| Post: | Senior Lecturer (Honorary Consultant) in Forensic Psychiatry (Clinical Medicine) |
| Location: | Cisc Office 8 |
| Email: | bsms2584@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 6702 |
| UK: | (01273) 876702 |
| International: | +44 1273 876702 |
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Biography
EDUCATION/TRAINING
- BSc (Hons Class I), Microbiology in Relation to Medicine, University of Leeds, 1997
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), University of Leeds, 1999
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPscyh), 2003
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Forensic Psychiatry, 2008
- PhD in Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 2011
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2000 - 2004 Maudsley Basic Specialist Rotational Training Scheme in Psychiatry
- 2005 - 2007 Wellcome Clinical Research Training Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry
- 2004 - 2008 Maudsley Higher Specialist Rotational Training Scheme in Forensic Psychiatry
- 2008 - 2010 Clinical Research Fellow in Neuropsychiatry & Locum Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry & South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- British Medical Association
- European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
EDITORIAL DUTIES
- 2011 – present Online Editor, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
www.europeanneuropsychopharmacology.com
Role
Senior Lecturer (Honorary Consultant) in Forensic Psychiatry
Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
My current research programme investigates the impact of genetic variation on the cognitive effects of noradrenergic drugs. In collaboration with colleagues at the Universities of Sussex (Tamzin Ripley), Simon Ward & Pete Clifton), Nottingham (Marie-Christine Pardon), Oxford (Liz Tunbridge), NIMH (Jingshan Chen, Daniel Weinberger & Karen Berman) and the Institute of Psychiatry (Cathy Fernandes), we are investigating putative pro-cognitive effects of experimental alpha 2 adrenoceptor antagonists on models of cognitive impairment.
Naudts, Kris H, Azevedo, Ruben T, David, Anthony S, van Heeringen, Kees and Gibbs, Ayana A (2012) Epistasis between 5-HTTLPR and ADRA2B polymorphisms influences attentional bias for emotional information in healthy volunteers. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15 (8). pp. 1027-1036. ISSN 1461-1457
Aas, Monica, Navari, Serena, Gibbs, Ayana, Mondelli, Valeria, Fisher, Helen L, Morgan, Craig, Morgan, Kevin, MacCabe, James, Reichenberg, Abraham, Zanelli, Jolanta, Fearon, Paul, Jones, Peter B, Murray, Robin M, Pariante, Carmine M and Dazzan, Paola (2012) Is there a link between childhood trauma, cognition, and amygdala and hippocampus volume in first-episode psychosis? Schizophrenia Research, 137 (1-3). pp. 73-9. ISSN 0920-9964
Naudts, Kris H, Azevedo, Ruben T, David, Anthony S, Van Heeringan, C van and Gibbs, Ayana A. (2011) Influence of COMT val158met and ADRA2B deletion polymorphisms on recollection and familiarity components of human emotional memory. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26 (6). pp. 819-829. ISSN 0269-8811
Gibbs, Ayana A., Naudts, Kris H., Azevedo, Ruben T. and David, Anthony S. (2010) Deletion variant of alpha 2b-adrenergic receptor gene moderates the effect of COMT val(158)met polymorphism on episodic memory performance. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 20 (4). pp. 272-275. ISSN 0924-977X
Gibbs, Ayana A, Naudts, Kris H, Azevedo, Ruben T and David, Anthony S (2010) Deletion variant of alpha2b-adrenergic receptor gene moderates the effect of COMT val(158)met polymorphism on episodic memory performance. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 20 (4). pp. 272-275. ISSN 0924-977X
Gibbs, Ayana A, Naudts, Kris H, Spencer, E P and David, Anthony S (2010) Effects of amisulpride on emotional memory using a dual-process model in healthy male volunteers. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24 (3). pp. 323-331. ISSN 0269-8811
David , Anthony S, Gibbs, Ayana and Patel, Maxine X (2009) Long-acting antipsychotic medication and the outcome of schizophrenia. Advances in Schizophrenia Research (6). pp. 403-415.
Gibbs, Ayana A, Dazzan, Paola, Morgan, Kevin D, Naudts, Kris H, Morgan, Craig, Hutchinson, Gerard, Fearon, Paul, Leff, Julian, Murray, Robin M and David, Anthony S (2008) Sexually dimorphic changes in the amygdala in relation to delusional beliefs in first episode psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42 (11). pp. 913-919. ISSN 0022-3956
Gibbs, Ayana A, Naudts, Kris H, Spencer, Edgar P and David , Anthony S (2007) The role of dopamine in attentional and memory biases for emotional information. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164 (10). pp. 1603-1609. ISSN 0002-953X
Golubeva, Natallia, Naudts, Kris, Gibbs, Ayana, Evsegneevand, Roman and Holubeu, Siarhei (2006) Psychiatry in the Republic of Belarus. International Psychiatry, 3 (3). pp. 11-13. ISSN 1749-3676
Gibbs, Ayana A and David, Anthony S (2003) Delusion formation and insight in the context of affective disturbance. Epidemiologica e Psichiatria Sociale, 12 (3). pp. 167-174. ISSN 2045-7979