Publications: DR Sheena Waters

Kouchache T, Zolfaghari S, Bouhadoun S, Delva A, Pelletier A, Kuhlencord M, Noyce AJ, Waters S et al. ( 2026 ) . Reply to Comment on “Delayed Disease Onset Report in UK Biobank: Implications for Prodromal Studies in Parkinson's Disease” . Movement Disorders vol. 41 , ( 4 ) 1053 - 1055 .

Abdolkarimi D, Liu Y, Gilchrist L, Calhas S, Waters S, Marshall CR, Proitsi P ( 2026 ) . Circulating inflammatory proteins predict dementia risk, and are linked to structural brain changes and modifiable risk factors . Alzheimer's Research & Therapy vol. 18 , ( 1 )

Liu Y, Wretlind A, Abdolkarimi D, Waters S, Marshall CR, Legido‐Quigley C, Proitsi P ( 2026 ) . Associations between Plasma Metabolites, Dementia and Modifiable Risk Factors . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( Suppl 2 )

Calhas S, Liu Y, Waters S, Blyuss O, Marshall CR, Proitsi P ( 2025 ) . Leveraging multi‐modal data for individualised risk prediction for dementia . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( Suppl 2 )

Durrani FG, Marshall CR, Waters S, Bishop LG, Lim DG, Smith LJ, Chemas N, Uchegbu I et al. ( 2025 ) . (DIADEM) Digital Assessment of Auditory Perception in Dementia : Study Protocol . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( Suppl 2 )

Chandra A, Waters S, Liu Y, Azoidou V, Marshall CR, Smith LJ ( 2025 ) . Complaints linked to vestibular dysfunction are associated with tau pathology and hippocampal volume . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( Suppl 3 )

Abdolkarimi D, Liu Y, Waters S, Calhas S, Marshall CR, Proitsi P ( 2025 ) . Identifying a signature of inflammatory blood proteins predicting dementia . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( Suppl 2 )

Zolfaghari S, Kouchache T, Delva A, Bouhadoun S, Kuhlencord M, Pelletier A, Noyce AJ, Waters S et al. ( 2025 ) . Delayed Disease Onset Report in UK Biobank: Implications for Prodromal Studies in Parkinson's Disease . Movement Disorders vol. 41 , ( 3 ) 767 - 772 .

Attaallah B, Waters S, Marshall C, Noyce A ( 2025 ) . The relationship between neuropsychiatric dimensions and markers of Parkinson’s disease risk in the UK Biobank . npj Parkinson's Disease vol. 11 , ( 1 )

Lohner V, Badhwar A, Detcheverry FE, García CL, Gellersen HM, Khodakarami Z, Lattmann R, Li R et al. ( 2025 ) . Machine learning applications in vascular neuroimaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Alzheimer's Research & Therapy vol. 17 , ( 1 )

Walsh S, Klee M, Hui EK, Saeed U, Waters S, Kuhn I, Siette J, Orgeta V et al. ( 2025 ) . Social determinants of dementia: A scoping review . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 , ( 7 )

Chandra A, Levett BA, Waters S, Proitsi P, Liu Y, Hardy CJD, Warren JD, Marshall CR ( 2025 ) . Evaluating the link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Neurobiology of Aging vol. 154 , 92 - 102 .

Zirra A, Dey KC, Camboe E, Waters S, Haque T, Huxford B, Chohan H, Donkor N et al. ( 2025 ) . The East London Parkinson’s disease project – a case-control study of Parkinson’s Disease in a diverse population . npj Parkinson's Disease vol. 11 , ( 1 )

Paris A, Amirthalingam G, Karania T, Foote IF, Dobson R, Noyce AJ, Marshall CR, Waters S ( 2025 ) . Depression and dementia: interrogating the causality of the relationship . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 96 , ( 6 ) 573 - 581 .

Shapson‐Coe AD, Waters S, Oxtoby NP, Marshall CR ( 2025 ) . Distinct dementia atrophy progression patterns associated with different epidemiological risk factors . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 20 , ( Suppl 2 )

Chandra A, Levett BA, Waters S, Hardy CJ, Warren JD, Marshall CR ( 2025 ) . Evaluating the link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology: A systematic review and meta‐analysis . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 20 , ( Suppl 1 )

Chandra A, Anjum R, Waters S, Proitsi P, Smith LJ, Marshall CR ( 2025 ) . Investigating mediating influences of β‐amyloid on the relationship between marital dissolution and cognition . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 20 , ( Suppl 3 )

Talaei M, Waters S, Portas L, Jacobs BM, Dodd JW, Marshall CR, Minelli C, Shaheen SO ( 2024 ) . Lung development genes, adult lung function and cognitive traits . Brain Communications vol. 6 , ( 6 )

Chandra A, Anjum R, Waters S, Proitsi P, Smith LJ, Marshall CR, Initiative FTADN ( 2024 ) . Marital dissolution and cognition: The mediating effect of Aβ neuropathology . Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring vol. 16 , ( 4 )

Ereira S, Waters S, Razi A, Marshall CR ( 2024 ) . Author Correction: Early detection of dementia with default-mode network effective connectivity . Nature Mental Health vol. 2 , ( 8 ) 1000 - 1000 .

Ereira S, Waters S, Razi A, Marshall CR ( 2024 ) . Early detection of dementia with default-mode network effective connectivity . Nature Mental Health vol. 2 , ( 7 ) 787 - 800 .

Badenoch JB, Paris A, Jacobs BM, Noyce AJ, Marshall CR, Waters S ( 2024 ) . Neuroanatomical and prognostic associations of depression in Parkinson’s disease . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 95 , ( 10 )

Jacobs BM, Vickaryous N, Giovannoni G, Proitsi P, Waters S, Dobson R ( 2024 ) . Plasma proteomic profiles of UK Biobank participants with multiple sclerosis . Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology vol. 11 , ( 3 ) 698 - 709 .

Foote IF, Bandres‐Ciga S, Kim JJ, Alvarado CX, Leonard HL, Bothongo PL, Grotzinger AD, Jacobs BM et al. ( 2023 ) . A Multivariate Genome‐Wide Association Study of the Shared Genetic Architecture Among Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia: 590 Loci Associated with Brain Health . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S22 )

Jeraldo RIE, Chandra A, Anjum R, Bothongo PLK, Waters S, Uchegbu I, Byford M, Marshall CR et al. ( 2023 ) . Dementia prevention strategies in Low and Middle Income Countries: A systematic review . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S23 )

Bothongo PL, Waters S, Chandra A, Uchegbu I, Jeraldo RIE, Anjum R, Byford M, Livingston G et al. ( 2023 ) . Ethnic Variation in Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S22 )

Bothongo PL, Waters S, Chandra A, Uchegbu I, Jeraldo RIE, Anjum R, Byford M, Livingston G et al. ( 2023 ) . Socioeconomic variation in modifiable risk factors for dementia . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S22 )

Chandra A, Anjum R, Bothongo PL, Waters S, Uchegbu I, Jeraldo RIE, Byford M, Marshall CR ( 2023 ) . The influence of widowhood on amyloid positivity status in cognitively normal older adults . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S22 )

Anjum R, Chandra A, Bothongo PL, Waters S, Uchegbu I, Jeraldo RIE, Byford M, Marshall CR ( 2023 ) . The relationship between divorced status and in vivo beta‐amyloid pathology in cognitively normal older adults . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 19 , ( S23 )

Belete D, Jacobs BM, Simonet C, Bestwick JP, Waters S, Marshall CR, Dobson R, Noyce AJ ( 2023 ) . Association Between Antiepileptic Drugs and Incident Parkinson Disease . JAMA Neurology vol. 80 , ( 2 ) 183 - 187 .

Paris A, Amirthalingam G, Karania T, Dey S, Foote I, Bothongo P, Dobson R, Noyce A et al. ( 2022 ) . 043 Depression is associated with increased dementia risk and reduced grey matter in a fronto-insular-cerebellar network . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 93 , ( 9 )

Whitford V, Leddy S, Waters S, Karania T, Marshall C, Dobson R ( 2022 ) . 128 Visuoperceptual deficits as measures of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: a pilot study . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry . vol. 93 ,

Simonet C, Bestwick J, Jitlal M, Waters S, Ben-Joseph A, Mar-Shall CR, Dobson R, Jacobs BM et al. ( 2022 ) . Risk factors and Parkinson’s disease presentations in primary care in a diverse UK population . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 93 , ( 9 )

Foote IF, Jacobs BM, Mathlin G, Watson CJ, Bothongo PL, Waters S, Dobson R, Noyce AJ et al. ( 2022 ) . The shared genetic architecture of modifiable risk for Alzheimer's disease: a genomic structural equation modelling study . Neurobiology of Aging vol. 117 , 222 - 235 .

Bothongo P, Jitlal M, Parry E, Foote I, Waters S, Dobson R, Noyce A, Bestwick J et al. ( 2022 ) . Ethnic and socioeconomic determinants of dementia risk: a nested case-con- trol study in East London . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 93 , ( 6 ) a8.2 - a8a8 .

Simonet C, Bestwick J, Jitlal M, Waters S, Ben-Joseph A, Marshall CR, Dobson R, Marrium S et al. ( 2022 ) . Assessment of Risk Factors and Early Presentations of Parkinson Disease in Primary Care in a Diverse UK Population . JAMA Neurology vol. 79 , ( 4 ) 359 - 369 .

Belyk M, Waters S, Kanber E, Miquel ME, McGettigan C ( 2022 ) . Individual differences in vocal size exaggeration . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 )

Bothongo PLK, Jitlal M, Parry E, Waters S, Foote IF, Watson CJ, Cuzick J, Giovannoni G et al. ( 2022 ) . Dementia risk in a diverse population: A single-region nested case-control study in the East End of London . The Lancet Regional Health - Europe vol. 15 ,

Waters S, Watson C, Jacobs BM, Foote IF, Dey S, Noyce AJ, Marshall CR ( 2022 ) . Neuroanatomical signatures of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease in healthy adults . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 17 , ( S4 )

Waters S, Watson C, Jacobs BM, Foote IF, Dey S, Noyce AJ, Marshall CR ( 2021 ) . Speech‐in‐noise perception is a marker of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 17 , ( S5 )

Waters S, Kanber E, Lavan N, Carey D, Cartei V, Lally C ( 2021 ) . Singers show enhanced performance and neural representation of vocal imitation . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences vol. 376 , ( 1840 )

Foote I, Jacobs B, Watson C, Bothongo P, Waters S, Dobson R, Noyce A, Bhui K et al. ( 2021 ) . W26. A MULTIVARIATE GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF MODIFIABLE RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: 269 LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN HEALTH . European Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 51 ,

Jiang J, Benhamou E, Waters S, Johnson JCS, Volkmer A, Weil RS, Marshall CR, Warren JD et al. ( 2021 ) . Processing of Degraded Speech in Brain Disorders . Brain Sciences vol. 11 , ( 3 )

Foote IF, Jacobs BM, Mathlin G, Watson CJ, Bothongo PL, Waters S, Dobson R, Noyce AJ et al. ( 2021 ) . The Genetic Architecture of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: A Genomic Structural Equation Modelling Study .

Bothongo PL, Jitlal M, Parry E, Foote IF, Waters S, Dobson R, Noyce AJ, Bestwick JP et al. ( 2020 ) . Ethnic and socioeconomic determinants of dementia risk: A nested case‐control study in the population of East London . Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 16 , ( S10 )

Waters S, Kanber E, Lavan N, Carey D, Lally C, McGettigan C ( 2019 ) . Neural representations of enhanced speech motor control in trained singers . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America vol. 146 , ( 4 ) 2790 - 2790 .

Waters S, Wiestler T, Diedrichsen J ( 2017 ) . Cooperation Not Competition: Bihemispheric tDCS and fMRI Show Role for Ipsilateral Hemisphere in Motor Learning . Journal of Neuroscience vol. 37 , ( 31 ) 7500 - 7512 .

Meyer SS, Bonaiuto J, Lim M, Rossiter H, Waters S, Bradbury D, Bestmann S, Brookes M et al. ( 2016 ) . Flexible head-casts for high spatial precision MEG . Journal of Neuroscience Methods vol. 276 , 38 - 45 .

Wiestler T, Waters-Metenier S, Diedrichsen J ( 2014 ) . Effector-Independent Motor Sequence Representations Exist in Extrinsic and Intrinsic Reference Frames . Journal of Neuroscience vol. 34 , ( 14 ) 5054 - 5064 .

Waters-Metenier S, Husain M, Wiestler T, Diedrichsen J ( 2014 ) . Bihemispheric Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhances Effector-Independent Representations of Motor Synergy and Sequence Learning . Journal of Neuroscience vol. 34 , ( 3 ) 1037 - 1050 .

Dennis NA, Cabeza R, Need AC, Waters‐Metenier S, Goldstein DB, LaBar KS ( 2011 ) . Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor val66met polymorphism and hippocampal activation during episodic encoding and retrieval tasks . Hippocampus vol. 21 , ( 9 ) 980 - 989 .

Picchioni MM, Walshe M, Toulopoulou T, McDonald C, Taylor M, Waters-Metenier S, Bramon E, Regojo A et al. ( 2009 ) . Genetic modelling of childhood social development and personality in twins and siblings with schizophrenia . Psychological Medicine vol. 40 , ( 8 ) 1305 - 1316 .

Dennis NA, Need AC, LaBar KS, Waters-Metenier S, Cirulli ET, Kragel J, Goldstein DB, Cabeza R ( 2009 ) . COMT Val108/158 Met Genotype Affects Neural but not Cognitive Processing in Healthy Individuals . Cerebral Cortex vol. 20 , ( 3 ) 672 - 683 .

Liu Y, Abdolkarimi D, Gilchrist L, Calhas S, Wretlind A, Velayudhan L, Ashton NJ, Zetterberg H et al. . Circulating Metabolites are Linked to Dementia and Brain Imaging Phenotypes, and Mediate Modifiable Risk Pathways .

Abdolkarimi D, Liu Y, Gilchrist L, Calhas S, Waters S, Marshall CR, Proitsi P . Circulating inflammatory proteins predict dementia risk, are linked to structural brain changes and reveal risk mediation pathways .

Shahid AJ, Waters S, Singh M, Zirra A, Haque T, Bhadra E, Camboe E, Huxford B et al. . Evaluating the Cultural Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: A Comparison of Performance in Bengali and English tests in Bangladeshi adults with Parkinson’s disease in East London .

Somerville EN, Liu L, Krohn L, Asayesh F, Ahmad J, Spiegelman D, Teferra M, Tan M et al. . Genome-wide association study of REM-sleep behaviour disorder identifies new risk loci .

Lohner V, Badhwar A, Detcheverry FE, García CL, Gellersen HM, Khodakarami Z, Lattmann R, Li R et al. . Machine learning applications in vascular neuroimaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis .

Chandra A, Anjum R, Waters S, Proitsi P, Smith LJ, Marshall CR, Initiative TADN . Marital dissolution and cognition: The mediating effect of β-amyloid neuropathology .

Jacobs BM, Vickaryous N, Giovannoni G, Proitsi P, Waters S, Dobson R . Plasma proteomic profiles of UK Biobank participants with Multiple Sclerosis .

Zirra A, Dey KC, Camboe E, Waters S, Haque T, Huxford B, Chohan H, Donkor N et al. . The East London Parkinson’s Disease Project – A case-control study in a diverse population .

Zimianiti I, Waters S, Harroud A, Stridh P, Dobson R, Jacobs BM . The Multiple Sclerosis severity allele rs10191329A and cognitive function: a UK Biobank study .

Jacobs BM, Chandra A, Mandal A, Foote I, Durrani F, Waters S, Liu Y, Proitsi P et al. . The contribution of Apoliproprotein E genetic variation to dementia risk in British South Asians .

Attaallah B, Waters S, Marshall C, Noyce A . The relationship between neuropsychiatric dimensions and markers of Parkinson's disease risk in the UK Biobank .