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Contact information


klaus.ebmeier@psych.ox.ac.uk
klaus.ebmeier@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk


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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 Ethics Committee
  • Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

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:

UK Research and Innovation

European Union:

SPECT in Dementia (FP4)

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:

Neurobiology of Ageing