Neurobiology of Ageing
- +44(0)1865 618212 | Whitehall: +44(0)1865 618213
- mandy.pipkin@psych.ox.ac.uk
Founded in 2007
1400+ Publications
800/800 Whitehall Volunteer Scans (1/12/16)
Funded by EU, MRC, NIHR, ARUK, Alzheimer's Society, Parkinson’s UK & Wellcome Trust
Why do some people suffer from depression and memory loss as they age, whereas others stay well for the whole of their lives? We examine the effect of genes and life history on ageing using neuropsychology and neuro-imaging techniques as part of large scale epidemiological and experimental medicine studies.
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If mental health fails in older age, a large number of factors may be responsible: we aim to isolate these using a variety of large and small-scale studies that use all possible methods of enquiry, from clinical interviews and medical examination to neuropsychology and brain imaging.
This outstanding proposal aims to integrate state-of-the-art brain measures .. on the newest generation of clinical use MR scanners .. with data from a very important, well published longitudinal epidemiologic study.Anon. (MRC Referee)
We have teamed up with the Whitehall Study at UCL and the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) to examine 800 of their volunteers, who have been followed up 2-yearly for the last 25 years (see quote). Whitehall Imaging Oxford is a participant in the EU Horizon 2020 Project Lifebrain
Whitehall II MRI Substudy completed
Our focus of interest is on the interaction of genetic, environmental, social and psychological factors that confer risk and resilience on people as they age. We are also interested in enhancing brain plasticity and resilience by means of exercise, transcranial stimulation and pharmacology.
Our imaging, cognitive and psychiatric research aims to investigate emerging evidence of the brain architecture that enables individuals to compensate cognitively and emotionally, particularly with advancing age.
The wider Old Age Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Ageing theme is comprised of five interacting research groups:
Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit, led by Vanessa Raymond
Heart and Brain Research, led by Sana Suri
Dementias Platform UK, led by John Gallacher
Translational Neuroimaging, led by Clare Mackay
Translational Neuroscience and Dementia Research, led by Noel Buckley
Neurobiology of Ageing, led by Klaus Ebmeier
Our team
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Melis Anatürk
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Sarah Bauermeister
Senior Scientist & Senior Data Manager Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)
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Sophie Behrman
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
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Noel Buckley
Professor of Neurobiology
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Ann-Marie de Lange
Postdoctoral research fellow
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Klaus Ebmeier
Foundation Chair of Old Age Psychiatry
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Nicola Filippini
MRI MANAGER
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Jane Fossey
Associate Director of Psychological Services Oxford Health NHS FT
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John Gallacher
Director, Dementias Platform UK; Professor of Cognitive Health
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Daria Jensen
DPhil Candidate in Psychiatry
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Ivan Koychev
Senior Clinical Researcher
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Simon Lovestone
Professor of Translational Neuroscience
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Clare Mackay
Professor of Imaging Neuroscience
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Rupert McShane
Associate Professor
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Danielle Newby
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Clare O'Donoghue
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER; BRC RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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Amanda Pipkin
HR Officer
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Jemma Pitt
DPhil Student
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Vanessa Raymont
Senior Clinical Researcher Director, Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit
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Sana Suri
Alzheimer's Society Research Fellow
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Anya Topiwala
Wellcome Trust CRCD Fellow; Consultant Psychiatrist
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Vyara Valkanova
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
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Philip Wilkinson
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
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Enikő Zsoldos
Postdoctoral Researcher
