I joined the University of Sheffield in 2011 . I lead the Translational Neuropsychology Group and I am more specifically focused on implementing the dementia research agenda on early and differential diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer´s disease.

My main research interests are in early and differential diagnosis of dementia, in the evaluation of both pharmacological and non pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer´s disease with neuroimaging techniques, and in clarifying the premorbid biological, personality and cognitive mechanisms underlying psychotic symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases.

Venneri A, McGeown WJ; Hietanen HM, Guerrini C, Ellis AW, Shanks MF. The anatomical bases of semantic retrieval deficits in early Alzheimer's Disease. Neuropsychologia, 2008, 46, 497-510 McGeown WJ, Shanks MF, Venneri A.: Prolonged cholinergic enrichment influences regional cortical activation in early Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2008, 4, 465-476 Caffarra P, Ghetti C, Concari L, Venneri A. Differential patterns of hypoperfusion in subtypes of mild cognitive impairment. The Open Neuroimaging Journal, 2008, 2, 20-28 Anselmetti S, Poletti S, Ermoli E, Bechi M, Cappa S, Venneri A, Smeraldi E, Cavallaro R. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia. Normative data for the Italian population. Neurological Sciences, 2008, 29, 85-92 Bruen PD, McGeown WJ, Shanks MF, Venneri A. Neuroanatomical correlates of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain, 2008, 131, 2455-2463 doi:10.1093/brain/awn151 McGeown WJ, Venneri A. Alterations to the working memory network in normal ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer Disease Research Journal, 2008, 2, 135-154 Venneri A, Lane R. Effects of cholinesterase inhibition on brain white matter volume in Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroreport, 2009, 20, 285-288