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Dr Davide Bruno
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health
Email: D.Bruno@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6320
I was born in Italy and graduated in Psychology from the University of Parma, then obtained a PhD from Keele University (2007). After positions at the University of Southampton, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the Nathan Kline Institute, New York University, and Liverpool Hope University, I joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Senior Lecturer.
I am now a Reader in Psychology.
My interests are, broadly, memory, ageing and dementia.
You can also find me at: http://dbrunolab.wordpress.com/
Highlighted publications
Bruno D, Grothe MJ, Nierenberg J, Sidtis JJ, Teipel SJ, Pomara N. 2016. Output order and variability in free recall are linked to cognitive ability and hippocampal volume in elderly individuals. Neuropsychologia, 80 :126-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Grothe MJ, Nierenberg J, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Teipel SJ, Pomara N. 2015. A study on the specificity of the association between hippocampal volume and delayed primacy performance in cognitively intact elderly individuals. Neuropsychologia, 69 :1-8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Frau L, Jonaitis E, Lanhough Kosick R, Zuelsdorff M, Okonkwo O, Bruno D. 2024. The role of cognitive reserve and depression on executive function in older adults: a 10-year study from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Betthauser T, Carlsson C, Bendlin BB, Okonkwo O, Chin NA, Asthana S, Langhough RE, Johnson SC, Mueller KD. 2024. Story recall performance and AT classification via positron emission tomography: A comparison of Logical Memory and Craft Story 21 Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 464 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Reichert Plaska C, Heslegrave A, Bruno D, Ramos-Cejudo J, Han Lee S, Osorio R, Imbimbo BP, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Pomara N. 2024. Evidence for reduced anti-inflammatory microglial phagocytic response in late-life major depression Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 120 :248-255 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Gicas KM, Jauregi-Zinkunegi A, Mueller KD, Lamar M. 2024. Delayed primacy recall performance predicts post mortem Alzheimer's disease pathology from unimpaired ante mortem cognitive baseline Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Moyo RC, Sigwadhi LN, Carries S, Mkhwanazi Z, Bhana A, Bruno D, Davids EL, Van Hout MC, Govindasamy D. 2024. Health-related quality of life among people living with HIV in the era of universal test and treat: results from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Teipel SJ, Dyrba M, Kleineidam L, Brosseron F, Levin F, Bruno D, Buerger K, Cosma N, Schneider LS, Düzel E, Glanz W, Fliessbach K, Janowitz D, Kilimann I, Laske C, Munk MH, Maier F, Peters O, Pomara N, Perneczky R, Rauchmann BS, Priller J, Ramirez A, Roy N, Schneider A, Spottke A, Spruth EJ, Roeske S, Wagner M, Wiltfang J, Wolfsgruber S, Bartels C, Jessen F, Heneka MT. 2024. Association of latent factors of neuroinflammation with Alzheimer's disease pathology and longitudinal cognitive decline Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 16 :1-12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Jauregi-Zinkunegi A, Langhough R, Johnson SC, Mueller KD, Bruno D. 2023. Comparison of the 10-, 14- and 20-Item CES-D Scores as Predictors of Cognitive Decline Brain Sciences, 13 :1-14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hale MR, Langhough R, Du L, Hermann BP, Van Hulle CA, Carboni M, Kollmorgen G, Basche KE, Bruno D, Sanson-Miles L, Jonaitis EM, Chin NA, Okonkwo OC, Bendlin BB, Carlsson CM, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Betthauser TJ, Johnson SC, Mueller KD. 2023. Associations between recall of proper names in story recall and CSF amyloid and tau in adults without cognitive impairment Neurobiology of Aging, 133 :87-98 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Kollmorgen G, Carboni M, Wild N, Carlsson C, Bendlin B, Okonkwo O, Chin N, Hermann BP, Asthana S, Blennow K, Langhough R, Johnson SC, Pomara N, Zetterberg H, Mueller KD. 2023. A comparison of diagnostic performance of word-list and story recall tests for biomarker-determined Alzheimer's disease Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, :1-7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Bruno D. 2023. A comparison of story-recall metrics to predict hippocampal volume in older adults with and without cognitive impairment The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Reichert Plaska C, Ramos Cejudo J, Osorio R, Pillai A, Imbimbo B, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2022. Plasma Amyloid-β Dynamics in late-life major depression: A longitudinal study Translational Psychiatry, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mueller K, Du L, Bruno D, Betthauser T, Christian B, Johnson S, Hermann B, Langhough Koscik R. 2022. Item-level story recall predictors of amyloid-beta in late middle-aged adults at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Jauregi A, Pomara N, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Koscik R, Carlsson C, Bendlin B, Okonkwo O, Hermann B, Johnson S, Mueller K. 2022. Cross-sectional associations of CSF tau levels with Rey’s AVLT: A recency ratio study Neuropsychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Frau L, Cazzato V, McGlone FP, Bruno D. 2022. The effects of multimodal training on working memory in younger and older adults The Cognitive Psychology Bullettin, :23-35 Public Url
Teipel S, Dyrba M, Ballarini T, Brosseron F, Bruno D, Buerger K, Cosma N-C, Dechent P, Dobisch L, Duzel E, Ewers M, Fliessbach K, Haynes JD, Janowitz D, Kilimann I, Laske C, Maier F, Metzger CD, Munk MH, Peters O, Pomara N, Preis L, Priller J, Ramirez A, Roy N, Scheffler K, Schneider A, Schott BH, Spottke A, Spruth EJ, Wagner M, Wiltfang J, Jessen F, Heneka M. 2021. Association of cholinergic basal forebrain volume and functional connectivity with markers of inflammatory response in the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Rutherford A. 2021. Cognitive ability in former professional football (soccer) players is associated with estimated heading frequency Journal of Neuropsychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Teipel S, Bruno D, Reichert C, Heslegrave A, Ramos-Cejudo J, Osorio R, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Pomara N. 2021. Association of CSF sTREM2, a marker of microglia activation, with cholinergic basal forebrain volume in major depressive disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, 293 :429-434 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Reichert Plaska C, Pillai A, Ramos-Cejudo J, Osorio R, Imbimbo B, Heslegrave A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2021. Evidence of upregulation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in late-life depression Journal of Affective Disorders, 286 :275-281 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Clark DPA, Bruno D. 2021. EXPRESS: Time is of the essence: Exploring temporal and spatial organisation in episodic memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Mueller K, Betthauser T, Chin N, Engelman C, Christian B, Koscik R, Johnson S. 2020. Serial position effects in the Logical Memory Test: Loss of primacy predicts amyloid positivity Journal of Neuropsychology, 15 :448-461 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Talamonti D, Montgomery C, Clark DPA, Bruno D. 2020. Age-related prefrontal cortex activation in associative memory: an fNIRS pilot study. NeuroImage, 222 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mueller K, Koscik R, Du L, Bruno D, Jonaitis E, Koscik A, Christian B, Betthauser T, Chin N, Hermann B, Johnson S. 2020. Proper names from story recall are associated with beta-amyloid in cognitively unimpaired adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease Cortex, 131 :137-150 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Talamonti D, Koscik R, Johnson S, Bruno D. 2020. Temporal contiguity and ageing: The role of memory organization in cognitive decline Journal of Neuropsychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Reichert Plaska C, Clark D, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Verbeek M, Pomara N. 2020. CSF α-synuclein correlates with CSF neurogranin in late-life depression The International Journal of Neuroscience, 131 :357-361 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pillai A, Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Pandya C, Feng T, Reichert C, Ramos-Cejudo J, Osorio R, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Pomara N. 2019. Complement component 3 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of Cognitively Intact Elderly Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, 1 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mueller KD, Koscik RL, Bruno D, Jonaitis E, Koscik AZ, Allison SL, Hermann BP, Christian B, Betthauser TJ, Johnson SC. 2019. O3-03-05: PROPER NOUNS FROM STORY RECALL ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BETA-AMYLOID IN COGNITIVELY UNIMPAIRED ADULTS Alzheimer's & Dementia, 15 :P884-P885 DOI Publisher Url
Talamonti D, Koscik R, Johnson S, Bruno D. 2019. Predicting Early Mild Cognitive Impairment With Free Recall: The Primacy of Primacy. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Gleason C, Koscik R, Pomara N, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Johnson S. 2018. The recency ratio is related to CSF Amyloid Beta 1-42 levels in MCI-AD International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34 :415-419 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pomara N, Bruno D. 2018. Pathological increases in neuronal hyperactivity in selective cholinergic and noradrenergic pathways may limit the efficacy of Aβ-based interventions in MCI and Alzheimer’s disease Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 2 :165-167 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Koscik R, Woodard J, Pomara N, Johnson S. 2018. The recency ratio as predictor of early MCI International Psychogeriatrics, 30 :1883-1888 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Couth S, Stringer G, Leroi I, Sutcliffe A, Gledson A, Bruno D, McDonald K, Montaldi D, Poliakoff E, Rust J, Thompson J, Brown L. 2017. Which computer-use behaviours are most indicative of cognitive decline? Insights from an expert reference group Health Informatics Journal, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hashimoto K, Ishima T, Sato Y, Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Marmar CR, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Pomara N. 2017. Increased levels of ascorbic acid in the cerebrospinal fluid of cognitively intact patients with major depression: a preliminary study Scientific Reports, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gollan JK, Dong H, Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Nobrega JN, Grothe MJ, Pollock BG, Marmar CR, Teipel S, Csernansky JG, Pomara N. 2017. Basal Forebrain Mediated Increase in Brain CRF is Associated with Increased Cholinergic Tone and Depression 'Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Cooper T, Marmar C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Hashimoto K, Pomara N. 2017. The recency ratio is associated with reduced CSF glutamate in late-life depression Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 141 :14-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kasper E, Brueggen K, Grothe M, Bruno D, Pomara N, Unterauer E, Duering M, Ewers M, Teipel S, Buerger K. 2016. Neuronal correlates of serial position performance in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 30 :906-914 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Brueggen K, Kasper E, Dyrba M, Bruno D, Pomara N, Ewers M, Duering M, Buerger K, Teipel S. 2016. The Primacy Effect in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Associations with Hippocampal Functional Connectivity Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Osorio R, Reichert C, Nierenberg J, Sarreal A, Hernando R, Marmar C, Wisniewski T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2016. State-dependent alterations in CSF Abeta42 levels in cognitively intact elderly with late life major depression Neuroreport, 27 :1068-1071 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Ciarleglio A, Grothe M, Nierenberg J, Bachman A, Teipel S, Petkova E, Ardekani B, Pomara N. 2016. Hippocampal volume and integrity as predictors of cognitive decline in intact elderly NeuroReport, 27 :869-873 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Reichert C, Pomara N. 2016. The recency ratio as an index of cognitive performance and decline in elderly individuals Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 38 :967-973 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Young J, Silber T, Bruno D, Galatzer-Levy I, Pomara N, Marmar C. 2016. Is there Progress? An Overview of Select Biomarker Candidates for Major Depressive Disorder Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hashimoto K, Bruno D, Pomara N, Nierenberg J, Marmar C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2016. Abnormality in glutamine-glutamate cycle in the cerebrospinal fluid of cognitively intact elderly individuals with major depressive disorder: a 3-year follow-up study Translational Psychiatry, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Grothe MJ, Nierenberg J, Sidtis JJ, Teipel SJ, Pomara N. 2016. Output order and variability in free recall are linked to cognitive ability and hippocampal volume in elderly individuals. Neuropsychologia, 80 :126-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Clark DP, Bruno D. 2015. Fit to last: Exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Teipel S, Bruno D, Grothe M, Nierenberg J, Pomara N. 2015. Hippocampus and basal forebrain volumes modulate effects of anticholinergic treatment on delayed recall in healthy older adults Alzheimer's & Dementia : diagnosis, assessment & disease monitoring, 1 :216-219 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Grothe MJ, Nierenberg J, Teipel SJ, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Pomara N. 2015. The relationship between CSF tau markers, hippocampal volume and delayed primacy performance in cognitively intact elderly individuals. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 1 :81-86 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Grothe MJ, Nierenberg J, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Teipel SJ, Pomara N. 2015. A study on the specificity of the association between hippocampal volume and delayed primacy performance in cognitively intact elderly individuals. Neuropsychologia, 69 :1-8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pomara N, Lee SH, Bruno D, Silber T, Greenblatt DJ, Petkova E, Sidtis JJ. 2015. Adverse performance effects of acute lorazepam administration in elderly long-term users: pharmacokinetic and clinical predictors. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 56 :129-135 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Young JJ, Bruno D, Pomara N. 2014. A review of the relationship between proinflammatory cytokines and major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 169 :15-20 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Brown AD, Kapucu A, Marmar CR, Pomara N. 2014. Cognitive reserve and emotional stimuli in older individuals: level of education moderates the age-related positivity effect. Experimental Aging Research, 40 :208-223 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lyons M, Lynch A, Brewer G, Bruno D. 2014. Detection of Sexual Orientation ("Gaydar") by Homosexual and Heterosexual Women ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 43 :345-352 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Lyons M, Brewer G. 2014. Response to Bayesian Advice for Gaydar-Based Picking Up: Commentary on Lyons, Lynch, Brewer, and Bruno (2013) by Ploderl ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 43 :11-12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
White C, Kapucu A, Bruno D, Rotello C, Ratcliff R. 2013. Memory bias for negative emotional words in recognition memory is driven by effects of category membership Cognition and Emotion, 28 :867-880 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lyons M, Healy N, Bruno D. 2013. It takes one to know one: Relationship between lie detection and psychopathy Personality and Individual Differences, 55 :676-679 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Reiss PT, Petkova E, Sidtis JJ, Pomara N. 2013. Decreased recall of primacy words predicts cognitive decline. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28 :95-103 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pillai A, Bruno D, Sarreal AS, Hernando RT, Saint-Louis LA, Nierenberg J, Ginsberg SD, Pomara N, Mehta PD, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Buckley PF. 2012. Plasma BDNF Levels Vary in Relation to Body Weight in Females Zhang XY. PLoS ONE, 7 :e39358-e39358 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Pomara N, Nierenberg J, Ritchie JC, Lutz MW, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2012. Levels of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light protein in healthy elderly vary as a function of TOMM40 variants EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY, 47 :347-352 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Nierenberg JJ, Ritchie JC, Lutz MW, Pomara N. 2012. Cerebrospinal fluid cortisol concentrations in healthy elderly are affected by both APOE and TOMM40 variants PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 37 :366-371 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D. 2012. Predictions in the Brain: Using our Past to Generate a Future MEMORY STUDIES, 5 :96-97 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D. 2011. Potential effects of the APOE e2 allele and of family history of Alzheimer's disease on brain amyloid-beta in normal elderly PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 108 :E1007-E1007 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Sidtis JJ, Lutz MW, Greenblatt DJ, Saunders AM, Roses AD. 2011. Translocase of Outer Mitochondrial Membrane 40 Homolog (TOMM40) Poly-T Length Modulates Lorazepam-Related Cognitive Toxicity in Healthy APOE epsilon 4-Negative Elderly JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 31 :544-546 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Nierenberg JJ, Sidtis JJ, Martiniuk FT, Mehta PD, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2011. TOMM40 poly-T Variants and Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid Beta Levels in the Elderly NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH, 36 :1124-1128 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D. 2011. Lower plasma β-amyloid levels are associated with moderately greater rate of cognitive decline among older people without dementia Evidence-Based Mental Health, 14 :41 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Sidtis JJ. 2011. Plasma beta-Amyloid Level, Cognitive Reserve, and Cognitive Decline JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 305 :1655-1655 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Rutherford A. 2010. How many response options? A study of remember-know testing procedures ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA, 134 :125-129 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Higham PA, Bruno D, Perfect TJ. 2010. Effects of study list composition on the word frequency effect and metacognitive attributions in recognition memory MEMORY, 18 :883-899 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Sarreal A, Hernando R, Nierenberg J, Petkova E, Sidtis J, Wisniewski T, Mehta P, Pratico D, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. Lower CSF Amyloid Beta Peptides and Higher F2-Isoprostanes in Cognitively Intact Elderly Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder American Journal of Psychiatry, 169 :523-530 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Higham PA, Perfect TJ. Global subjective memorability and the strength-based mirror effect in recognition memory Memory and Cognition, 37 :807-818 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Higham PA, Perfect T, Bruno D. Investigating strength and frequency effects in recognition memory using type-2 signal detection theory Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35 :57-80 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Jauregi Zinkunegi A. The recency ratio assessed by story recall is associated with cerebrospinal fluid levels of neurodegeneration biomarkers Cortex, 159 :167-174 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bruno D, Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Bock JR, ADNI . Predicting CDR status over 36 months with a recall-based digital cognitive biomarker Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Public Url
preprint
Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Langhough R, Johnson S, Mueller K, Bruno D. 2023. Comparison of the 10-, 14- and 20-Item CES-D Scores as Predictors of Cognitive Decline MDPI AG DOI Publisher Url
Bruno D, Gicas KM, Jauregi Zinkunegi A, Mueller KD, Lamar M. 2023. Delayed primacy recall performance predicts post mortem Alzheimer's disease pathology from unimpaired ante mortem cognitive baseline. DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Poster
Pomara N, Plaska CR, Bruno D, Cejudo JR, Osorio RS, Pillai A, Heslegrave A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2023. Higher plasma proinflammatory cytokines and reduced microglial TREM2 signaling in Late‐life Major Depression
Dataset
Talamonti D, Clark D, Bruno D. 2022. Age-related differences in spatial and temporal clustering of episodic memory DOI Public Url
Bruno D, Rutherford A. 2021. Football heading
Talamonti D, Clark D, Montgomery C, Bruno D. 2020. Age-related prefrontal cortex activation in associative memory: an fNIRS pilot study DOI Public Url
Conference publication
Pomara N, Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Reichert C, Fu M, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2019. CSF butyrylcholinesterase and acetyl-cholinesterase activity and their relationship to pro-inflammatory cytokines in late-life major depression EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 31st Congress of the European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) 29 :S79-S80 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Nierenberg J, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Heslegrave A, Foiani M. 2017. Reduction in CSF sTREM2, a Biomarker of Microglia Activation, in Elderly Depressives NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 56th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and Cognitive-Neuroscience-Society 42 :S409-S409 Author Url
Pomara N, Nierenberg J, Bruno D, Reichert C, Osorio R, Sarreal A, Hernando R, Marmar C, Wisniewski T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2016. Selective and State-Dependent Changes in CSF Abeta42 Levels in Cognitively-Intact Elderly With Late Life Major Depression NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 41 :S544-S544 Author Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Ciarleglio A, Constantine A, Reichert C, Petkova E, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2015. Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Depressives NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 54th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) 40 :S327-S327 Author Url
Pomara N, Bruno D, Reichert C, Nierenberg J, Sidtis JJ, Martiniuk FT, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. 2013. Chemokine-specific Relationships to AD Biomarkers in CSF in Healthy Older Adults NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 38 :S164-S164 Author Url
Frau L, Cazzato V, McGlone F, Bruno D. A novel drug-free intervention to improve cognitive performance in unimpaired older participants: the power of affective touch Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC)
Editorial/letter to the editor
Rutherford A, Stewart W, Bruno D. 2017. Heading for trouble: is dementia a game changer for football? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tawfik H, Bruno D. 2016. Editorial International Journal of Medical Informatics, 91 :74-74 DOI Publisher Url
Tawfik H, Bruno D. 2016. Editorial International Journal of Medical Informatics, 91 DOI
Pomara N, Bruno D. Major depression may lead to elevations in potentially neurotoxic amyloid beta species independently of Alzheimer’s disease American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Pomara N, Bruno D. Basal Forebrain Resting Functional Activity Associated with Brain Amyloid-β Burden in ε4 Carriers and Older Women: Possible Implications for Baseline Cognition and Response to Amyloid-β-based Preventive Trials Radiology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bruno D, Busse' C, Cagnin A. Effective discrimination with the recency ratio between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies Journal of Alzheimer's Disease,
Books (authored)
Bruno D. 2015. The preservation of memory :1-231 DOI Publisher Url
Chapters
Bruno D, Rutherford A. The effects of normal and pathological aging on memory The Preservation of Memory: Theory and Practice for Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations DOI
Bruno D, Renner D, Barrett-Baxendale M, Reid D, Tawfik H. Augmenting familiar appliances to assist people living with dementia The Preservation of Memory: Theory and Practice for Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations DOI
Bruno D, Rutherford A, Markopoulos G, Van Den Bos M. Long-term memory: encoding to retrieval Cognitive Psychology
Public engagement:
Public talk or lecture, Researchers, but anyone can view, Speaker, Talk on Youtube via Dementia Researcher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8bt4JjK6Zs. 2023
Public talk or lecture, University of Third Age, Lecturer, Chester, Dementia lecture. 2020
Other: Please specify in text box below, General public, experts in dementia, researcehrs, people with dementia, Talk and organisation committee, Representative for LJMU, Salford University, North West Dementia ARUK Public Engagement. 2017
Public talk or lecture, General public, stakeholders, charities, community support, Speaker, Blacon, Cheshire, Dementia talks/meetings at Vintage Blacon (Community Group), Blacon, Chester. 2013
Media Coverage:
I was quoted by more than 30 outlets for comments on paper by Brickman et al. (2023; PNAS) on flavanols and memory. See ex.: https://inews.co.uk/news/science/green-tea-apples-pears-reverse-age-related-memory-decline-catch-2372487; and https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/29/health/cocoa-flavanols-memory-study-wellness/index.html 2023
Football heading and dementia - Euronews (TV interview) 2021
Radio Interview, Radio New Zealand (Football heading and Dementia) 2021
Heading the ball is linked to cognitive impairment 2021
www.australiantimes.co.uk
theconversation.com
free-mail.co.za
Forgetting the start of a story may be a sign of dementia - reported in various news outlets and BBC Merseyside, up to 7mil readership 2020
uk.yahoo.com
www.irishexaminer.com
more.talktalk.co.uk
Alzheimer’s disease – don’t give up on plaque-busting drugs just yet 2018
Award:
Principal Investigator for LJMU: 2020-2025 - $1,400,000 ($216,770 direct funding) for a project titled “Novel story recall measures as indicators of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders biomarkers: a collaborative study of existing data” (R01 AG070940-01). NIA-NIH (USA), National Institute of Health. 2021
Developing and validating a survey method for determining amount of football heading done over a football career Grant – Co-Investigator: 2018 - ¥997,001, The Univers Foundation (Japan). 2018
Best Poster: Second Prize at the 2nd Annual NYU Center of Excellence on Brain Aging Research Day. 2011
Experimental Psychological Society: Grindley Grant. 2006
Other invited event:
What does the serial position curve tell us about dementia risk?, Liverpool Hope University, Nov 2018, External Speaker: What does the serial position curve tell us about dementia risk? Department of Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, England, UK.. 2018
BPS Cognitive Conference, Liverpool, Proponent and Chair of Symposium on Cognitive Ageing.. 2018
6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest, Hungary, Symposium on “Memory Preservation and Decline”. 2016
BPS General Conference, Nottingham, UK, Invited to speak at Symposium. Talk title: "A longitudinal study of plasma Amyloid-β levels in late-life major depression". 2016
Ageing and memory: Tracking change to predict decline, Keele University, Invited talk. 2014
Teaching qualification:
Higher Education Associate Teacher Certificate. 2004
Editorial boards:
Associate Editor for Geriatrics (2020-present).
Journal of Neuropsychology, Associated Editor.
Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (2021-present).
Fellowships:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy.
External collaboration:
Keele University, Dr Andrew Rutherford.
Nathan Kline Institute and New York University, Dr Nunzio Pomara.
University of Gothenburg, Dr henrik Zetterberg & Dr Kaj Blennow.
University of Manchester, Dr Iracema Leroy.
University of Padova, Annachiara Cagnin.
University of Rostock, Dr Stefan Teipel.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr Rebecca Koscik & Dr Sterling Johnson (5)..
Conference organisation:
Liverpool Neuroscience Day, June 2019.
Liverpool Neuroscience Winter Gala, November 2019.
Symposium on “Health Informatics for Active Ageing and People with Dementia”. Liverpool Hope University, July 2014.