Contact information
Collaborators
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Sarah Bauermeister
Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology
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John Gallacher
Professor of Cognitive Health; Director, Dementias Platform UK; Director, BrainWaves study of adolescent wellbeing and mental health
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Benjamin Tari
Postdoctoral Research Analyst Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)
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Simeen Tabassi Morfrad
Research Fellow
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Morgane Kuenzi
Postdoctoral Researcher Blossom Early Adversity & Brain Health Programme, Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)
Chris Patrick Pflanz
BSc MSc DPhil AFHEA
Postdoctoral Research Assistant Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)
Neuroscientist specialized in data science
Patrick is a post-doctoral neuroscientist working on data analysis and data curation. He is part of the Dementias Platform UK team in Oxford. He is involved in the C-SURV data curation implementation and development for Dementias Platform UK and machine learning projects. He works on the automatization of data curation and the development of metadata tools. Patrick also conducts research as part of the Early Adversity and Dementia research programme.
Before joining the Dementias Platform UK team, Patrick did a post-doc in clinical neuroscience and neuroimage analysis at the stroke research group, at the University of Cambridge. He earned his PhD in clinical neuroscience from the Welcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford. During his PhD. Patrick investigated diffusion tensor imaging as a biomarker in presymptomatic Huntington’s and early Parkinson’s disease. Patrick has also taught neuroscience at the Open University and the University of Oxford. He holds an MSc in interdisciplinary neuroscience from the University of Frankfurt and a BSc in neuroscience from the University of Cologne.
Recent publications
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A Psychometric Evaluation of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in the ELSA Cohort Using Item Response Theory
Preprint
Pflanz CP. et al, (2025)
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Adapting the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Neuroticism Scale for Use in Epidemiologic Studies: A Psychometric Evaluation Using Item Response Theory in the UK Biobank
Preprint
Pflanz CP. et al, (2024)
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Distress and neuroticism as mediators of the effect of childhood and adulthood adversity on cognitive performance in the UK Biobank study.
Journal article
Pflanz CP. et al, (2024), Sci Rep, 14
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A psychometric evaluation of the 16-item PHQ-ADS concomitant anxiety and depression scale in the UK biobank using item response theory.
Journal article
Pflanz CP. et al, (2023), J Affect Disord, 347, 335 - 344
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Distress and neuroticism as mediators of the effect of childhood and adulthood adversity on cognitive performance in the UK Biobank study
Preprint
Pflanz CP. et al, (2023)
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Education is power: preserving cognition in the UK biobank.
Journal article
Tari B. et al, (2023), Front Public Health, 11
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Subthalamic nucleus shows opposite functional connectivity pattern in Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.
Journal article
Evangelisti S. et al, (2023), Brain Commun, 5
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Reproducibility of Regional Structural and Functional MRI Networks in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Compared to Age Matched and Stroke-Free Controls
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Tozer D. et al, (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal
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Association of Blood Pressure Lowering Intensity With White Matter Network Integrity in Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.
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Pflanz CP. et al, (2022), Neurology
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Central obesity is selectively associated with cerebral gray matter atrophy in 15,634 subjects in the UK Biobank
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Pflanz C-P. et al, (2022), International Journal of Obesity, 46, 1059 - 1067