Prof Iracema Leroi BSc (Hons) LMCC MD FRCPC ABPN MRCPsych
Honorary Professor
Overview
Current Roles
Professor of Dementia in Aging and Psychiatry, Div of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychiatry Honorary
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust
Dementia Lead, Greater Manchester NIHR Clinical Research Network (GM NIHR CRN)
Associate Director, Manchester NHR Clinical Research Facility
Dementia Clinical Director, DeNDRoN North West
Clinical Lead, Mental Health Domain, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre
Faculty member, Parkinson’s Disease Academy (British Geriatric Association)
Previous Roles
Academic:
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health, Univ of Manchester
Honorary Lecturer and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Dept of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Faculty Assistant (Fellow), Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Clinical:
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Consultant Psychiatrist, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Psychiatrist, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II HSC, Halifax, Canada
Resident in Psychiatry (PGY 2 to 5), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Intern in Psychiatry (PGY1), University of Ottawa, Canada
Journal sub-editorship:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal associate editorships:
Ageing and Mental Health (Editor, Martin Orrell)
International Psychogeriatrics (Editor, N Lautenschlager)
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Journal of Geriatrics (Sage Hindawi)
Invitations as external referee for research
Reviewer (journals)
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, British Journal of Psychiatry, CME Journal of Geriatrics, Drugs and Ageing, European Journal of Neurology, Movement Disorders, Neuropsychopharmacology, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Journal of Geriatric Neurology & Psychiatry, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Journal of Neurology Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, J Geriatrics
Reviewer (grant applications)
Alzheimer Society, UK
Alzheimer Research UK
Israel Medical Research Council
National Institute of Health Research, Research for Patient Benefit
Parkinson’s Disease Society Research Division
UK Medical Research Council
German Clinical Trials program
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (BSc; Zoology), University of British Columbia, Canada
Doctor of Medicine (MD, Canada), University of British Columbia, Canada
Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Canada (FRCPC)
Board Certified American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych)
Doctor of Medicine (MD, UK), University of Manchester
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) in research certification, updated 2012
Mental Health Act Section 12 approved
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
DeNDRoN National Portfolio Management Group
DeNDRoN National Parkinson’s Disease Study Group
British Geriatric Society, Mental Health Rep, exec committee for the Movement Disorder Section
British Geriatric Society, Diploma for Geriatric Medicine examination committee
Clinical guidelines committees:
American Medical Directors Association Parkinson’s disease: Clinical Practice Guidelines (2010)
American Medical Directors Association Parkinson’s disease: Clinical Practice Guidelines (2002)
Consensus Conference: Treatment of Psychiatric Aspects of Huntington’s disease (2001)
Advisory panel member (deputy mental health representative) National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Guidelines (2005)
Research Networks and Beacons
Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains
Keywords
- Alzheimer disease, Behaviour Change, Dementia, Mental Health, cognitive impairment
Related information
Publications
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Datasets
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UoM administered thesis: Phd
UoM administered thesis: Doctor of Medicine
Prizes
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)