Mr Angus McNamara
Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science
College of Health
I am a grant-funded post-doctoral researcher in the Cognition, Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases Laboratory at the University of Adelaide. Completing my PhD in 2024, my research focuses on the incorporation of biological assessments to forecast disease course and trajectory of motor and non-motor outcomes in Parkinson's Disease, as well their potential role to streamline early diagnosis. To this end, I am involved in projects assessing neurodegeneration and disease risk in at-risk groups, such as individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury and pesticide exposure.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Post-Doctoral Researcher | University of Adelaide |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2024 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2020 - 2020 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours), Major in Anatomical Sciences |
| 2017 - 2019 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Advanced), Major in Neuroscience |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | McNamara, A., Baetu, I., & Collins-Praino, L. (2025). History of Traumatic Brain Injury Does Not Influence Rate of Progression of Clinical or Pathological Outcomes in Two Early Parkinson's Disease Cohorts.. Eur J Neurol, 32(3), e70090. |
| 2025 | Ellul, B., McNamara, A., Laurenz, S., Baetu, I., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. E. (2025). Predicting Cognition and Affective Changes in Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease Through Longitudinal Data-Driven Clustering. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 17 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | McNamara, A., Ellul, B. P., Baetu, I., Jenkinson, M., Lau, S., & Collins-Praino, L. (2025). Utility of Baseline Pathological, Neuroimaging and Clinical Markers for Prognosis in Early Parkinson's Disease.. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol, 8919887251397641. |
| 2022 | Guglietti, B., Hobbs, D. A., Wesson, B., Ellul, B., McNamara, A., Drum, S., & Collins-Praino, L. E. (2022). Development and Co-design of NeuroOrb: A Novel "Serious Gaming" System Targeting Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease.. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14(728212), 1-18. Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Collins-Praino, L., McNamara, A., Ellul, B., Baetu, I., Lau, S., & Jenkinson, M. (2024). Beyond Clinical Presentation: Incorporating Neuroimaging and Biofluid Markers to Predict Progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). In MOVEMENT DISORDERS Vol. 39 (pp. S63-S64). PA, Philadelphia: WILEY. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | McNamara, A., Ellul, B., Baetu, I. -I., Lau, S., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. (2023). Utility of Baseline Pathological, Neuroimaging and Clinical Markers for Progression Prognosis and Subtype Classification in Early Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Cognitive Impairment. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2023), as published in Alzheimer's & Dementia Journal. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Wiley. DOI |
| 2023 | McNamara, A., Ellul, B., Baetu, I. -I., Lau, S., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. (2023). Predicting progression of Parkinson’s disease motor outcomes using a multimodal combination of baseline clinical measures, neuroimaging and biofluid markers. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 6th World Parkinson Congress, as published in Journal of Parkinson's Disease. Barcelona, Spain: IOS Press. DOI |
| 2023 | Ellul, B., McNamara, A., Baetu, I., Lau, S., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. (2023). Predicting longitudinal cognition and mood changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's Disease from substantia nigra imaging (Oral Presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of ACNS Conference Sydney 2023. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ixovo4O6LZNfSrf4S0Ds6vkbmyayHHEt. |
| 2022 | McNamara, A., Ellul, B., Baetu, I., Lau, S., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. (2022). Predicting Progression of Parkinson’s Disease Motor Outcomes Using a Multimodal Combination of Baseline Clinical Measures, Neuroimaging and Biofluid Markers in Early PD. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Neuroscience Conference 2022. Melbourne. |
| 2022 | Ellul, B., McNamara, A., Baetu, I., Lau, S., Jenkinson, M., & Collins-Praino, L. (2022). The role of the substantia nigra in predicting longitudinal cognitive and mood changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Neuroscience Conferences 2022. Melbourne, Australia. |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Co-Supervisor | Investigating White Matter Microstructural Alterations Associated with Mood Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury | University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Yaroslava Leonova |
| 2024 - ongoing | Co-Supervisor | Characterising the Burden of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms after Traumatic Brain Injury and its Association with Substantia Nigra Volume | University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Part Time | Silas Hansch-Maher |
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