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Prof Marcus Richards

  • Email:

    m.richards@ucl.ac.uk

  • Appointments:

    Professor of Psychology in Epidemiology, Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health
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Research Summary

Marcus Richards' work is concerned with cognitive epidemiology, particularly with a life course approach to cognitive ageing and its consequences for health and function. This includes the influence of early experience, nutrition and growth, as well as that of education, adult socioeconomic status and mobility and health behaviours, and interactions between cognitive function, physiological function and mental health.

Research Activities

  • Epidemiology and public health
  • cognitive development and ageing
  • life course epidemiology
  • mental health
  • neurodegeneration

Recent Publications

Displaying 50 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

  1. Lee WE,Kwok CH,Hunter EC,Richards M,David AS (2012) Prevalence and childhood antecedents of depersonalization syndrome in a UK birth cohort. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 47(2), 253 - 261. 10.1007/s00127-010-0327-7.
  2. Kuh D,Pierce M,Adams J,Deanfield J,Ekelund U,Friberg P,Ghosh AK,Harwood N,Hughes A,Macfarlane PW,Mishra G,Pellerin D,Wong A,Stephen AM,Richards M,Hardy R,NSHD scientific and data collection team (2011) Cohort profile: updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research. Int J Epidemiol, 40(1), e1 - e9. 10.1093/ije/dyq231.
  3. Gaysina D,Pierce M,Richards M,Hotopf M,Kuh D,Hardy R (2011) Association between adolescent emotional problems and metabolic syndrome: the modifying effect of C-reactive protein gene (CRP) polymorphisms. Brain Behav Immun, 25(4), 750 - 758. 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.01.019.
  4. Gaysina D,Hotopf M,Richards M,Colman I,Kuh D,Hardy R (2011) Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and change in body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: results from a British birth cohort. Psychol Med, 41(1), 175 - 184. 10.1017/S0033291710000346.
  5. Richards M,Sacker A (2011) Is education causal? Yes. Int J Epidemiol, 40(2), 516 - 518. 10.1093/ije/dyq166.
  6. Roberts BA,Fuhrer R,Marmot M,Richards M (2011) Does retirement influence cognitive performance? The Whitehall II Study. J Epidemiol Community Health, 65(11), 958 - 963. 10.1136/jech.2010.111849.
  7. Landy R,Hardy R,Head J,Richards M (2010) THE EFFECT OF MISSING DATA ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIFECOURSE SOCIO-ECONOMIC POSITION AND VERBAL COGNITIVE ABILITY AT OLDER AGES J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 64, A12 - A12. 10.1136/jech.2010.120956.30.
  8. Gaysina D,Maughan B,Richards M (2010) Association of reading problems with speech and motor development: results from a British 1946 birth cohort DEV MED CHILD NEUROL, 52(7), 680 - 681. 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03649.x.
  9. Gaysina D,Pierce M,Richards M,Hotopf M,Hardy R (2010) Association between symptoms of depression and anxiety and metabolic syndrome: the modifying effect of C-reactive protein (CRP) gene polymorphisms INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 13, 168 - 169.
  10. Gale CR,Deary IJ,Kuh D,Huppert F,Richards M,HALCyon Study Team (2010) Neuroticism in Adolescence and Cognitive Function in Midlife in the British 1946 Birth Cohort: The HALCyon Program J GERONTOL B-PSYCHOL, 65(1), 50 - 56. 10.1093/geronb/gbp082.
  11. Richards M,Goldberg D (2010) Are there early adverse exposures that differentiate depression and anxiety risk?, 241 - 256.
  12. Dangour A,Allen E,Elbourne D,Fasey N,Fletcher A,Hardy P,Holder G,Knight R,Letley L,Richards M,Uauy R (2010) Effect of 2-year n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive function in older people (the OPAL trial): a randomised, double blind, controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr, 91, 1725 - 1732.
  13. Richards M,Stephen A,Mishra G (2010) Health returns to cognitive capital in the British 1946 birth cohort. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1, 281 - 296.
  14. Dangour A,Allen E,Richards M,Whitehouse P,Uauy R,Meheust A (2010) Design considerations in long-term intervention studies for the prevention of cognitive decline or dementia. Nutr Rev, 68(Suppl. 1), S16 - S21.
  15. Richards M,Deary IJ (2010) Cognitive capital in the British birth cohorts: an introduction. Longit Life Course Studies, 1, 197 - 200.
  16. Richards M,Brayne C (2010) What do we mean by Alzheimer's disease? BMJ, 341, c4670.
  17. Kuh D,Shah I,Richards M,Mishra G,Wadsworth M,Hardy R (2009) Do childhood cognitive ability or smoking behaviour explain the influence of lifetime socio-economic conditions on premature adult mortality in a British post war birth cohort? Soc Sci Med, 68(9), 1565 - 1573. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.006.
  18. Richards M,Power C,Sacker A (2009) Paths to literacy and numeracy problems: evidence from two British birth cohorts. J Epidemiol Community Health, 63(3), 239 - 244. 10.1136/jech.2007.064923.
  19. Richards M,Colman I (2009) Life course profiles of mental illness and longitudinal points for intervention: a longitudinal birth cohort approach. World Psychiatry, 8(Suppl.1), 52 - 52.
  20. Bobak M,Richards M,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Shishkin S,Nikitin Y,Marmot M (2009) Association between year of birth and cognitive functions in Russia and the Czech Republic: cross-sectional results of the HAPIEE study. Neuroepidemiology, 33(3), 231 - 239. 10.1159/000229777.
  21. Hogervorst E,Yaffe K,Richards M,Huppert FAH (2009) Hormone replacement therapy to maintain cognitive function in women with dementia COCHRANE DB SYST REV(1). 10.1002/14651858.CD003799.pub2.
  22. Kuh D,Cooper R,Hardy R,Guralnik J,Richards M (2009) Lifetime cognitive performance is associated with midlife physical performance in a prospective national birth cohort study Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 38 - 48.
  23. Abbott RA,Croudace TJ,Ploubidis GB,Kuh D,Richards M,Huppert FA (2008) The relationship between early personality and midlife psychological well-being: evidence from a UK birth cohort study SOC PSYCH PSYCH EPID, 43(9), 679 - 687. 10.1007/s00127-008-0355-8.
  24. Rudnicka AR,Owen CG,Richards M,Wadsworth MEJ,Strachan DP (2008) Early determinants of visual outcome in British children and adolescents J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 62, A8 - A8.
  25. Dangour A,Allen E,Elbourne D,Fletcher A,Richards M,Uauy R (2008) Fish consumption and cognitive function among older people in the UK: analysis of baseline data from the OPAL study. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Ageing, 12, 534 - 534.
  26. Rudnicka AR,Owen CG,Richards M,Wadsworth MEJ,Strachan DP (2008) Effect of breastfeeding and sociodemographic factors on visual outcome in childhood and adolescence AM J CLIN NUTR, 87(5), 1392 - 1399.
  27. Richards M,Black S,Mishra G,Gale C,Deary IJ (2008) IQ in childhood and the metabolic syndrome in middle age: extended follow-up of the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study. Intelligence, 37, 567 - 572.
  28. Cooper R,Hardy R,Guralnik J,Richards M,Kuh D (2008) Cognitive function across life and mid-life physical performance: Findings from a British birth cohort study J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 62, A8 - A8.
  29. Hatch SL,Feinstein L,Link BG,Wadsworth MEJ,RichardS M (2007) The continuing benefits of education: Adult education and midlife cognitive ability in the British 1946 birth cohort J GERONTOL B-PSYCHOL, 62(6), S404 - S414.
  30. Hatch S,Huppert F,Abbott R,Croudace T,Ploubidis G,Richards M,MEJ W,Kuh D (2007) A life course approach to well-being., 187 - 205.
  31. Richards M,Sacker A,Deary IJ (2007) Lifetime antecedents of cognitive reserve., 37 - 52.
  32. Hatch SL,Jones PB,Kuh D,Hardy R,Wadsworth MEJ,Richards M (2007) Childhood cognitive ability and adult mental health in the British 1946 birth cohort SOC SCI MED, 64(11), 2285 - 2296. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.027.
  33. Richards M (2007) Childhood intelligence and being a vegetarian - Do bright children grow up to make healthy choices? BRIT MED J, 334(7587), 216 - 217. 10.1136/bmj.39107.671412.80.
  34. Murray GK,Jones PB,Kuh D,Richards M (2007) Infant developmental milestones and subsequent cognitive function ANN NEUROL, 62(2), 128 - 136. 10.1002/ana.21120.
  35. Richards M (2006) Do heavier babies make brighter children?, 27 - 34.
  36. Dangour A,Clemens F,Elbourne D,Fasey N,Fletcher A,Hardy P,Holder G,Huppert F,Knight R,Letley L,Richards M,Truesdale A,Vickers M,Uauy R (2006) A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive and retinal function in cognitively healthy older people: the Older People And n-3 Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (OPAL) study protocol [ISRCTN72331636]. J Nutr, 5, 20 - 20.
  37. Kok H,Kuh D,Cooper R,van der Schouw YT,Grobbee DE,Wadsworth MEJ,Richards M (2006) Cognitive function across the life course and the menopausal transition in a British birth cohort. Menopause, 13, 19 - 27.
  38. Kuh D,Hardy R,Butterworth S,Okell L,Richards M,Wadsworth M,Cooper C,Sayer AA (2006) Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort. Am J Epidemiol, 164(2), 110 - 121. 10.1093/aje/kwj193.
  39. Richards M,Hatch S,Hardy R,Kuh D,Susser E,Wadsworth M (2005) Post-natal growth and cognitive development in a population-based birth cohort PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 58(5), 1061 - 1061.
  40. Richards M,Deary IJ (2005) A life course approach to cognitive reserve: a model for cognitive aging and development? Ann Neurol, 58(4), 617 - 622. 10.1002/ana.20637.
  41. Richards M,Strachan D,Hardy R,Kuh D,Wadsworth M (2005) Lung function and cognitive ability in a longitudinal birth cohort study. Psychosom Med, 67(4), 602 - 608. 10.1097/01.psy.0000170337.51848.68.
  42. Richards M,Hardy R,Wadsworth MEJ (2005) Alcohol consumption and midlife cognitive change in the British 1946 birth cohort study Alcohol and Alcoholism, 40, 112 - 117.
  43. Wadsworth MEJ,Kuh D,Richards M,Hardy R (2005) Cohort profile: the 1946 national birth cohort (MRC National Survey of Health & Development). International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, 49 - 54.
  44. Singh-Manoux A,Richards M,Marmot M (2005) Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse: how does it relate to cognitive function in midlife? Annals of Epidemiology, 15(8), 572 - 578.
  45. Kuh D,Butterworth SL,Kok H,Richards M,Hardy R,Wadsworth MEJ,Leon DA (2005) Childhood cognitive ability and age at menopause: evidence from two cohort studies Menopause, 12, 475 - 482.
  46. Hall I,Strydom A,Richards M,Hardy R,Bernal J,Wadsworth M (2005) Social outcomes in adulthood of children with intellectual impairment: evidence from a birth cohort. J Intellect Disabil Res, 49(Pt 3), 171 - 182. 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00636.x.
  47. Kuh DJL,Richards M,Hardy R,Butterworth S,Wadsworth MEJ (2004) Childhood cognitive ability and deaths up until middle age: a post war birth cohort study International Journal of Epidemiology, 33, 408 - 413. 10.1093/ije/dyh043.
  48. Richards M,Wadsworth MEJ (2004) Long-term effects of early adversity on cognitive function Archives of Disease in Childhood, 89, 922 - 927.
  49. Bobak M,Richards M,Wadsworth M (2004) Relation between children's height and air pollution from coal-burning sources in the British 1946 birth cohort International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 77, 383 - 386.
  50. Richards M,Shipley B,Fuhrer R,Wadsworth MEJ (2004) Childhood cognitive ability and cognitive decline in midlife: longitudinal birth cohort study BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 328, 552 - 554. 10.1136/bmj.37972.513819.EE.

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