Curriculum Vitae

Dr Patrick J. Tait

Research Associate, Newcastle University

Researching balance, mobility and Parkinson’s disease, with brain imaging and wearable sensors.

United Kingdom English & Dutch

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About

Research Associate at Newcastle University. His doctoral research at Northumbria University examined the cortical control of balance in ageing and in people with Parkinson’s disease, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and mobile electroencephalography (EEG).

His methods include digital mobility outcomes and wearable inertial sensors, gait and human movement analysis, non-invasive neuromodulation, and standardised clinical and cognitive assessment.

Experience

  1. Newcastle University

    1. Research Associate

      – Present

      Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

  2. Northumbria University

    1. Research assistant

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      Part-time · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

      Research assistant in Psychology.

    2. Researcher PhD Student

      –

      Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

      My research project as part of this PhD involves the assessment of cortical control of balance in ageing and people with Parkinson’s disease, using brain imaging techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and mobile electroencephalography (EEG).

    3. Research Assistant in Psychology

      –

      Part-time · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

      Research assistant in Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation.

Education

  • –

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physiotherapy

    Northumbria University

  • –

    Master of Science (MSc), Cognitive Neuroscience

    Durham University

  • –

    Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), Psychology

    Northumbria University

Research

Doctoral research · Northumbria University · 2022–2025

Neural correlates of balance in ageing and Parkinson’s disease

An assessment of how the brain contributes to the control of balance in ageing and in people with Parkinson’s disease, measured with brain imaging techniques including functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and mobile electroencephalography (EEG).

  • Balance
  • Ageing
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • fNIRS
  • Mobile EEG

Publications

  1. Placeholder: publications list to be added from ResearchGate.

Skills

Core Digital mobility outcomes Academic Research Parkinson’s Disease

Digital Mobility & Human Movement
  • Digital Mobility Outcomes (DMOs)
  • Wearable Inertial Sensors
  • Human Movement Analysis
  • Gait Analysis
Functional Neuroimaging
  • Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
Non-invasive Neuromodulation
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Clinical & Cognitive Assessment
  • MDS-UPDRS
  • MoCA
  • RBANS
  • PACC
  • SCAT-5
Data Analysis & Programming
  • MATLAB
  • SPSS
  • R
Languages
  • English — native or bilingual
  • Dutch — native or bilingual

Contact

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