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 Medicine
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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), Scientific Reports
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Longitudinal diet and waist-to-hip ratio associated with brain connectivity and memory in ageing - A Whitehall II Imaging cohort study
Journal article
Jensen DEA. et al, (2025), JAMA network open
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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 J. et al, (2024), Nature Communications
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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