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Prof. Masud Husain is a Professor of Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow at New College. He co-leads the Dementia Theme at the Oxford Health NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and is Editor-in-Chief of Brain. His research focuses on memory, motivation, and decision-making in healthy individuals and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and vascular dementia. He has held a Wellcome Trust Principal Fellowship (2013-23) and previously served at UCL and Imperial College London.
- Education: MBChB, DPhil (Oxford); Harkness Fellowship (MIT).
- Roles: Consultant Neurologist, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, Deputy Director of UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Research Interests: Cognitive mechanisms of attention, working memory, and motivated decision-making. Studies employ neuroimaging and clinical assessments in patient populations and healthy cohorts.
Recent work emphasizes vascular health's impact on brain aging, apathy in neurodegenerative diseases, and computational models of decision-making under uncertainty. Collaborations include the Cognitive Disorders Clinic at John Radcliffe Hospital and the West Wing Neurology Unit.
- Awards: Graham Bull Prize (RCP), Elizabeth Warrington Prize (BNS), Fellowships in Academy of Medical Sciences, American/European Academies of Neurology.
Grants & Teams: Wellcome Trust funding, NIHR Oxford Health BRC support. Leads Dementia Research Oxford and the Cognitive Neurology Research Group. Active in clinical trials and translational research.
Labs & Collaborations: Experimental Psychology Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, and international networks in cognitive neuroscience.
