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Dr Karen Mullinger is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) jointly appointed between the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) and the University of Nottingham. She is an international authority on simultaneous EEG-fMRI, specialising in artefact characterisation, hardware optimisation and neurovascular coupling. Her current work extends to optically-pumped MEG, cerebral blood-flow imaging, mild traumatic brain injury and the influence of fitness on the ageing brain.
Research interests
- Simultaneous EEG-fMRI acquisition and artefact reduction
- Neurovascular coupling mechanisms
- Development of novel EEG/MEG hardware (optically pumped magnetometers)
- Cerebral blood-flow MRI (arterial transit time, ASL)
- Multimodal biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury
- Exercise and fitness interventions in cognitive ageing
- Thalamo-cortical mechanisms of attention and sleep
Dr Mullinger leads or co-leads five major grants from UKRI, the US Army and the UK Ministry of Defence, supervises an active cohort of PhD students, and maintains a publication rate of ~6 peer-reviewed articles per year in leading neuroimaging journals. Her research is highly collaborative, involving centres across the UK, Europe and North America.
