Dr Katija Khan (PhD)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Neuroscience
University of Sheffield
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
N floor, room N125f
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 271 3178
Email: kat.khan@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the University of Sheffield in 2011 and am a part of the Translational Neuropsychology Group led by Professor Venneri which focuses on the early detection, diagnosis and assessment of dementia, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease.
My PhD in Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) focused on the cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment of dementia and involved the standardisation and validation of instruments used in the screening and assessment of Alzheimer’s disease in British and Caribbean populations.

Research Interests

I am interested in the cognitive, sociodemographic and neuroscientific bases of cultural differences in neuropsychological performance as well as the factors that promote optimum cognitive performance.
My research interests also focus on cross-cultural factors which influence assessment of dementia and in standardisation and improving the validity of neuropsychological instruments for assessment in diverse ethnic groups.

Current projects

• Standardisation of neuropsychological battery for use in dementia assessment in British populations
• Cross-cultural standardisation of instruments for use in dementia assessment in the Caribbean
• Multimodal Intensive Cognitive Stimulation

Recent Publications

Khan, K., & Venneri, A. Cross-cultural standardization of the Mini Mental State Examination and the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale- cognitive (in preparation)

Khan, K & Maharajh, H.D. (2010). Forging a new dimension of Black Psychiatry in the Caribbean in Social and Cultural Psychiatry Experience from the Caribbean Region. Nova Science Pub Inc ISBN: 9781616685065

Weller, P. & Khan, K. (2008). HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean in Perspectives in Caribbean Psychology. F. Hickling, K. Morgan & R. Gibson (Eds.). Jamaica: CARIMENSA

Published Abstracts

Khan, K., & Venneri, A. (2011). Fewer Paris, parrots peaches: Interpreting cross-cultural semantic fluency deficits in Alzheimer's disease assessment. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 7(4, Supplement), S294. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.853

Khan, K., & Venneri, A. (2011). Increasing the validity of the MMSE for the multicultural assessment of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 7(4, Supplement), S249. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.710

Khan, K., Shanks, M. F., & Venneri, A. (2010). Cultural differences in MMSE and ADAS-cog performance in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 6(4, Supplement), S480. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.1600

Khan, K., Shanks, M. F., & Venneri, A. (2009). The influence of education and ethnicity on Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 5(4, Supplement), P454. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.846