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Dr Sarah Richardson

NIHR Clinical Lecturer

  • Telephone: 0191 2081325
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  • Address: AGE Research Group
    NIHR 缅北禁地 Biomedical Research Centre
    3rd floor Biomedical Research Building
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE4 5PL
Background

As an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, I divide my time equally between clinical training in hospitals within the  and working with the . My research interests are the epidemiology of delirium and Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC) and the complex relationships between physical and cognitive function.  

Research

My research interests are the epidemiology of delirium and Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC) and using routinely collected clinical data to better understand the complex relationships between physical and cognitive function. Thanks to the team science approach adopted by the AGE Research Group, I have experience of working at all stages of the translational research pathway. 


Current and previous projects

  • I led the Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia (DECIDE) study, funded by an Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Fellowship (£217,232). DECIDE was the first prospective, longitudinal cohort study aiming to robustly determine whether delirium, a sudden onset confusion, increases risk of dementia. 
  • I was awarded an Ignition Award by the Vivensa Foundation (£2,880) to carry out Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) related activities and establish a PPIE group specific to delirium. This work aims to better understand what is important to people with experience of delirium and how we can design inclusive research to address these research priorities (2025).
  • Co-applicant on NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research project entitled Development and testing of an intervention to improve Recovery after an Episode of Delirium (RecoverED) (£2,527,719) (2023-2025)
  • Co-investigator on Parkinson’s UK funded ‘Defining delirium and its impact in Parkinson’s Disease’ study (£498,144)
  • I was an expert panel member contributing to the Delirium Matters report, led by the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London (2024-2025). 
  • As a founding member and regional lead of the UK Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative (GeMRC), I continue to create opportunities for clinical trainees and allied health professionals to contribute to impactful research. 
  • As trainee representative on the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) Research and Academic Development Committee (RADC), I contributed to oversight of research activity and developed a research toolkit for clinical trainees aiming to provide an introduction to research, structured around the clinical portfolio requirements (2021-2023).


Prizes

  • The primary publication from my PhD was awarded the Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize for the most deserving medical research relating to the needs of older people published in Age and Ageing, the leading journal for ageing related clinical research. 
  • I was awarded the Quincentennial Lecturer Award from the Royal College of Physicians for the best research presentation nationally and presented my work at their annual conference. 
  • Best Presentation Prize, European Delirium Association, Oslo 2017
Teaching

I have delivered keynote presentations at educational meetings and inter-disciplinary conferences. 


Current student(s)

  • Florence Gerakios, PhD student. "Evaluating the phenomenology and natural history of delirium in inpatients with Parkinson's disease."


I have previously supervised MRes students from 缅北禁地.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Gerakios F, Yarnall AJ, Bate G, Wright L, McDonald C, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Stebbins G, Allan LM. . Age & Ageing 2025, 54(7).
    • Cooper R, Bunn JG, Richardson SJ, Hillman SJ, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . European Geriatric Medicine 2024, 15, 853-860.
    • Gerakios F, Yarnall AJ, Bate G, Wright L, Davis D, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Stebbins G, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Allan L, Richardson SJ, Lawson RA. . Age and Ageing 2024, 53(3), afae046.
    • Cullinan RJ, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM, Lawson RA. . Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 527-535.
    • Richardson S, Lawson RA, Price A, Taylor JP. . Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147(5), 475-480.
    • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Kershaw D, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayn C, Barnes L, Yarnall AJ, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Parker S, Allan LM. . Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2022, 12(2), 655-665.
    • Richardson S, Murray J, Davis D, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes L, Parker S, Sayer A, Dodds R, Allan L. . The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2022, 77(3), 531-535.
    • Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes LE, Taylor J-P, Parker SG, Allan LM. . Age and Ageing 2021, 50(3), 914-920.
    • Dodds RM, Murray JC, Granic A, Hurst C, Uwimpuhwe G, Richardson S, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Sayer AA, CFAS MRC. . Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2021, 12(2), 308-318.
    • Richardson SJ, Lawson RA, Davis D, Stephan B, Robinson L, Matthews FE, Brayne C, Barnes L, Taylor JP, Parker S, Allan LM. . Age and Ageing 2021, 50(5), 1675-1681.
    • Welch C, Richardson S, Witham M, Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative. . Age and Ageing 2021, 50(3), 617-630.
    • Richardson SJ, Carroll CB, Close J, Gordon AL, O'Brien J, Quinn TJ, Rochester L, Sayer AA, Shenkin SD, van der Velde N, Woo J, Witham MD. . Age and Ageing 2020, 49(6), 901-906.
    • Lawson RA, Richardson SJ, Yarnall AJ, Burn DJ, Allan LM. . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 35(5), 547-552.
    • Gual N, Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Bellelli G, Hasemann W, Meagher D, Kreisel SH, MacLullich AMJ, Cerejeira J, Inzitari M, Morandi A. . International Psychogeriatrics 2019, 31(5), 749-753.
    • Davis D, Richardson SJ, Hornby J, Bowden H, Hoffmann K, Weston-Clarke M, Green F, Chaturvedi N, Hughes A, Kuh D, Sampson E, Mizoguchi R, Cheah KL, Romain M, Sinha A, Jenkin R, Brayne C, MacLullich A. . BMC Geriatrics 2018, 18, 45.
    • Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Stephan B, Robinson L, Brayne C, Barnes L, Parker S, Allan LM. . BMC Geriatrics 2017, 17(1), 98.
    • Richardson SJ, Davis DHJ, Bellelli G, Hasemann W, Meagher D, Kreisel SH, MacLullich AMJ, Cerejeira J, Morandi A. . International Psychogeriatrics 2017, 29(10), 1585-1593.
    • Richardson SJ, Fisher JM, Teodorczuk A. . Future Hospital Journal 2016, 3(3), 178-181.
    • Jackson TA, Wilson D, Richardson S, Lord JM. . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2016, 31(4), 392-399.
    • Jenkin RPL, Al-Attar A, Richardson S, Myint PK, MacLullich AMJ, Davis DHJ. . Age and Ageing 2016, 45(4), 517-522.
    • Kane JPM, Richardson S, Allan L, Thomas A. . British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016, 77(2), C22-C25.
    • Richardson S, Teodorczuk A, Bellelli G, Davis DHJ, Neufeld KJ, Kamholz BA, Trabucchi M, MacLullich AMJ, Morandi A. . International Psychogeriatrics 2016, 28(5), 853-861.
    • Kuhn E, Du X, McGrath K, Coveney S, O'Regan N, Richardson S, Teodorczuk A, Allan L, Wilson D, Inouye SK, MacLullich AMJ, Meagher D, Brayne C, Timmons S, Davis D. . PLoS One 2014, 9(11), e0111823.

  • Reviews

    • Richardson SJ, Cropp AD, Ellis SW, Gibbon J, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . Age and Ageing 2024, 53(7).
    • Morandi A, Davis D, Bellelli G, Arora RC, Caplan GA, Kamholz B, Kolanowski A, Fick DM, Kreisel S, MacLullich A, Meagher D, Neufeld K, Pandharipande PP, Richardson S, Slooter AJC, Taylor JP, Thomas C, Tieges Z, Teodorczuk A, Voyer P, Rudolph JL. . Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2017, 18(1), 12-18.