Enikő Zsoldos

BSc (hons) MSc (Glas) DPhil (Oxon)

Postdoctoral Researcher

My research focuses on the ageing brain. I use large-scale longitudinal health measures to predict magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers, and associated cognitive function in older age.

After graduating in psychology and methods of psychological research in Glasgow, I joined as research assistant responsible for organizing the 5-year MRC-funded study "Predicting MRI abnormalities with longitudinal data of the Whitehall II Substudy". This involved recruiting 800 participants of the Whitehall II study at University College London, and neuropsychological testing and imaging them at the FMRIB Centre in Oxford.

Having simultaneously completed my DPhil on life-long measures of stress and brain changes in participants at the Whitehall II Imaging Sub-study, I now work in the Neurobiology of Ageing team as postdoctoral researcher on the Horizon 2020 funded Lifebrain project, which combines 11 imaging cohorts from 7 European countries to understand the societal challenges to healthy brain ageing.

As an advanced MRI scanner operator, I provide cover out of hours at the WIN.

Key publications

Association of midlife stroke risk with structural brain integrity and memory performance at older ages: a longitudinal cohort study.
Journal article

Zsoldos E. et al, (2020), Brain Commun, 2
Allostatic load as a predictor of grey matter volume and white matter integrity in old age: The Whitehall II MRI study.
Journal article

Zsoldos E. et al, (2018), Sci Rep, 8
Aging and Psychological Stress
Chapter

Zsoldos E. and Ebmeier KP., (2016), Stress Concepts, Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, 1
A mindful approach to the year: will your brain thank you for it?
Internet publication

Zsoldos E., (2018)
Study protocol: The Whitehall II imaging sub-study.
Journal article

Filippini N. et al, (2014), BMC Psychiatry, 14
Occupational stress, bullying and resilience in old age.
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Zsoldos E. et al, (2014), Maturitas, 78, 86 - 90

Recent publications

Prediction of brain age and cognitive age: Quantifying brain and cognitive maintenance in aging.
Journal article

Anatürk M. et al, (2020), Hum Brain Mapp
Association of trajectories of depressive symptoms with vascular risk, cognitive function and adverse brain outcomes: The Whitehall II MRI sub-study.
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Demnitz N. et al, (2020), J Psychiatr Res, 131, 85 - 93
Associations between arterial stiffening and brain structure, perfusion, and cognition in the Whitehall II Imaging Sub-study: A retrospective cohort study.
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Suri S. et al, (2020), PLoS Med, 17
Poor Self-Reported Sleep is Related to Regional Cortical Thinning in Aging but not Memory Decline-Results From the Lifebrain Consortium.
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Fjell AM. et al, (2020), Cereb Cortex
Multimodal brain-age prediction and cardiovascular risk: The Whitehall II MRI sub-study.
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de Lange A-MG. et al, (2020), Neuroimage, 222

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