Miss Dewy Nijhof
- Research Assistant (Mental Health & Wellbeing)
- Affiliate, Affiliate (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242Biography
Dewy completed her degree in Psychology at Radboud University in the Netherlands. During this time, she completed internships within the EU-AIMS projects (https://www.eu-aims.eu/), a multicentre collaboration aimed at identifying markers of autism using a mix of behavioural, biological and neuroscientific data. This sparked an interest in the complexity, diversity and mechanisms of autism. In particular, she has a strong interest in understanding individual differences and heterogeneity within the autism spectrum and their associations to behavioural, neurological or physical domains. She continued this interest by completing her degree in Brain Sciences at the University of Glasgow, where she focused on understanding inter- and intra-individual differences within the autism spectrum. Broadening the scope of her experience, she worked in the field of Public Health, focusing particularly on health inequalities in vulnerable groups within the community and digital technologies for healthcare use. Continuing to pursue both interests within the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory, she aims to gain a deeper understanding of health determinants, needs, and inequalities experienced by those with autism.
Research interests
- Mental health
- Public health
- Individual differences
- Brain imaging
- Underlying mechanisms
Publications
2025
Nijhof, D. et al. (2025) A population-based cross-sectional investigation of COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality among autistic people. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06844-6) (Early Online Publication)
Nijhof, Dewy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Sosenko, Filip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-173X, McKernan Ward, Laura, Cairns, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554, Hughes, Laura and Rydzewska, Ewelina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-3133
(2025)
Making a case for an autism-specific multimorbidity index: a comparative cohort study.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,
(doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06823-x)
(Early Online Publication)
Rydzewska, E. et al. (2025) Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 514,878 adults with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a record linkage national cohort study. BMJ Open, 15(2), e089962. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089962) (PMID:39938953)
2023
Sosenko, F. et al. (2023) Understanding covid-19 outcomes among people with intellectual disabilities in England. BMC Public Health, 23, 2099. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16993-x) (PMID:37880687) (PMCID:PMC10601171)
Ochieng, Bertha M.N., Chaudhry, Ismail, Chamley, Carol, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Ochieng, Rebecca, Rogerson, Louise, Wong, Richard and Prasad, Rishabh
(2023)
A case study of a pilot smart home monitoring system with older adults living alone in East Midlands.
Athens Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 10(3),
pp. 157-170.
(doi: 10.30958/ajhms.10-3-2)
2022
Ochieng, Lorraine, Salehi, Mahan, Ochieng, Rebecca, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Wong, Richard, Gupta, Vinay, Prasad, Rishabh and Ochieng, Bertha
(2022)
Augmented video consultations in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.
BJGP Open, 6(4),
2022.0073.
(doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0073)
(PMID:35764408)
(PMCID:PMC9904791)
Lillywhite, Amanda, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Glowinski, Donald, Giordano, Bruno L., Camurri, Antonio, Cross, Ian and Pollick, Frank E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622
(2022)
A functional magnetic resonance imaging examination of audiovisual observation of a point-light string quartet using intersubject correlation and physical feature analysis.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16,
921489.
(doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.921489)
(PMID:36148146)
(PMCID:PMC9486104)
2021
Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Ingram, Andy, Ochieng, Rebecca, Roberts, Emma-Jane, Poulton, Barnaby and Ochieng, Bertha
(2021)
Examining GP online consultation in a primary care setting in east midlands, UK.
BMC Health Services Research, 21(1),
1030.
(doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07039-2)
(PMID:34592980)
(PMCID:PMC8482740)
2020
Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Regener, Paula, Kim, Naree, Tohka, Jussi, Kauppi, Jukka-Pekka, Jang, Seonhee and Pollick, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622
(2020)
Exploration of human movement processing in autism spectrum disorder.
Research Square,
(doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-16938/v1)
Articles
Nijhof, D. et al. (2025) A population-based cross-sectional investigation of COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality among autistic people. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06844-6) (Early Online Publication)
Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Sosenko, Filip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-173X, McKernan Ward, Laura, Cairns, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554, Hughes, Laura and Rydzewska, Ewelina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-3133
(2025)
Making a case for an autism-specific multimorbidity index: a comparative cohort study.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,
(doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06823-x)
(Early Online Publication)
Rydzewska, E. et al. (2025) Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 514,878 adults with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a record linkage national cohort study. BMJ Open, 15(2), e089962. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089962) (PMID:39938953)
Sosenko, F. et al. (2023) Understanding covid-19 outcomes among people with intellectual disabilities in England. BMC Public Health, 23, 2099. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16993-x) (PMID:37880687) (PMCID:PMC10601171)
Ochieng, Bertha M.N., Chaudhry, Ismail, Chamley, Carol, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Ochieng, Rebecca, Rogerson, Louise, Wong, Richard and Prasad, Rishabh
(2023)
A case study of a pilot smart home monitoring system with older adults living alone in East Midlands.
Athens Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 10(3),
pp. 157-170.
(doi: 10.30958/ajhms.10-3-2)
Ochieng, Lorraine, Salehi, Mahan, Ochieng, Rebecca, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Wong, Richard, Gupta, Vinay, Prasad, Rishabh and Ochieng, Bertha
(2022)
Augmented video consultations in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.
BJGP Open, 6(4),
2022.0073.
(doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0073)
(PMID:35764408)
(PMCID:PMC9904791)
Lillywhite, Amanda, Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Glowinski, Donald, Giordano, Bruno L., Camurri, Antonio, Cross, Ian and Pollick, Frank E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622
(2022)
A functional magnetic resonance imaging examination of audiovisual observation of a point-light string quartet using intersubject correlation and physical feature analysis.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16,
921489.
(doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.921489)
(PMID:36148146)
(PMCID:PMC9486104)
Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Ingram, Andy, Ochieng, Rebecca, Roberts, Emma-Jane, Poulton, Barnaby and Ochieng, Bertha
(2021)
Examining GP online consultation in a primary care setting in east midlands, UK.
BMC Health Services Research, 21(1),
1030.
(doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07039-2)
(PMID:34592980)
(PMCID:PMC8482740)
Nijhof, Dewy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242, Regener, Paula, Kim, Naree, Tohka, Jussi, Kauppi, Jukka-Pekka, Jang, Seonhee and Pollick, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622
(2020)
Exploration of human movement processing in autism spectrum disorder.
Research Square,
(doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-16938/v1)
