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Megan Wadon
(she/her)
Research student
- WadonM@cardiff.ac.uk
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Publication
2023
- MacIver, C. et al. 2023. Macro- and micro-structural Insights into primary dystonia A UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology (10.1007/s00415-023-12086-2)
- Bailey, G., Wadon, M., Komarzynski, S., Matthews, C., Haf Davies, E. and Peall, K. 2023. Accelerometer-derived sleep measures in idiopathic dystonia: A UK Biobank cohort study. Brain and Behavior 13(9), article number: e2933. (10.1002/brb3.2933)
2022
- Wadon, M., Fenner, E., Kendall, K., Bailey, G., Sandor, C., Rees, E. and Peall, K. J. 2022. Clinical and genotypic analysis in determining dystonia non-motor phenotypic heterogeneity: a UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology 269, pp. 6436-6451. (10.1007/s00415-022-11307-4)
2021
- Wadon, M. E. et al. 2021. Non-motor phenotypic subgroups in adult-onset idiopathic, isolated, focal cervical dystonia. Brain and Behavior 11(8), article number: e2292. (10.1002/brb3.2292)
- Wadon, M., MacIver, C., Winter, M. and Peall, K. 2021. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy as a feasible treatment of adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 5, article number: 100121. (10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100121)
2020
- Wadon, M. E., Winter, M. and Peall, K. J. 2020. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme as an intervention for people diagnosed with adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia: a feasibility study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6, article number: 100. (10.1186/s40814-020-00641-x)
- Wadon, M., Modi, N., Wong, H., Thapar, A. and O'Donovan, M. 2020. Recent advances in the genetics of preterm birth. Annals of Human Genetics 84(3), pp. 205-213. (10.1111/ahg.12373)
- Martin, J. et al. 2020. A brief report: de novo copy number variants in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Translational Psychiatry 10, article number: 135. (10.1038/s41398-020-0821-y)
Erthyglau
- MacIver, C. et al. 2023. Macro- and micro-structural Insights into primary dystonia A UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology (10.1007/s00415-023-12086-2)
- Bailey, G., Wadon, M., Komarzynski, S., Matthews, C., Haf Davies, E. and Peall, K. 2023. Accelerometer-derived sleep measures in idiopathic dystonia: A UK Biobank cohort study. Brain and Behavior 13(9), article number: e2933. (10.1002/brb3.2933)
- Wadon, M., Fenner, E., Kendall, K., Bailey, G., Sandor, C., Rees, E. and Peall, K. J. 2022. Clinical and genotypic analysis in determining dystonia non-motor phenotypic heterogeneity: a UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology 269, pp. 6436-6451. (10.1007/s00415-022-11307-4)
- Wadon, M. E. et al. 2021. Non-motor phenotypic subgroups in adult-onset idiopathic, isolated, focal cervical dystonia. Brain and Behavior 11(8), article number: e2292. (10.1002/brb3.2292)
- Wadon, M., MacIver, C., Winter, M. and Peall, K. 2021. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy as a feasible treatment of adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 5, article number: 100121. (10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100121)
- Wadon, M. E., Winter, M. and Peall, K. J. 2020. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme as an intervention for people diagnosed with adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia: a feasibility study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6, article number: 100. (10.1186/s40814-020-00641-x)
- Wadon, M., Modi, N., Wong, H., Thapar, A. and O'Donovan, M. 2020. Recent advances in the genetics of preterm birth. Annals of Human Genetics 84(3), pp. 205-213. (10.1111/ahg.12373)
- Martin, J. et al. 2020. A brief report: de novo copy number variants in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Translational Psychiatry 10, article number: 135. (10.1038/s41398-020-0821-y)
- Wadon, M., Fenner, E., Kendall, K., Bailey, G., Sandor, C., Rees, E. and Peall, K. J. 2022. Clinical and genotypic analysis in determining dystonia non-motor phenotypic heterogeneity: a UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology 269, pp. 6436-6451. (10.1007/s00415-022-11307-4)
- Wadon, M. E. et al. 2021. Non-motor phenotypic subgroups in adult-onset idiopathic, isolated, focal cervical dystonia. Brain and Behavior 11(8), article number: e2292. (10.1002/brb3.2292)
- Wadon, M., MacIver, C., Winter, M. and Peall, K. 2021. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy as a feasible treatment of adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 5, article number: 100121. (10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100121)
- Wadon, M. E., Winter, M. and Peall, K. J. 2020. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme as an intervention for people diagnosed with adult-onset, focal, isolated, idiopathic cervical dystonia: a feasibility study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6, article number: 100. (10.1186/s40814-020-00641-x)
- Wadon, M., Modi, N., Wong, H., Thapar, A. and O'Donovan, M. 2020. Recent advances in the genetics of preterm birth. Annals of Human Genetics 84(3), pp. 205-213. (10.1111/ahg.12373)
- Martin, J. et al. 2020. A brief report: de novo copy number variants in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Translational Psychiatry 10, article number: 135. (10.1038/s41398-020-0821-y)
Research
My current research focuses on sleep and memory, with an emphasis on processes that contribute to creativity. I am particularly interested in the neural plasticity associated with this and how we can use sleep engineering to enhance these processes. I am also interested in emotional memories and how we might be able to use sleep engineering to improve psychiatric symptomatology. I have previously investigated the genetic links between preterm birth and neurodevelopmental disorders and the psychiatric symptomatology associated with dystonia.
Thesis
Sleep Engineering To Boost Creative Problem Solving
Teaching
Previous lecturer for the CAMHS Higher Trainees’ Teaching Programme