Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Senior Research Fellow
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg FRS FMedSci is Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives) at the University of Oxford and Associate Head (Research and Innovation) in the Medical Sciences Division.
Heidi also is a Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and member of the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN). Heidi’s research group investigates plasticity and recovery in the sensorimotor system, with particular focus on white matter plasticity and activity-dependent myelination. Her research focuses on how the brain changes with learning, experience, and damage. As well as shedding light on how the healthy brain responds to change, her work also has implications for understanding and treating disease.
Heidi gave a talk about her research (aimed at a non-specialist audience) at the St Edmund Hall Research Expo, entitled ‘Watching the brain change’.
In it she discusses how the brain changes when we learn, get older, or recover from damage such as stroke. Heidi’s research uses brain imaging techniques such as MRI to assess changes in brain activity or brain structure. She then tries to use this information to design new interventions to improve healthy ageing or boost recovery from stroke.
Where next?
Centre for the Creative Brain
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
BA, MSc, DPhil, FRS, FMedSc
- Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Senior Research Fellow
- Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives)
- Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
- Governing Body Fellow
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Associate Head of Medical Sciences Division (Research)
heidi.johansen-berg@seh.ox.ac.uk