Dr Mohammad Zia Ul Haq Katshu
Clinical Associate Professor, Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine
I am a psychiatrist interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying cognitive (working memory) impairments and symptoms of psychosis, like hallucinations and delusions, with the aim to develop more effective treatments. I use a combination of behavioural, cognitive, biochemical, neuroimaging and neuromodulation techniques to achieve this goal.
N3Centre Research Interests
- Understanding neural mechanisms
- Clinical translation/application of neurotechnology
Current projects
Project title: Closed-loop non-invasive stimulation for improving brain and mental health
Funding: £2.3M, Medical Research Council
Role: Co-Investigator
Project title: Clinical & cost effectiveness and implementation evaluation of the Early Psychosis Informatics into Care (EPICare)
Funding: £1.9M, NIHR
Role:Co-Investigator
Project title: Glutamate changes as a new neurocognitive marker in psychosis
Funding: £765K, Wellcome Trust
Role:Co-Lead
Key Publications
- Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol. Griffiths SL, Murray GK, Logeswaran Y, Ainsworth J, Allan SM, Campbell N, Drake RJ, Katshu MZ, et. al., JMIR Res Protocol 2024.
- Glutathione and glutamate in schizophrenia: a 7T MRS study. Kumar J, Liddle E, Fernandes C, Palaniyappan L, Hall E, Robson S, Simmonite M, Fiesal J, Katshu MZ, et al., Molecular Psychiatry 2020.
- Spatial and non-spatial feature binding impairments in visual working memory in schizophrenia. Belekou A, Katshu MZ, Dundon N, d'Avossa G, Smyrnis N, Schizophrenia Research 2023.
- Spatial Binding Impairments in Visual Working Memory following Temporal Lobectomy. Alenazi MF, Al-Joudi H, Alotaibi F, Bracewell M, Dundon NM, Katshu MZ, d'Avossa G. eNeuro 2022.
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