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Keywords

  • Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Psychosocial Factors
  • Clinical Conditions

  • Dementia
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Cognitive impairment
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  • Neuropsychological testing
  • Statistical analysis
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    Dr Anna Jane Dreyer

    (she/her/hers)
    University Position
    Research Associate

    Interests

    I am a neuropsychologist interested in the role of social determinants in cognitive impairment and dementia outcomes and how to measure and diagnose cognitive impairment fairly and accurately in diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged settings. My work aims to advocate for health equity through understanding the modifiable risk factors for dementia associated with socioeconomic inequalities. My current project involves investigating the role of socioeconomic inequalities in the dementia syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Parkinson's disease.

    Key Publications

    Cognitive impairment in people living with HIV: consensus recommendations for a new approach.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-023-00813-2
    Journal: Nat Rev Neurol
    E-pub date: 1 Jul 2023
    Authors: S Nightingale, B Ances, P Cinque, A Dravid, AJ Dreyer, M Gisslén, JA Joska, J Kwasa, A-C Meyer, N Mpongo, N Nakasujja, R Pebody, A Pozniak, RW Price, C Sandford, D Saylor, KGF Thomas, J Underwood, JH Vera, A Winston

    Cognitive Impairment in Tuberculous Meningitis.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac831
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis
    E-pub date: 4 Mar 2023
    Authors: AG Davis, AJ Dreyer, C Albertyn, M Maxebengula, C Stek, S Wasserman, S Marais, K Bateman, M Solms, J Joska, RJ Wilkinson, S Nightingale

    Cognitive performance in a South African cohort of people with HIV and comorbid major depressive disorder.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-022-01093-0
    Journal: J Neurovirol
    E-pub date: 1 Dec 2022
    Authors: AJ Dreyer, S Nightingale, LS Andersen, JS Lee, H Gouse, SA Safren, C O'Cleirigh, KGF Thomas, J Joska

    Moving on From HAND: Why We Need New Criteria for Cognitive Impairment in Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and a Proposed Way Forward.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab366
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis
    E-pub date: 15 Sep 2021
    Authors: S Nightingale, AJ Dreyer, D Saylor, M Gisslén, A Winston, JA Joska

    Rates of cognitive impairment in a South African cohort of people with HIV: variation by definitional criteria and lack of association with neuroimaging biomarkers.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-021-00993-x
    Journal: J Neurovirol
    E-pub date: 31 Aug 2021
    Authors: AJ Dreyer, S Nightingale, JM Heaps-Woodruff, M Henry, H Gouse, RH Paul, KGF Thomas, JA Joska

    Cognitive Differences between Men and Women with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acab068
    Journal: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Anna J Dreyer, Adele Munsami, Taryn Williams, Lena S Andersen, Sam Nightingale, Hetta Gouse, John Joska, Kevin G F Thomas

    Publications

    Sex Differences in the Cognitive Performance of a South African Cohort of People With HIV and Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/23259582231203192
    Journal: J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2023
    Authors: AJ Dreyer, S Nightingale, LS Andersen, JS Lee, H Gouse, SA Safren, C O'Cleirigh, KGF Thomas, JA Joska

    Mental and cognitive healthcare training targeting primary healthcare workers providing HIV services in Africa: a scoping review.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2099512
    Journal: AIDS Care
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2023
    Authors: A Munsami, AJ Dreyer, G Sibeko, H Gouse, S Nightingale, JA Joska

    A new approach to cognitive impairment in people with HIV.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00267-3
    Journal: Lancet HIV
    E-pub date: 1 Dec 2022
    Authors: S Nightingale, P Cinque, JA Joska, RW Price, J Underwood, International HIV-Cognition Working Group

    Risky Decision Making Under Stressful Conditions: Men and Women With Smaller Cortisol Elevations Make Riskier Social and Economic Decisions.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810031
    Journal: Front Psychol
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2022
    Authors: AJ Dreyer, D Stephen, R Human, TL Swanepoel, L Adams, A O'Neill, WJ Jacobs, KGF Thomas

    Impact of HIV on Cognitive Performance in Professional Drivers.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002899
    Journal: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
    E-pub date: 15 Apr 2022
    Authors: H Gouse, CJ Masson, M Henry, A Dreyer, RN Robbins, G Kew, JA Joska, L London, TD Marcotte, KGF Thomas

    Study protocol for a phase 2A trial of the safety and tolerability of increased dose rifampicin and adjunctive linezolid, with or without aspirin, for HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis [LASER-TBM].

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16783.1
    Journal: Wellcome Open Res
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2021
    Authors: AG Davis, S Wasserman, M Maxebengula, C Stek, M Bremer, R Daroowala, S Aziz, R Goliath, S Stegmann, S Koekemoer, A Jackson, L Lai Sai, Y Kadernani, T Sihoyiya, CJ Liang, L Dodd, P Denti, T Crede, J Naude, P Szymanski, Y Vallie, I Banderker, S Moosa, P Raubenheimer, RPJ Lai, J Joska, S Nightingale, A Dreyer, G Wahl, C Offiah, I Vorster, S Candy, F Robertson, E Meintjes, G Maartens, J Black, G Meintjes, RJ Wilkinson

    Response to: Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment is a risk for symptomatic decline over a 3-year study period.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002848
    Journal: AIDS
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2021
    Authors: S Nightingale, AJ Dreyer, M Gisslén, A Winston, JA Joska

    Home-versus acquired-language test performance on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised among multilingual South Africans.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2018.1510403
    Journal: Appl Neuropsychol Adult
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2020
    Authors: TM Scott, H Gouse, J Joska, KGF Thomas, M Henry, A Dreyer, RN Robbins

    Prevalence of HIV-1 Infection in an elderly rural population and associations with neurocognitive impairment.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002257
    Journal: AIDS
    E-pub date: 1 Sep 2019
    Authors: JA Joska, AJ Dreyer, S Nightingale, MI Combrinck, CA De Jager