Contact information
klaus.ebmeier@psych.ox.ac.uk
klaus.ebmeier@linacre.ox.ac.uk
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Open Researcher and Contributor ID
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX
Research projects
European Commission
Healthy Minds from 0-100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts ("Lifebrain"); 2017-2022; Co-applicant with Kristine B. Walhovd, University of Oslo [N, S, GB, D, E, DK, CH]
Medical Research Council (UK):
(1) Predicting MRI abnormalities with longitudinal data of the Whitehall II Substudy; 2012-17; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03335696; PI - co-applicants: Geddes, Kivimäki, Mackay, Singh-Manoux, Smith.
(2) Adult Determinants of Late Life Depression, Cognitive Decline and Physical Functioning - The Whitehall II Ageing Study; 2013-18; Co-applicant with Kivimäki et al., UCL
Klaus Ebmeier
Foundation Chair of Old Age Psychiatry
- Chair Medical Sciences Interdivisional Research Committee
- Emeritus Fellow Linacre College
Linacre College
Public Engagement
Forty Years Whitehall II Study 16/05/2025: To celebrate the anniversary of the WH-II Study, also known as the Stress and Health Study, we contributed to a morning of talks at UCL in Bloomsbury. Here are some pictures and materials.
WH-II Study 40th Anniversary 16/05/2025: and here is a link to the recording of the Meeting.
PsyPost 03/2025: Diet quality and abdominal fat in midlife are linked to brain health in older age
Science Media Centre (Germany) 02/2025: Verschreibung von Antidepressiva bei Demenz
Science Media Centre (Germany) 07/2024: Prävention von 14 Risikofaktoren könnte Demenzfälle verhindern
Science Media Centre (UK) 07/2024: Expert reaction to 2024 Lancet Commission report on dementia prevention, intervention, and care.
Oxford Café Scientifique 09/2023: Does 'self-improvement' really help stop dementia?
Notre temps 08/2023: Démence: une étude détermine 11 facteurs de risque majeurs, quels sont-ils?
Focus Online 08/2023: Mit dieser Oxford-Tabelle können Sie Ihr Demenz-Risiko berechnen
University of Oxford 08/2023: New dementia risk score helps identify people at risk over next 14 years
University of Oxford 07/2022: Genetic study provides evidence that alcohol accelerates biological aging
Research Funding:
European Union:
Diagnostic Molecular Imaging (FP6)
Lifebrain Horizon 2020 (doi:10.3030/732592)
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST:
Research into Ageing and Dementia 2012-2025
Gordon Small CHARITABLE TRUST:
Research into Psychiatry of Ageing 2006-2025
Team Website:
Key publications
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Associations of aortic and carotid artery health with cerebrovascular markers and cognition in older adults from the Whitehall II imaging study.
Journal article
Hobden G. et al, (2025), BMC Med, 23
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Automated quality control of T1-weighted brain MRI scans for clinical research: methods comparison and design of a quality prediction classifier
Journal article
Bhalerao GV. et al, (2025), Imaging Neuroscience
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The lifetime accumulation of multimorbidity and its influence on dementia risk: a UK Biobank Study
Journal article
Patel R. et al, (2025), Brain Communications
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No significant association between self-reported physical activity and brain volumes in women and men from five European cohorts.
Journal article
Demnitz N. et al, (2025), Sci Rep, 15
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Association of Diet and Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Brain Connectivity and Memory in Aging.
Journal article
Jensen DEA. et al, (2025), JAMA Netw Open, 8
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Opioid use disorder and brain health: observational and genetic associations.
Preprint
Javidnia S. et al, (2024)
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Brain change trajectories in healthy adults correlate with Alzheimer's related genetic variation and memory decline across life.
Journal article
Roe JM. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15
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Association between cannabis use and brain structure and function: an observational and Mendelian randomisation study.
Journal article
Ishrat S. et al, (2024), BMJ Ment Health, 27