medicine (CIHM), 1-7.
  • Tao F, Mirheidari B, Pahar M, Young S, Xiao Y, Elghazaly H, Peters F, Illingworth C, Braun D, O’Malley R , Bell S et al (2025) . ICASSP 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 1-2.
  • Pan Y, Mirheidari B, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 33, 896-907.
  • Bell SM, Wareing H, Capriglia F, Hughes R, Barnes K, Hamshaw A, Adair L, Shaw A, Olejnik A, De S , New E et al (2025) . Molecular Psychiatry, 30(4), 1369-1382.
  • Patel H, Blackburn D, Hariharan R, Nair KPS & Bell SM (2024) . The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.
  • Windeatt-Harrison IL, Walker T, Bell SM, Blackburn D, Dickson JM, Jones S, Wardrope A & Reuber M (2024) . Research on Language and Social Interaction, 57(4), 399-416.
  • Acres J, Antoniou I, Christie F, Blackburn D & Knight S (2024) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 382(2280).
  • Manzoni C, Kia DA, Ferrari R, Leonenko G, Costa B, Saba V, Jabbari E, Tan MMX, Albani D, Alvarez V , Alvarez I et al (2024) . The American Journal of Human Genetics, 111(7), 1316-1329.
  • Mirheidari B, Bell SM, Harkness K, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2024) . Language and Health, 2(1), 32-38.
  • Cao J, Yang L, Sarrigiannis PG, Blackburn D & Zhao Y (2024) . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 168, 107701-107701.
  • Mummery CJ, Börjesson-Hanson A, Blackburn DJ, Vijverberg EGB, De Deyn PP, Ducharme S, Jonsson M, Schneider A, Rinne JO, Ludolph AC , Bodenschatz R et al (2024) . Nature Medicine, 30(1), 304-304.
  • Walker G, Pevy N, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Reuber M, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2024) . Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 38(9), 880-901.
  • Alâ€Mayahi A, Alâ€Shibli N, Gibreel T, Blackburn D, Alâ€Ismaily S & McHugh C (2024) . Soil Use and Management, 40(1).
  • Hadjivassiliou M, Blackburn D, O’Malley R & Hoggard N (2024) . The Cerebellum, 23, 1231-1234.
  • Blackburn DJ, Bell SM, Harkness K, O'Malley R, Chapman L, Lunn I, Mirheidari B & Christensen H (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S14).
  • Blackburn DJ, Sproson L, Egbuta C, Bell SM, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Pevy N & Christensen H (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S20).
  • Bell SM, Wareing H, Hamshaw A, De S, New E, Shaw P, De Marco M, Venneri A, Blackburn DJ, Ferraiuolo L & Mortiboys H (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S13).
  • Littlejohn J, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2023) . Frontiers in Dementia, 2.
  • Walker G, Walker T, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Christensen H, Reuber M & Blackburn D (2023) . Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 14(3), 408-429.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis P (2023) . IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 3978-3987.
  • Marco MD, Blackburn DJ, O'Malley R & Venneri A (2023) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S4).
  • Gunawardena R, Sarrigiannis PG, Blackburn DJ & He F (2023) . Neuroscience, 523, 140-156.
  • Petrov A, Stroud T, Blackburn D, Owoeye T, Wray S, Zarebski K, Acres J, Abdallah M, Clements C, Cannon M , Christie F et al (2023) . Fusion Engineering and Design, 191, 113563-113563.
  • Wardrope A, Bell S, Blackburn D, Dickson J, Reuber M & Walker T (2023) . Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(7), 493-494.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2023) . Neuroscience, 521, 77-88.
  • Mummery CJ, Börjesson-Hanson A, Blackburn DJ, Vijverberg EGB, De Deyn PP, Ducharme S, Jonsson M, Schneider A, Rinne JO, Ludolph AC , Bodenschatz R et al (2023) . Nature Medicine, 29, 1437-1447.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis P (2022) . IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 30, 2651-2660.
  • Bell S, Harkness K, Roman M, Gardner J, Richards E, Howe J, Sikaonga M, Mirheidari B, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2022) . JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, 93(9).
  • Cao J, Zhao Y, Shan X, Blackburn D, Wei J, Erkoyuncu JA, Chen L & Sarrigiannis PG (2022) . Journal of Neural Engineering, 19(4), 046034-046034.
  • Sproson L, Mills N, Pryde L, Adebajo A, Coyle D, Preston J, Blackburn D, Christensen H & Lanfranchi V (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6), 472-481.
  • Vázquez-Villaseñor I, Smith CI, Thang YJR, Heath PR, Wharton SB, Blackburn DJ, Ridger VC & Simpson JE (2022) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(11).
  • Manca R, De Marco M, Colston A, Raymont V, Amin J, Davies R, Kumar P, Russell G, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2022) . Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.
  • Manca R, De Marco M, Colston A, Raymont V, Amin J, Davies R, Kumar P, Russell G, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2022) . Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 34(5), 276-281.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Marco MD, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2022) . IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 26(3), 992-1000.
  • Aftab A, Sidhom E, Forrest A, Judge N, Underwood BR, Harkness K & Blackburn DJ (2022) . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(2).
  • Manca R, De Marco M, Blackburn DJ, Russell G, Evans K, Kirkland S, Amin J, Davies L, Firth C, Raymont V , Colston A et al (2021) . Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 17(S7).
  • Brewer E, Mirheidari B, O'Malley R, Reuber M, Christensen H & Blackburn DJ (2021) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17(S5).
  • Gunawardena R, Sarrigiannis PG, Blackburn DJ & He F (2021) .
  • Ball HA, McWhirter L, Ballard C, Bhome R, Blackburn DJ, Edwards MJ, Fox NC, Howard R, Huntley J, Isaacs JD , Larner AJ et al (2021) . Brain, 144(9).
  • De Marco M, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2021) . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13.
  • Mubarak Mohamed AS, Iqbal A, Prasad S, Hoggard N & Blackburn D (2021) . Practical Neurology, 21(4), 351-353.
  • Beavis L, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2021) How can automated linguistic analysis help to discern functional cognitive disorder from healthy controls and mild cognitive impairment?. BJPsych open, 7(Suppl 1), S7-S7.
  • Cao J, Grajcar K, Shan X, Zhao Y, Zou J, Chen L, Li Z, Grunewald R, Zis P, De Marco M , Unwin Z et al (2021) . Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 67, 102554-102554.
  • Al-Ismaily S, Al-Mayhai A, Al-Busaidi H, Kacimov A, Blackburn D, Al-Maktoumi A & Al-Siyabi B (2021) . Geoderma, 385, 114903-114903.
  • Walker G, Morris L-A, Christensen H, Mirheidari B, Reuber M & Blackburn DJ (2021) . Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35(3), 237-252.
  • Dake MD, De Marco M, Blackburn DJ, Wilkinson ID, Remes A, Liu Y, Pikkarainen M, Hallikainen M, Soininen H & Venneri A (2021) . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 5(1), 65-77.
  • Bell SM, Barnes K, De Marco M, Shaw PJ, Ferraiuolo L, Blackburn DJ, Venneri A & Mortiboys H (2021) . Biomedicines, 9(1).
  • Courtney E, Blackburn D & Reuber M (2021) . Patient Education and Counseling, 104(3), 452-459.
  • O'Malley RPD, Mirheidari B, Harkness K, Reuber M, Venneri A, Walker T, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2021) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 92(1), 12-15.
  • Aitchison C, Blackburn DJ, Khan A, Grünewald RA & Jenkins TM (2021) . International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(4).
  • De Marco M, Manca R, Kirby J, Hautbergue G, Blackburn DJ, Wharton S & Venneri A (2020) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16(S4).
  • Bell SM, Burgess T, Lee J, Blackburn DJ, Allen SP & Mortiboys H (2020) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(23).
  • De Marco M, Manca R, Kirby J, Hautbergue GM, Blackburn DJ, Wharton SB, Venneri A & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2020) . Current Alzheimer Research, 17(7), 667-679.
  • Saxon JA, Thompson JC, Harris JM, Richardson AM, Langheinrich T, Rollinson S, Pickering-Brown S, Chaouch A, Ealing J, Hamdalla H , Young CA et al (2020) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 91(12), 1304-1311.
  • Ball HA, McWhirter L, Ballard C, Bhome R, Blackburn DJ, Edwards MJ, Fleming SM, Fox NC, Howard R, Huntley J , Isaacs JD et al (2020) . Brain, 143(10), 2895-2903.
  • Costa B, Manzoni C, Bernal-Quiros M, Kia DA, Aguilar M, Alvarez I, Alvarez V, Andreassen O, Anfossi M, Bagnoli S , Benussi L et al (2020) . Neurology, 95(24).
  • Pattrick M, Sarrigiannis PG, Kruger S, Davies B, Hoggard N, Irani SR, Unwin Z, Zis P, Blackburn DJ & Hadjivassiliou M (2020) . Journal of Neurology, 267(10), 3096-3099.
  • Saxon JA, Thompson JC, Harris JM, Ealing J, Hamdalla H, Chaouch A, Young C, Blackburn D, Majeed T, Gall C , Richardson AMT et al (2020) . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 21(7-8), 606-613.
  • O’Malley R, Morris L-A, Longden C, Turner A, Walker T, Venneri A, Mirheidari B, Christensen H, Reuber M & Blackburn D (2020) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 91(8), e18.2-e19.
  • Littlejohn J, Blackburn D & Venneri A (2020) . Neurological Sciences, 41(12), 3711-3717.
  • Goldstein LH, Robinson EJ, Mellers JDC, Stone J, Carson A, Reuber M, Medford N, McCrone P, Murray J, Richardson MP , Pilecka I et al (2020) . The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 491-505.
  • Gunawardena SRAS, He F, Sarrigiannis P & Blackburn DJ (2020) .
  • Zhao Y, Zhao Y, Durongbhan P, Chen L, Liu J, Billings SA, Zis P, Unwin ZC, De Marco M, Venneri A , Blackburn DJ et al (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39(5), 1571-1581.
  • Walker T, Christensen H, Mirheidari B, Swainston T, Rutten C, Mayer I, Blackburn D & Reuber M (2020) . Dementia, 19(4), 1173-1188.
  • Bell SM, De Marco M, Barnes K, Shaw PJ, Ferraiuolo L, Blackburn DJ, Mortiboys H & Venneri A (2020) . Journal of Personalized Medicine, 10(2).
  • Zis P, Shafique F, Hadjivassiliou M, Blackburn D, Venneri A, Iliodromiti S, Mitsikostas DD & Sarrigiannis PG (2020) . Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 23(3), 291-300.
  • Bell S, De Marco M, Barnes K, Shaw P, Ferraiuolo L, Blackburn D, Mortiboys H & Venneri A (2020) . Neurology, 94(15_supplement).
  • O’Malley R, Mirheidari B, Harkness K, Walker T, Reuber M, Venneri A, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2020) . Neurology, 94(15_supplement).
  • Sarrigiannis PG, Zis P, Unwin ZC, Blackburn DJ, Hoggard N, Zhao Y, Billings SA, Khan AA, Yianni J & Hadjivassiliou M (2019) . Cerebellum & Ataxias, 6(5).
  • O’Malley R, Mirhedari B, Harkness K, Reuber M, Venneri A, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2019) . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 90(12).
  • O’Malley R, Romanovsky C, Venneri A & Blackburn D (2019) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 90(12), A21.2-A21.
  • O’Malley R, Brook E, Lewis A, Sonksen I, Mirhedari B, Venneri A, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2019) . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 90(12).
  • Cheesman A, Blackburn D, Carroll C, Cohen A, Coebergh J, Sokhi D, Wong SH & Woolmore J (2019) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 90(12), A2.3-A3.
  • Goldstein LH, Robinson EJ, Reuber M, Chalder T, Callaghan H, Eastwood C, Landau S, McCrone P, Medford N, Mellers JDC , Moore M et al (2019) . Epilepsia, 60(11), 2182-2193.
  • Jones SA, de Marco M, Manca R, Bell SM, Blackburn DJ, Wilkinson ID, Soininen H & Venneri A (2019) . Cortex, 119, 100-110.
  • Mullin E, Aristotelidou V, Blackburn D, Jenkins T & Hadjivassiliou M (2019) . Postgraduate Medicine, 131(7), 546-549.
  • Al-Hameed S, Benaissa M, Christensen H, Mirheidari B, Blackburn D & Reuber M (2019) . PLoS ONE, 14(5).
  • Durongbhan P, Zhao Y, Chen L, Zis P, De Marco M, Unwin ZC, Venneri A, He X, Li S, Zhao Y , Blackburn DJ et al (2019) . IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 27(5), 826-835.
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Walker T, Reuber M & Christensen H (2019) . Computer Speech and Language, 53, 65-79.
  • Bell SM, Barnes K, Clemmens H, Al-Rafiah AR, Al-Ofi EA, Leech V, Bandmann O, Shaw PJ, Blackburn DJ, Ferraiuolo L & Mortiboys H (2018) . Journal of Molecular Biology, 430(21).
  • Lee-Harris G, Blackburn D, Timmers R & Humberstone N (2018) . Journal of Music Therapy, 55(4), 439-462.
  • Alexander M, Blackburn D & Reuber M (2018) . Sociology of Health and Illness.
  • Blackburn DJ, Zhao Y, De Marco M, Bell SM, He F, Wei H, Lawrence S, Unwin ZC, Blyth M, Angel J , Baster K et al (2018) . Brain Sciences, 8(7).
  • Meineke J, Wenzel F, de Marco M, Venneri A, Blackburn DJ, Teh K, Wilkinson ID & Katscher U (2018) . Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(14).
  • Reuber M, Blackburn DJ, Elsey C, Wakefield S, Ardern KA, Harkness K, Venneri A, Jones D, Shaw C & Drew P (2018) . Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 32(3), 197-206.
  • Haygarth PM, Hinsinger P & Blackburn D (2018) . Plant and Soil, 427(1-2), 1-3.
  • Blackburn DJ, Forbes M, Unwin Z, Hoggard N, Hadjivassiliou M & Sarrigiannis PG (2018) . Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(7), 1372-1373.
  • Bailey C, Poole N & Blackburn DJ (2018) . British Journal of General Practice, 68(667), E123-E138.
  • Skrobot OA, Black SE, Chen C, DeCarli C, Erkinjuntti T, Ford GA, Kalaria RN, O'Brien J, Pantoni L, Pasquier F , Roman GC et al (2018) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 14(3), 280-292.
  • Wakefield SJ, Blackburn DJ, Harkness K, Khan A, Reuber M & Venneri A (2018) . Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 30(2), 90-96.
  • Blackburn D, Mirheidari BM, Rutten C, Mayer I, Walker T, Christensen H & Rueber M (2017) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 88(Suppl 1), A19.4-A20.
  • O’Malley R, Igra M, Romanowski C, Sarrigiannis P & Blackburn D (2017) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 88(Suppl 1), A17.1-A17.
  • Bell SM, Clemmens H, Blackburn DJ, Bandmann O, Ferraiuolo L & Mortiboys H (2017) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13(7S_Part_26).
  • Littlejohn JL, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2017) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13(7S_Part_21).
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Harkness K, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M & Christensen H (2017) . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 58(2), 373-387.
  • Blackburn DJ, Kent GT & Wu W (2017) . Tetrahedron Letters, 58(13), 1348-1350.
  • Bailey C, Bell SM & Blackburn DM (2017) . Psychogeriatrics, 17(5), 336-337.
  • Bath P, Scutt P, Blackburn DJ, Ankolekar S, Krishnan K, Ballard C, Burns A, Mant J, Passmore P, Pocock S , Reckless J et al (2017) . PLOS ONE, 12(1).
  • Skrobot OA, O'Brien J, Black S, Chen C, DeCarli C, Erkinjuntti T, Ford GA, Kalaria RN, Pantoni L, Pasquier F , Roman GC et al (2017) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13(6), 624-633.
  • Bell SM, Maniam R, Patel A, Harkness K & Blackburn D (2017) . Psychogeriatrics, 17(2), 146-146.
  • Littlejohn JL, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2016) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 12(7S_Part_15).
  • Blackburn DJ, Elsey C, Wakefield S, Harkness K, Venneri A, Drew P & Reuber M (2016) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 12(7S_Part_14).
  • Michel L, Blackburn DJ & Donckier J (2016) Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Subjects Who Were Children at the time of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Some Lessons for The Management of Fukushima’s Aftermaths. Jacobs Journal of Radiation Oncology, 3(2).
  • Kent GT, Blackburn DJ, Gonzalez JR, Mayer ML & Wu W (2016) . Tetrahedron Letters, 57(19), 2097-2099.
  • Lewis R, Jenkins T, Wharton S, Lorenz E, Rao G, Stevens R, Hadjivassiliou M & Blackburn D (2016) . Practical Neurology, 16(2), 153-156.
  • Jones D, Drew P, Elsey C, Blackburn D, Wakefield S, Harkness K & Reuber M (2016) . Aging and Mental Health, 20(5), 500-509.
  • Sprange K, Mountain GA, Shortland K, Craig C, Blackburn DJ, Bowie P, Harkness K & Spencer M (2015) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1.
  • Scutt P, Blackburn D, Krishnan K, Ballard C, Burns A, Ford GA, Mant J, Passmore P, Pocock S, Reckless J , Sprigg N et al (2015) . Trials, 16.
  • Baker DJ, Blackburn DJ, Keatinge M, Sokhi D, Viskaitis P, Heath PR, Ferraiuolo L, Kirby J & Shaw PJ (2015) . Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 9.
  • Stone J, Pal S, Blackburn D, Reuber M, Thekkumpurath P & Carson A (2015) . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 48(s1), S5-S17.
  • Sokhi DS, Oxenham C, Coates R, Forbes M, Gupta NK & Blackburn DJ (2015) . PLoS One, 10(9).
  • Elsey C, Drew P, Jones D, Blackburn D, Wakefield S, Harkness K, Venneri A & Reuber M (2015) . Patient Education and Counseling, 98(9), 1071-1077.
  • Bell S, Harkness K, Dickson JM & Blackburn D (2015) . Age and Ageing, 44(2), 344-345.
  • Coates R, Bell SM, Coley S & Blackburn DJ (2015) . Practical Neurology, 15(2), 124-126.
  • Blackburn DJ (2014) . Age and Ageing, 43(eLetters Supplement).
  • Blackburn DJ, Wakefield S, Shanks MF, Harkness K, Reuber M & Venneri A (2014) . British Medical Bulletin, 112(1), 71-81.
  • Bowler JT, Clausen CR, Blackburn DJ & Wu W (2014) . Tetrahedron Letters, 55(47), 6465-6466.
  • Bell S, Field R, Majid A, Blackburn D & Harkness K (2014) Post stroke cognitive and mood screening: The Sheffield experience. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 9, 42-42.
  • Wakefield SJ, Blackburn D, Harkness K, Khan A, Reuber M & Venneri A (2014) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10(4S_Part_20).
  • Blackburn DJ, Krishnan K, Fox L, Ballard C, Burns A, Ford GA, Mant J, Passmore P, Pocock S, Reckless J , Sprigg N et al (2013) . Trials, 14.
  • Blackburn D, Wakefield S, Walpole P, Harkness K, Reuber M & Venneri A (2013) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 9(4S_Part_12).
  • Khan K, Wakefield S, Blackburn D & Venneri A (2013) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 9(4S_Part_13).
  • Iqbal AM, Blackburn D, Rafiq M & Sharrack B (2013) . Practical Neurology, 13(3), 193-195.
  • Blackburn D, Randall MS, Hoggard N, Highley R & Harkness K (2013) . Practical Neurology, 13(4), 263-267.
  • Blackburn DJ, Alix JJP, Sarrigiannis P, Hoggard N & Bandmann O (2013) . Practical Neurology, 13(2), 114-119.
  • Blackburn DJ, Fox L, Mangoyana M & Bath PMW (2013) Repeat cognitive screening (MoCA, MMSE & ACE-R, IQCODE) in a high risk post-stroke population: data from the 'Prevention Of Decline in Cognition After Stroke Trial' (POD-CAST). CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, 35, 519-519.
  • Alix JJP, Blackburn DJ, Sokhi D, Craven I, Sharrack B & Snowden JA (2013) . Journal of Neurology, 260(3), 914-916.
  • Blackburn DJ, Bafadhel L, Randall M & Harkness KA (2013) . Age and Ageing, 42(1), 113-116.
  • Alix JJP, Blackburn DJ, Bhattacharyya D & Ponnusamy A (2012) . The Spine Journal, 12(7), 629-630.
  • Sargsyan SA, Blackburn DJ, Barber SC, Grosskreutz J, De Vos KJ, Monk PN & Shaw PJ (2011) . BMC Neuroscience, 12.
  • Blackburn DJ, Walters S & Harkness K (2011) . Stroke, 42(11).
  • Bosnell R, Alty JE, Blackburn DJ, Burness CE, Chowdhury R, Gosh BCP & Stanton BR (2011) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 82(9), e4-e4.
  • Blackburn D, Chavada G, Dunleavy D, Hoggard N, Sharrack B, Ponnusamy S & Price S (2011) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 82(9), e4-e4.
  • Sargsyan SA, Blackburn DJ, Barber SC, Monk PN & Shaw PJ (2009) . NeuroReport, 20(16), 1450-1455.
  • BLACKBURN D, HIGHLEY JR, WHARTON S, ROMANOWSKI C, BOWEN J & SHARRACK B (2009) . APMIS, 117(10), 768-772.
  • Blackburn D, Sargsyan S, Monk PN & Shaw PJ (2009) . GLIA, 57(12), 1251-1264.
  • Blackburn D & Pengiran Tengah DS (2007) . Practical Neurology, 7(5), 282-284.
  • Blackburn D, Werring DJ, Connor SEJ, Munro N & Bajaj NPS (2002) . Postgraduate Medical Journal, 78(920), 376-376.
  • Tintillier M, Pochet JM, Blackburn D, Delgrange E & Donckier JE (2001) . Acta Clinica Belgica, 56(6), 360-363.
  • Blackburn DJ, Michel LA, Rosière A, Trigaux J-P & Donckier JE (2001) . Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 14(5).
  • Michael-Titus AT, Blackburn D, Connolly Y, Priestley JV & Whelpton R (1999) . NeuroReport, 10(10), 2209-2213.
  • Blackburn D (1999) Political values and youth centrism: theoretical and empirical perspectives on political and value distinctiveness of Dutch youth centrists.. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, 22(1), 175-176.
  • Blackburn D (1998) The origins of postmodern youth: informal youth movements in a comparative perspective.. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, 21(2), 223-223.
  • Duff SN, Stonehouse DP, Blackburn DJ & Hilts SG (1992) . Journal of Rural Studies, 8(4), 399-410.
  • RUSSELL WA, BLACKBURN DJ & LAMKEY KR (1992) EVALUATION OF A MODIFIED RECIPROCAL RECURRENT SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR MAIZE IMPROVEMENT. MAYDICA, 37(1), 61-67.
  • DUFF SN, STONEHOUSE DP, HILTS SG & BLACKBURN DJ (1991) SOIL CONSERVATION BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES AMONG ONTARIO FARMERS TOWARD ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT POLICY RESPONSES. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION, 46(3), 215-219.
  • BLACKBURN DJ & DAHMS FA (1981) EASTERN RURAL COMMUNITIES - MAINTAINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VIABILITY. AGROLOGIST, 10(4), 8-10.
  • BRINKMAN GL & BLACKBURN DJ (1980) FULL-TIME VERSUS PART-TIME - GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICY. AGROLOGIST, 9(3), 14-16.
  • FUNK TF & BLACKBURN DJ (1978) FARMERS BUYING BEHAVIOR - WHERE FARMERS GET ADVICE. AGROLOGIST, 7(4), 19-19.
  • Al-Ismaily S, Kacimov A, Al-Mayhai A, Al-Busaidi H, Blackburn D, Al-Shukaili A & Al-Maktoumi A () . Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 13.
  • Al-Rahbi BAA, Al-Sadi AM, Al-Harrasi MMA, Al-Sabahi JN, Al-Mahmooli IH, Blackburn D & Velazhahan R () . Plants, 12(3), 668-668.
  • Simon M Bell, Rejina Maniam, Alisha Patel, Kirsty Harkness, and Daniel Blackburn () Patients who are not driving 6 weeks after TIA have higher levels of anxiety. Psychogeriatrics..
  • Hughes HC () . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 77(3), 420-421.

Book chapters

  • Blackburn D & Puerto M (2013) Colombia: The Most Dangerous Place to be a Union Member, GLOBAL ANTI-UNIONISM: NATURE, DYNAMICS, TRAJECTORIES AND OUTCOMES (pp. 184-206).

Conference proceedings

  • Mirheidari B, Malley RO, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2023) . 2023 IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ASRU) (pp 1-6), 16 December 2023 - 20 December 2023.
  • Goerttler S, He F, Wu M, Blackburn D & Sarrigiannis P (2023) . 2023 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB) (pp 1-6), 2 December 2023 - 2 December 2023.
  • Lanfranchi V, Fadlian M, Koilpillai SGA, Sproson L, Burke M, Chapman S & Blackburn D (2023) . HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems: 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II, Vol. LNCS 14049 (pp 263-274). Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 July 2023 - 23 July 2023.
  • Alzahrani F, Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Maddock S & Christensen H (2023) . 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG) (pp 1-8), 5 January 2023 - 8 January 2023.
  • Chapman L, Lunn I, Bell S, Harkness K, Richards E, Gardner J, Howe J, Mirheidari B, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2023) Feasibility of automated longitudinal cognitive and mood assessment in the stroke pathway. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, Vol. 18(1) (pp 61-62)
  • Gunawardena R, Sarrigiannis PG, Blackburn DJ & He F (2022) . 2022 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB) (pp 1-5), 3 December 2022 - 3 December 2022.
  • Hollands S, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2022) . Interspeech 2022: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (pp 3958-3962). Incheon, Korea, 18 September 2022 - 18 September 2022.
  • Klepl D, He F, Min W, Blackburn D & Sarrigiannis P (2022) . 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp 305-308), 11 July 2022 - 15 July 2022.
  • Thang Y, Vazquez-Villasenor I, Smith C, Blackburn D, Wharton S, Heath P, Ridger V & Simpson J (2022) The miRNA profile of neutrophil-derived microvesicles may impact blood-brain barrier integrity in Alzheimer's disease. NEUROPATHOLOGY AND APPLIED NEUROBIOLOGY, Vol. 48
  • Alzahrani F, Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Maddock S & Christensen H (2021) . 2021 9th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII). Nara, Japan (virtual conference), 28 September 2021 - 28 September 2021.
  • Attas D, Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Venneri A, Walker T, Harkness K, Reuber M, Blackmore C & Christensen H (2021) (pp 58-69)
  • Pan Y, Nallanthighal VS, Blackburn D, Christensen H & Harma A (2021) . ICASSP 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp 7258-7262), 6 June 2021 - 11 June 2021.
  • Beavis L, O'Malley R, Mirheidari B, Christensen H & Blackburn D (2021) . BJPsych Open, Vol. 7(S1) (pp S7-S7). Virtual, 21 June 2021 - 21 June 2021.
  • O'Malley R, Walker T, Mirheidari B, Christensen H, Reuber M, Blackburn DJ & Venneri A (2020) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, Vol. 16(S6). Chicago, IL, USA (online), 9 November 2020 - 9 November 2020.
  • Cummins N, Pan Y, Ren Z, Fritsch J, Nallanthighal VS, Christensen H, Blackburn D, Schuller BW, Magimai-Doss M, Strik H & Härmä A (2020) . Interspeech 2020 (pp 2182-2186). Shanghai, China, 25 October 2020 - 25 October 2020.
  • Pan Y, Mirheidari B, Reuber M, Venneri A, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2020) . Proceedings of Interspeech 2020 (pp 4961-4965). Shanghai, China, 25 October 2020 - 25 October 2020.
  • Pan Y, Mirheidari B, Tu Z, O’Malley R, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2020) . Proceedings of Interspeech 2020 (pp 4806-4810). Shanghai, China, 25 October 2020 - 25 October 2020.
  • Bell S, De Marco M, Barnes K, Shaw P, Ferraiuolo L, Blackburn D, Mortiboys H & Venneri A (2020) Do deficits in mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity contribute to neuropsychological changes seen in Alzheimer's disease?. Neurology, Vol. 94(15)
  • Mohamed AM, Blackburn D, Iqbal A & Prasad S (2019) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 90(12) (pp A21.3-A21)
  • Pan Y, Mirheidari B, Reuber M, Venneri A, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2019) . Proceedings of Interspeech 2019 (pp 4105-4109). Graz, Austria, 15 September 2019 - 15 September 2019.
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, OrMalley R, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M & Christensen H (2019) . ICASSP 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp 2732-2736), 12 May 2019 - 17 May 2019.
  • Blackburn D, Sarrigiannis P, Yifan Z, De Marco M, Bell S, Venneri A, Billings S, Farrow T, Fei H, Unwin Z , Blythe M et al (2017) . Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 381 (pp 319-319)
  • Blackburn D, Reuber M, Christensen H, Mayer I, Rutten C, Venneri A, chirs E & Mirheidari B (2017) . Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 381 (pp 319-319)
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn DJ, Harkness K, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M & Christensen H (2017) . Interspeech 2017 (pp 3147-3151). Stockholm, Sweden, 20 August 2017 - 20 August 2017.
  • Blackburn D, Percox FH, Vivekananda-schmidt P & Reuber M (2017) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 88(8) (pp A24.2-A24)
  • Jones D, Reuber M, Elsey C, Blackburn D, Wakefield S, Ardern KA, Harkness K, Venneri A, Shaw C & Drew P (2017) . Alzheimer s & Dementia, Vol. 13(7) (pp P1238-P1238). London, UK, 15 July 2017 - 15 July 2017.
  • Blackburn D, Yifan Z, Bell S, Marco MD, He F, Wilkinson I, Farrow T, Venneri A & Sarrigiannis P (2016) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 87(12) (pp e1.192-e1)
  • Blackburn D, Elsey C, Harkness K, Wakefield S, Venneri A, Drew P & Reuber M (2016) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 87(12) (pp e1.191-e1)
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Reuber M, Walker T & Christensen H (2016) . Proceedings of Interspeech (pp 1220-1224). San Francisco, CA, 8 September 2016 - 8 September 2016.
  • Blackburn DJ, Zhou Y, Bell S, De Marco M, Wilkinson I, He F, Wei HL, Farrow T, Venneri A & Sarrigiannis P (2016) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, Vol. 12(7S_Part_7)
  • (2014) . International Journal of Stroke, Vol. 9(4_suppl) (pp 38-39)
  • Rohrer JD, Devine H, Foulkes A, Johnston A, Mallam B, Marshall C, Stanton B, Thomas R & Blackburn D (2014) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 85(10) (pp e4.162-e4)
  • Blackburn D, Wakefield S, Bell S, Harkness K, Venneri A & Reuber M (2014) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 85(10) (pp e4.137-e4)
  • LittleJohn J, Dennis G, Bianchi S, Harkness K, Thiyagesh S & Blackburn D (2014) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 85(10) (pp e4.171-e4)
  • Blackburn D, Alix JP & Bandmann O (2012) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 83(Suppl 2) (pp A16.2-A16)
  • Iqbal A, Blackburn D, Rafiq M & Sharrack B (2012) . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 83(Suppl 2) (pp A18.1-A18)
  • Wakefield S, Khan K, Blackburn D, Venneri A & Caffarra P (2012) Lack of Organisational Strategy when Copying a Complex Figure in Frontotemporal Dementia Patients. DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS, Vol. 33 (pp 192-192)
  • Wakefield S, Khan K, Blackburn D, Caffarra P & Venneri A (2012) Clarifying the Nature of Episodic Memory Deficits in Frontotemporal Dementia. DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS, Vol. 33 (pp 191-191)
  • Hirst CL, Lovett JK, Tengah DSNAP, Stanton B, Kelso ARC & Blackburn D (2008) ABNT committee survey: Quality of training posts in the UK. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 79(3) (pp 350-350)
  • Blackburn DJ, Sargsyan SA, Heath PR, Holden H, Monk PN & Shaw PJ (2007) The role of microglia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): Investigating the effects of mutant SOD1 G93A on the microglial transcriptome. NEUROLOGY, Vol. 68(12) (pp A247-A247)
  • Blackburn DJ & Pengiran Tengah DS (2007) The role of research in neurology training in the United Kingdom. NEUROLOGY, Vol. 68(12) (pp A108-A108)
  • Sargsyan SA, Blackburn DJ, Monk PN & Shaw PJ (2007) Microglial activation in familial ALS - Contribution to disease progression?. NEUROLOGY, Vol. 68(12) (pp A91-A91)
  • Blackburn D, Sargsyan S, Monk P, Shaw P, Heath P & Holden H (2007) The role of microglial cells in MND. NEURON GLIA BIOLOGY, Vol. 2 (pp S56-S56)
  • Blackburn D (2005) A tonic pupil and unilateral deafness. JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 238 (pp S264-S264)
  • Hughes H, Blackburn D, Hughes H & Blackburn D (2005) Blindness in a case of tetanus. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 76(9) (pp 1324-1324)
  • Blackburn D, Ampil E, Sodagar S, Auchus AP & Chen CPLH (2005) Dementia with Lewy bodies in Singapore. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 76(9) (pp 1318-1318)
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D & Christensen H () . Interspeech 2022 (pp 2463-2467)
  • Pan Y, Mirheidari B, Harris JM, Thompson JC, Jones M, Snowden JS, Blackburn D & Christensen H () . Interspeech 2021
  • Mirheidari B, Pan Y, Blackburn D, O’Malley R & Christensen H () . Interspeech 2021 (pp 2941-2945)
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, O’Malley R, Venneri A, Walker T, Reuber M & Christensen H () . Interspeech 2020 (pp 2527-2531)
  • Mirheidari B, Blackburn D, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M & Christensen H () . Interspeech 2018 (pp 1893-1897)

Preprints

  • Pahar M, Tao F, Mirheidari B, Pevy N, Bright R, Gadgil S, Sproson L, Braun D, Illingworth C, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2025) , arXiv.
  • Tao F, Mirheidari B, Pahar M, Young S, Xiao Y, Elghazaly H, Peters F, Illingworth C, Braun D, O'Malley R , Bell S et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2023) , arXiv.
  • Bell SM, Wareing H, Hamshaw A, De S, New E, Shaw PJ, De Marco M, Venneri A, Blackburn DJ, Ferraiuolo L & Mortiboys H (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2022) , arXiv.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis PG (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Klepl D, He F, Wu M, De Marco M, Blackburn DJ & Sarrigiannis P (2021) , arXiv.
  • Aitchison C, Blackburn D, Khan A, newald RG & Jenkins T (2020) , Wiley.
  • Mirheidari B, Pan Y, Blackburn D, O'Malley R, Walker T, Venneri A, Reuber M & Christensen H (2020) , arXiv.
  • Mirheidari B, Pan Y, Walker T, Reuber M, Venneri A, Blackburn D & Christensen H (2019) , arXiv.
Research group

I co-supervise  the following students

1st Supervisor PhD

  1. Dr Ronan O’Malley is working on the digital doctor project to explore how linguistic analysis of semantic dysfunction can be combined with imaging and AD biomarkers to best manage MCI and predict conversion to AD.
  2. Dr Leslie Ing: Developing CognoMND and automated assessment of Cognition  based on language for people with MND (Y2). Co-supervisor Prof Chris McDermott and Prof Heidi Christensen
  3. Labhpreet Kaur investigating automated assessment of collateral history form acre-partners to aid detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairment (Y1) Co-supervisor Prof Heidi Christensen

2nd Supervisor PhD

  1. Sam Hollands “Early onset cognitive impairment detection from speech and language signals†1st supervise Heidi Christensen Funding Computer Science Doctoral Training Centre
  2. Meg Thomas- Roe of dysfuencies in cognitive impairment. 1st Supervisor Traci Walker. Computer Science Doctoral Training Centre
  3. Jin Ni- Individualised Adaptive P300-based Brain-computer Interface for TreatincCognitive Impairment Symptoms after Stroke. 1st supervisor Mahnaz Arvanah
  4. Mian Kou is the student's name.: Multimodal Intelligent Neural Interfaces for Early Detection and Treatment of Post-stroke Dementia. 1st supervisor Mahnaz Arvanah. Funding DiMEM.

Academic Clinical Lecturers

  1. Dr Simon Bell – has been funded by ARUK, NIHR Sheffield BRC and now Wellcome 4ward north Academy investigating models of sporadic AD using i-astrocytes created using INPC
  2. Dr Richard Bevan Jones. -investigating FTD and cognitive and behavioural disturbance in atypical Parkinsons’s disease.

Clinical Fellow

Dr Hina Khan, Investigating feasibility of cognitive assessment using CognoSpeak in South Asian communities

Teaching interests

I helped set up the Clinical Neurology MSc course.  I was the course lead for 12 months and have led two modules . I provide lectures and supervise research projects and CNELM students.

I teach on Neurodegeneration to MSc, UG medical students and PG students

I am a faculty member of the Neurology Academy, (The Edge, Sheffield) which provides masterclass teaching on Dementia for clinicians

Professional activities and memberships
  • Chair of the Special Interest Group in Cognitive Disorders – Association of British Neurologists
  • ARUK Clinical Policy Advisory Panel member
  • I am co-lead for dementia, for the Yorkshire and Humber regional Clincial Research Network.
  • Member of the South Yorkshire Interest Group in Dementia
  • Member of UoS Senate Research and Innovation Committee 
  • I sit on the Dementia Translational Research Collaboration panel
  • I am the lead for long term neurological conditions for Devices for Dignity NIHR MTC.
Collaborators
  • Professor Robert Perneckzy, Psychaity, UoS
  • Professor Heidi Christensen-  Professor of Spoken Language Technology, Computer Science, UoS
  • Professor Markus Reuber- Neurology UoS
  • Professor Oliver Bandmann, Professor of Movement disorders, UoS
  • Dr Traci Walker- Lecturer Department of Human Communication Sciences, Uo
  • Professor Chris McDermott, Professor of Translational Neurology
  • Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh, Senior Lecturer, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
  • Dr Jon Dickson, Academic GP, UoS
  • Dr Sam Creaven, Academic GP, University of Bristol
  • Dr Ptolemaios Sarrigiannis, Consultant Neurophysiologist
  • Professor Ananlena Venneri- Neuropsychology & Imaging, Brunel University
  • Dr Matteo De Marco- Neuropsychology & Imaging, Brunel University
  • Professor Vanessa Raymond, University of Oxford
  • Professor Paresh Malhotra, Imperial College London