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Dr Kirstie Anderson

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Email: kirstie.anderson1@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: 0191 282 3111
  • Address: Department of Neurology
    Royal Victoria Infirmary
    Queen Victoria Road
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE1 4LP
Background

I am a consultant neurologist specialising in sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep is of the brain, by the brain and for the brain and when we sleep badly for any reason, it has an immediate and long term impact on mood and memory.


SLEEP AND MENTAL HEALTH

We study the patterns of sleep disturbance in those with mental health problems; in particular bipolar disorder and acute in-patients in psychiatry wards. We have shown within the ASCRIBE study that many patients have severe sleep and circadian rhythm disturbance even when mood is stable and this can be part of poor memory. Within the acute in-patient psychiatry wards, sleep disturbance worsens outcomes but the ward environment can be part of the problem. We work with academic psychiatrists within the SleepWell project that has studied the impact of protected sleep and sleep training on the wards. SleepWell is working to protect sleep in the some of the most vulnerable patients in the NHS in some of the most challenging places.


SLEEP AND AGEING

Poor sleep is recognised as a risk factor for cognitive impairment in both those with who are normally ageing and also those with neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson's disease or Alzheimers disease. We have shown that those with objectively short sleep were shown to have increased mortality and morbidity, ongoing longitudinal assessments of sleep patterns in the PPMI cohort are providing valuable insights into patterns of sleep that predict cognitive decline. Working with Professor Nicola Pavese, we are studying functional imaging to try and predict which patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder are most at risk of future parkinson's disease.y


MEASURING SLEEP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEP LAB - BIG DATA

Using the many thousands of participants within the Biobank cohort we showed that poor sleep predicted worse cardiometabolic health and those with the best sleep had highest levels of physical activity. Both short and long sleep predict worse cognition and waist lines.

At present the gold standard for measuring sleep is with an in-patients sleep study (video polysomnography) which is time consuming and invasive for patients who have to come into hospital. Advances in signal processing have led to increasingly sophisticated accelerometer devices detecting patterns of movement during the day and night that characterise both good and bad sleep. We have validated novel accelerometers against the gold standard of polysomnography and are now working with computer scientists to use AI to improve on manual sleep scoring.





Teaching

I teach on every aspect of sleep medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate level


Lead for Neurology SSC medical students


Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across MRES, PhD, academic clinical fellow and medical students


I developed and lead for the 缅北禁地 Sleep Training days, a national two day conference that are run every summer and attract a wide range of health professionals and students.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Pasquini J, Firbank MJ, Best L, Foster V, Stewart C, Silani V, Durcan R, Roberts G, Petrides G, Ceravolo R, Brooks DJ, Anderson KN, Pavese N. . Brain Communications 2025, 7(1).
    • Anderson KN, Bowles R, Fyfe C, Weddle R, Keown P. . BJPsych Bulletin 2025, 49(4), 223-227.
    • Stewart CB, Sathyanarayana S, Foster VK, Iredale R, Galley D, Pasquini J, Anderson KN, Pavese N, Ledingham D. . Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2025, 13(2), 399-409.
    • Pina I, Hodgson P, Anderson K, Oliver EJ. . Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024, 3, 21.
    • McLellan EM, Haq IJ, Ebdon A-M, Vasey N, Anderson KN. . BMJ Paediatrics Open 2024, 8(1), e002652.
    • Pasquini J, Firbank MJ, Best L, Foster V, Galley D, Silani V, Ceravolo R, Petrides G, Brooks DJ, Anderson KN, Pavese N. . Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2024, 460, 122985.
    • Firbank MJ, Pasquini J, Best L, Foster V, Sigurdsson HP, Anderson KN, Petrides G, Brooks DJ, Pavese N. . Brain Imaging and Behavior 2024, 18, 1428-1473.
    • Stewart CB, Ledingham D, Foster VK, Anderson KN, Sathyanarayana S, Galley D, Pavese N, Pasquini J, Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative. . Frontiers in Neurology 2023, 14, 1155669.
    • Burgess JL, Bradley AJ, Anderson K, Gallagher P, McAllister-Williams RH. . Psychological Medicine 2022, 52(3), 467-475.
    • Anderson KN, Warren N, Duddy M, McKean P, Miller JAL. . Practical neurology 2022, 22(3), 209-212.
    • Xu Z, Anderson KN, Saffari SE, Lawson RA, Chaudhuri KR, Brooks David, Pavese N. . Journal of Neurology 2021, 268, 312-320.
    • Zhu G, Cassidy S, Hiden H, Woodman S, Trenell M, Gunn D, Catt M, Birch-Machin MA, Anderson KN. . Nature and Science of Sleep 2021, 13, 1903-1912.
    • Bradley AJ, Anderson KN, Gallagher P, McAllister-Williams RH. . Psychological Medicine 2020, 50(1), 125-132.
    • O'Regan D, Anderson KN. . British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2020, 81(1), 1-8.
    • Novak C, Packer E, Paterson A, Roshi A, Locke R, Keown P, Watson S, Anderson KN. . BJPsych Bulletin 2020, 44(6), 255-260.
    • Xu Z, Anderson KN. . Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 2019, 12, e39.
    • Xu Z, Oliver JR, Anderson KN. . Sleep Medicine 2019, 57, 97-99.
    • Zhu G, Catt M, Cassidy S, Birch-Machin MA, Trenell M, Hiden H, Woodman S, Anderson KN. . PLoS ONE 2019, 14(12), e0226220.
    • Lad M, Thomas RH, Anderson K, Griffiths TD. . Practical Neurology 2019, 19(5), 420-423.
    • van Hees VT, Sabia S, Jones SE, Wood AR, Anderson KN, Kivimaki M, Frayling TM, Pack AI, Bucan M, Trenell MI, Mazzotti DR, Gehrman PR, Singh-Manoux BA, Weedon MN. . Scientific Reports 2018, 8(1), 12975.
    • Horne S, Hay K, Watson S, Anderson KN. . Psychiatrist 2018, 42(5), 193-197.
    • McDowall K, Murphy E, Anderson K. . Occupational Medicine 2017, 67(8), 621-625.
    • Cassidy S, Trenell MI, Anderson KN. . PLoS ONE 2017, 12(12), e0187982.
    • Bradley AJ, Webb-Mitchell R, Hazu A, Slater N, Middleton B, Gallagher P, McAllister-Williams H, Anderson KN. . Psychological Medicine 2017, 47(9), 1678-1689.
    • O'Dowd S, Galna B, Morris R, Lawson RA, McDonald C, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Rochester L, Anderson KN. . Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2017, 7(3), 465-470.
    • Payne B, Chadwick TJ, Blamire A, Anderson KN, Parikh J, Qian J, Hynes AM, Wilkinson J, Price DA. . HIV Medicine 2017, 18(9), 690-695.
    • Elder GJ, Colloby SJ, Lett DJ, O'Brien JT, Anderson KN, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, Taylor JP. . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2016, 31(7), 765-770.
    • Anderson KN. . Journal of Neurology 2015, 262(2), 487-491.
    • van Hees VT, Sabia S, Anderson KN, Denton SJ, Oliver J, Catt M, Abell JG, Kivimaki M, Trenell MI, Singh-Manoux A. . PLOS One 2015, 10(11), e0142533.
    • Prudon B, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Anderson KN. . Movement Disorders 2014, 29(2), 259-262.
    • Moriarty AS, Bradley AJ, Anderson KN, Watson S, Gallagher P, McAllister-Williams RH. . Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental 2014, 29(3), 295-298.
    • Anderson KN, Catt M, Collerton J, Davies K, von Zglinicki T, Kirkwood TBL, Jagger C. . Age and Ageing 2014, 43(1), 57-63.
    • Anderson KN, Goldsmith P, Gardiner A. . Nature and Science of Sleep 2014, 6, 43-49.
    • Anderson K, Jones DEJ, Wilton K, Newton JL. . Liver International 2013, 33(2), 239-243.
    • Anderson KN, Kelly TP, Griffiths TD. . Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2013, 115(7), 1079-1082.
    • Blakely EL, Yarham JW, Alston CL, Craig K, Poulton J, Brierley C, Park SM, Dean A, Xuereb JH, Anderson KN, Compston A, Allen C, Sharif S, Enevoldson P, Wilson M, Hammans SR, Turnbull DM, McFarland R, Taylor RW. . Human Mutation 2013, 34(9), 1260-1268.
    • Anderson K, Di Maria C, Allen J. . Journal of Sleep Research 2013, 22(3), 315-321.
    • Anderson KN, Waton T, Armstrong D, Watkinson HM, Mackin P. . European Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 26(2), 86-95.
    • Anderson KN, Vincent A, Smith IE, Shneerson JM. . European Journal of Neurology 2010, 17(8), 1105-1107.
    • Anderson KN, Shneerson JM. . Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2009, 5(3), 235-239.
    • Anderson KN, Hatfield C, Kipps C, Hastings M, Hodges JR. . European Journal of Neurology 2009, 16(3), 317-323.
    • Anderson KN, Pilsworth S, Jamieson S, Ray J, Shneerson JM, Lennox GG. . Sleep and Biological Rhythms 2008, 6(2), 95-101.
    • Anderson KN, Shneerson JM. . Journal of Sleep Research 2008, 17, 206-206.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Raper J, Jenabi F, Lim A, Whittaker R, Anderson K, Basu A. . In: British Paediatric Neurology Association Annual Meeting. 2017, Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
    • Payne B, Chadwick T, Blamire A, Qian J, Hynes AM, Wilkinson J, Price DA, Anderson K. . In: 22nd Annual Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA). 2016, Manchester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
    • Prudon B, Duncan GW, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Anderson K. . In: American Thoracic Society International Conference. 2013, Philadelphia: American Thoracic Society.
    • Dimaria C, Allen J, Anderson KN. . In: 21st Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. 2012, Paris, France: Wiley-Blackwell.
    • Dayal A, Anderson KN. . In: Association of British Neurologists Annual Meeting 2009. 2009, Liverpool, UK: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry: BMJ Publishing Group.
    • Jaiser SR, Cassidy A, Guadagno JV, Schaefer AM, Anderson K, Goonetilleke A. . In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry: ABN Joint Annual Meeting/Spanish Society of Neurology. 2009, Liverpool, UK: BMJ Group.
    • Blakely EL, Goodall JA, Anderson KN, Betts JL, Dean AF, Allen CMC, Compston A, Turnbull DM, Taylor RW. . In: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2006, Springer Netherlands.

  • Editorials

    • Burn DJ, Anderson K. . Movement Disorders 2012, 27(6), 671-673.
    • Lovell BL, Bullock RE, Anderson KN. . Emergency Medicine Journal 2010, 27(3), 237-238.

  • Note

    • Stewart CB, Ledingham D, Foster VK, Anderson KN, Sathyanarayana S, Galley D, Pavese N, Pasquini J. . Frontiers in Neurology 2023, 14, 1218633.

  • Reviews

    • Anderson KN, Keogh MJ, Gosse L. . Nature and Science of Sleep 2025, 17, 1521-1537.
    • Fullam S, Harrison JR, Anderson KN, Fearon C, O'Connor A, Taylor J-P, O'Dowd S. . Practical Neurology 2025, epub ahead of print.
    • Townsend LTJ, Anderson KN, Boeve BF, McKeith I, Taylor J-P. . Alzheimer's and Dementia 2023, 19(11), 5264-5283.
    • Comsa M, Anderson KN, Sharma A, Yadav VC, Watson S. . BJPsych Open 2022, 8(1), e27.
    • Xu Z, Anderson KN, Pavese N. . Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 2022, 22, 635-655.
    • Bailey GA, Hubbard EK, Fasano A, Tijssen MAJ, Lynch T, Anderson KN, Peall KJ. . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2021, 92(7), 723-736.
    • Anderson KN. . Journal of Thoracic Disease 2018, 10(Suppl 1), S94-S102.