I am an associate professor at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham and a Principal Investigator at the Center for Human Brain Health.
The aim of my research is to investigate, from a neurobiological perspective, why certain individuals are more vulnerable than others to developing disorders such as postoperative delirium, chronic pain, and dementia.
Latest news:
New book chapter out :
The relationship between evoked and induced EEG/MEG changes: Going beyond labels" appearing in The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency. Oxford University Press. Preprint
Current projects
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Assessment of Chronic Opioid Risk using Neurobiology (ACORN)
Role: Chief investigator
The ACORN study aims to recruit patients undergoing major surgery to identify those at risk of persistent post-operative pain and prolonged opioid painkiller use. This includes analyses of EEG, cognitive profiles, and blood samples, bringing together experts across psychology, neuroscience, perioperative medicine, omics and AI.
ACORN is funded through the $50 million Wellcome Leap programme, Untangling Addiction. It is part of a wider portfolio of projects seeking new avenues of quantifying addiction risk and developing novel treatments.
Click here to learn more about the ACORN study, or the Untangling Addiction programme.
REsilience Breakthroughs in Older people UNdergoing cancer proceDures (REBOUND)
Role: Principal Investigator of Cognition Work Stream
The REBOUND project aims to identify markers of dynamic resilience in prior to a stress event, with the aim of predicting who is more likely to deteriorate or return to good health post-major surgery.
Measures are combined to predict who is more likely to experience post-operative delirium.
REBOUND is jointly funded between the Wellcome trust and the Temasek trust through the $60 million Dynamic Resilience programme. The programme aims to discover markers of resilience to physical and psychological stress events, and develop preventative interventions to improve resilience and frailty prior to predictable stress events e.g. elective and cancer surgery
Click here to read more about REBOUND.
Partner organisations
Recent Publications
Markiewicz, R., Segaert, K., & Mazaheri, A. (2024). Brain-to-brain coupling forecasts future joint action outcomes. iScience, 27(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110802
Millard, S. K., Speis, D. B., Skippen, P., Chiang, A. K. I., Chang, W.-J., Lin, A. J., Furman, A. J., Mazaheri, A., Seminowicz, D. A., & Schabrun, S. M. (2024). Can non-invasive brain stimulation modulate peak alpha frequency in the human brain? A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Neuroscience, 60(3), 4182–4200. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16424
Mazaheri, A., Furman, A. J., & Seminowicz, D. A. (2024). Fear and pain slow the brain. PAIN, 165(5), 963. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003099