Jonathan Attwood

Jonathan Attwood is an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow and Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow at Oxford Medical School, University of Oxford. He serves as a Medical Tutor at Harris Manchester College and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK, with affiliations to St Hugh's College and Brasenose College through the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN).

His educational background:

• Medical degree from Oxford Medical School (2017)
• Exchange clerkship in neurology at Harvard Medical School
• Neurosurgery placement at UCSF

His research integrates epidemiological, neuropsychological, and neuropathological methods to investigate the lifelong consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly its links to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. He examines how brain injuries lead to long-term physical and mental health issues, neural recovery mechanisms, and protein misfolding pathways causing dementia. His parallel work in art and neuroscience explores cognitive processes through museum-based experiments, revealing how artistic contexts illuminate brain function.

His publication portfolio demonstrates a multidisciplinary trajectory spanning clinical sports neurology, TBI-dementia pathology, historical neurosurgery analysis, and cognitive perception studies. Recurring themes include longitudinal TBI outcomes, neurovascular hypotheses in neurodegeneration, and methodological innovations in real-world cognitive assessment.

His scientific recognition includes:

• MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship
• NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship
• Teaching Excellence Award
• Tutor of the Term Award

Attwood co-supervises student research projects and directs concussion education initiatives for healthcare students and athletes through the Concussion Legacy Foundation. His work is funded by competitive national fellowships supporting his DPhil in clinical neuroscience. He maintains active roles in the Oxford Traumatic Brain Injury Research Group and Neurodegeneration and Inflammation Research Group under the mentorship of Professors Gabriele De Luca, Edward de Haan, and Margaret Esiri.