Research & writing — 3 projects underway

Questions I'm
working through

Two registered systematic reviews and a cross-sectional study. The ICH meta-analysis is now submitted; the other two are underway. I'll add the papers here as they land.

Systematic review & meta-analysis Lead author & guarantor Submitted · under review

Hematoma location as an effect modifier of surgical evacuation outcomes in spontaneous ICH

Surgery for spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage has never shown a clean overall benefit — but "overall" may be hiding the answer. This meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials tests whether deep versus lobar hematoma location modifies who actually benefits from evacuation.

PROSPERO CRD420261496889 ↗ Design RCTs only Role Lead & guarantor Protocol, PRISMA & figures →
Systematic review Lead author Ongoing

Non-wearable monitoring for wandering and falls in Alzheimer's and related dementias

Wearables get taken off. So the review looks at what stays in the room: smart-home sensors, ambient systems and GPS-based tools, and whether the evidence shows they detect or prevent wandering and falls for adults living at home.

PROSPERO CRD420261483147 ↗ Setting Community-dwelling Role Lead author Protocol & scope →
Cross-sectional study Principal investigator Ongoing

Autistic traits and academic GPA among medical students

Using the 50-item AQ in its Arabic translation from the Cambridge Autism Research Centre, this study examines how social interaction, attention to detail and total AQ score relate to academic performance in medical school — traits that may cut both ways.

Instrument AQ-50 (Arabic) Population Medical students Role PI Protocol & aims →

Short-form writing

Between projects I write short clinical pieces — explainers aimed at families rather than clinicians, published here and on LinkedIn.

2026.09 Not just getting older Alzheimer's begins in the brain decades before the first forgotten name — and why an early assessment is time, not a label. 2 min 2026.09 Time is brain The four signs of stroke, and why "let's wait a little, maybe it will pass" is the sentence that worries me most. 2 min
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