BSc MSc PhD MIPEM
Honorary Professor
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- Email Address
- r.staff@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Nuclear Medicine ARI Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Roger Staff was born in London and studied physics at UEA. He moved to Aberdeen in 1988 and completed his PhD in medical physics in 1994. He has worked for the NHS since 1991 and currently leads the clinical physics imaging team at NHS-Grampian. His other interests include Intelligence and social mobility.
- Research
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Research Overview
(Since 1999) founding member of the Aberdeen 1921 & 1936 birth cohort study group with three critical responsibilities for (1) hypothesis generation and hypothesis testing; (2) brain imaging and image analysis; (3) Advance data modelling of complex databases; (Since 2003 with Taurx) the imaging the effects tau aggregation inhibition and the use of surrogate imaging measures in drug development; (Since 2008) the development of structural and temporal (fMRI) complexity measures for use in ageing and neurodegenerative disease; (Since 2012) The prognostic value of automated analysis of sequential retinal images in diabetic retinopathy. The use of external quality assurance programs in diabetic retinopathy.
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Screening participants’ attitudes to the introduction of artificial intelligence in breast screening
Journal of Medical Screening, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 221-222Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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IQ tests: are humans getting smarter?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE]
Imprinting methylation predicts hippocampal volumes and hyperintensities and the change with age in later life
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 943Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Concentration-Dependent Activity of Hydromethylthionine on Clinical Decline and Brain Atrophy in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 501-519Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Aspirin moderates the association between cardiovascular risk, brain white matter hyperintensity total lesion volume and processing speed in normal ageing
Maturitas, vol. 133, pp. 49-53Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Klotho gene polymorphism, brain structure and cognition in early-life development
Brain Imaging and Behavior, vol. 14, pp. 213-225Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Motion during Acquisition is Associated with fMRI Brain Entropy
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 586-593Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Concentration-Dependent Activity of Hydromethylthionine on Cognitive Decline and Brain Atrophy in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 931-946Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Cortical Thickness and Surface Area Networks in Healthy Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease and Behavioral Variant Fronto-Temporal Dementia
International Journal of Neural Systems, vol. 29, no. 6, 1850055Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Does problem-solving really protect against cognitive decline in old age?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE]