Overview
Background
Dr. Robert James Adam MA(Cantab) MBBS (London) PhD(UCL) FRACP FRCP (London)
Behavioural neurologist with interests in cognition and movement disorders. Clinical lead for deep brain stimulation at The Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Senior Lecturer and Clinical Trials Specialist at UQCCR.
Movement disorders and advanced Parkinson's clinics in addition to Statewide Huntington's Disease, Friedreich's Ataxia and Metro North Deep Brain Stimulation services https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/deep-brain-stimulation-parkinsons. Young onset dementia clinic at STARS https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/stars/.
Principal investigator in 2 Phase 1b/2a clinical trials of novel antisense oligonucleotides for Huntington's Disease, PRECISION-HD1 & 2 and their open label extensions. I am part of a nationwide and statewide effort to investigate drug repurposing - particularly in Parkinson's Disease. I collaborate widely in investigator led research with both clinical scientists, basic scientists and allied health practioners both at UQ and beyond. Former research officer in PISA (Prospective Imaging Study of Aging) https://www.qimrberghofer.edu.au/pisa/ and the clinical lead for ADNet in QLD. ADNet is an NHMRC funded project to screen and register patients with cognitive impairment https://www.australiandementianetwork.org.au/.
I was trained in the US (NYU Medical Centre), UK (National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery in Queen Square, UCLH, Cambridge University Hospitals) and Australia (Royal North Shore and Westmead Hospitals, Sydney). My PhD (UCL 2014) Thesis, "Dopamine and Oculomotor Decisions In Health & Disease", investigated the use of eye movement recordings during behavioral tasks to monitor decision making in patients with focal lesions, Parkinson's disease, impulse control disorders and healthy volunteers both under the influence and without the effects of dopaminergic modulators. I teach both medical undergraduates and graduates, supervise higher degree candidates and have written chapters in medical textbooks.
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Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
- Bachelor (Honours) of Medicine, University College London
- Doctor of Philosophy of Neuroscience, University College London
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Physicians of London
Research interests
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Cognitive Neurology
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Movement Disorders
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Parkinson's Disease
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Tremor
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Dementia
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Alzheimer's Disease
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Huntington's Disease
Research impacts
Research on biomarkers (PISA study & ADNet) may allow the early identification of "at risk" patients prior to the onset of neurodegenerative disease, thus provding a valuable "window" for intervention.
At the other end of the research spectrum, drug repurposing may discover new benefits of treatments (traditionally used in other disease entitities) for conditions that currently lack disease modifying therapies.
By engaging with community groups (e.g. HD QLD) and industry, we enable our patients to become involved in studies ranging from basic science and fundamental studies of brain function to pharmaceurtical trials of novel investigational agents.
Works
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2007
Journal Article
Does reward modulate actions or bias attention?
Adam, Robert J. and Manohar, Sanjay G. (2007). Does reward modulate actions or bias attention?. Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (41), 10919-10921. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2957-07.2007
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- Alzheimer's Disease
- Behavioural Neurology
- Clinical Trials
- Cognition
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia
- Dystonia
- Friedreich's Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Medical Education
- Neurology
- Parkinson's disease
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Tremor
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