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
- Uncovering the biological correlates of cognitive impairment associated with fatigue in ME/CFS: a pilot study of cognition and functional connectivity pre and post-exertional malaise
- Improving detection and prevention of cognitive decline in ageing
- 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. Differential demographic effects on verbal fluency (in preparation)
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
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 Pg192
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 pg191
Khan, K., & Venneri, A. (2012). Culture matters:Clarifying the effect of ethnicity on memory and attention and its implications for assessment of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8(4, Supplement), P546, doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.1467
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