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Overview

Michael R. Trimble is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, health professions, and neuroscience, with a significant focus on ethics in medical practice, clinical reasoning, neuroscience related to epilepsy, and innovations in medical education.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of study relevant to their research are:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Family Practice

Their primary research topics cover:

  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
  • Innovations in medical education
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neurology and historical studies
  • Empathy and medical education
  • Psychology of moral and emotional judgment

Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • Zuzana Deans
  • Greg Moorlock
  • Dale C. Hesdorffer
  • Kamran Hennessy
  • Hrvoje Hečimović

Trimble has published extensively in several medical journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Acute Medicine Journal
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • British Journal of Hospital Medicine
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
  • Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Recent publications include:

  • "Clinical decision making in acute medicine" (2022, Acute Medicine Journal)
  • "The medical licensing assessment will fall short of determining whether a UK medical graduate behaves ethically" (2024, British Journal of Hospital Medicine)
  • "Assessment of undergraduate medical students' understanding and application of ethics: must do better" (2024, British Journal of Hospital Medicine)
  • "Personalised music as a treatment for epilepsy" (2024, Epilepsy & Behavior)
  • "Assessing ethics and law in medical schools: there is no single best answer" (2025, Journal of Medical Ethics)

Their recent work indicates an interest in medical ethics, education, and epilepsy treatment, emphasizing the assessment and improvement of ethical understanding in medical students as well as exploring novel therapeutic approaches for neurological conditions.

Best Publications

  • The precuneus: a review of its functional anatomy and behavioural correlates.

    Andrea E. Cavanna;Michael R. Trimble

  • The subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in mood disorders.

    Wayne C. Drevets;Jonathan Savitz;Michael Trimble

  • The psychiatric comorbidity of epilepsy

    A. Gaitatzis;M. R. Trimble;J. W. Sander

  • Activity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex covaries with sympathetic skin conductance level: a physiological account of a “default mode” of brain function

    Y. Nagai;Hugo D. Critchley;Eric Featherstone;M. R. Trimble

  • The psychoses of epilepsy

    Michael R. Trimble

  • Brain activity relating to the contingent negative variation: an fMRI investigation.

    Y. Nagai;Hugo D. Critchley;Eric Featherstone;Peter B. C. Fenwick

  • The syndrome of fixed dystonia: an evaluation of 103 patients

    Anette Schrag;Michael Trimble;Niall Quinn;Kailash Bhatia

  • A functional neuroanatomy of tics in Tourette syndrome.

    Emily Stern;David A. Silbersweig;Kit-Yun Chee;Andrew Holmes

  • Depression and epilepsy: Epidemiologic and neurobiologic perspectives that may explain their high comorbid occurrence

    Andres M. Kanner;Steven C. Schachter;John J. Barry;Dale C. Hersdorffer

  • The psychopathology of the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. A phenomenological analysis.

    Mary M. Robertson;Michael R. Trimble;A. J. Lees

  • Phenomenology of Depression in Epilepsy

    Mary M. Robertson;Michael R. Trimble;H. R. A. Townsend

  • Obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

    Mark S. George;Michael R. Trimble;Howard A. Ring;F. R. Sallee

  • Obsessions and compulsions in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

    Michael Frankel;Jeffrey Cummings;Mary Robertson;Michael Trimble

  • Affective aggression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: a quantitative MRI study of the amygdala.

    L. Tebartz van Elst;F. G. Woermann;L. Lemieux;P. J. Thompson

  • Bradyphrenia in Parkinson's disease and psychomotor retardation in depressive illness. An experimental study.

    D. Rogers;A. J. Lees;Eileen Smith;M. Trimble

  • Functional Connectivity of Human Premotor and Motor Cortex Explored with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

    A. Münchau;B. R. Bloem;K. Irlbacher;M. R. Trimble

  • Psychiatric adverse events during levetiracetam therapy

    M. Mula;M. R. Trimble;A. Yuen;R. S.N. Liu

  • Anticonvulsant Drugs and Cognitive Function: A Review of the Literature

    Michael R. Trimble

  • Depression in Parkinson's disease. A positron emission study.

    H. A. Ring;C. J. Bench;M. R. Trimble;D. J. Brooks

  • Dissociation, childhood interpersonal trauma, and family functioning in patients with somatization disorder.

    Richard J. Brown;Anette Schrag;Michael R. Trimble

  • Depression but not seizure frequency predicts quality of life in treatment-resistant epilepsy [6] (multiple letters)

    Ludger Tebartz Van Elst;Michael R. Trimble;Laura S. Boylan;Daniel L. Labovitz

  • The Human Amygdala

    Michael Trimble;F.R.C.Psych.

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary M. Robertson
Mary M. Robertson University College London
Mark S. George
Mark S. George Medical University of South Carolina
Howard Ring
Howard Ring University of Cambridge
Marco Mula
Marco Mula St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Pamela J. Thompson
Pamela J. Thompson University College London
John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
Richard J. Brown
Richard J. Brown University of Manchester
Peter J. Ell
Peter J. Ell University College London
Louis Lemieux
Louis Lemieux University College London
Josemir W. Sander
Josemir W. Sander University College London

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