Wei Wen

Associate Professor Wei Wen is a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist at UNSW Sydney, leading the NeuroImaging Lab (NiL) at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA). He bridges engineering and neuroscience to study brain aging and dementia, with a PhD in Engineering from the University of Sydney. His research focuses on computational neuroanatomy, multi-modal MRI techniques, and integrating imaging with clinical/genetic data. Dr. Wen oversees the Neuroimaging Group, collaborating on national platforms like Dementias Platform Australia. Key projects include ENIGMA Consortium studies on brain structure genetics (published in Nature/Science), development of AI tools for lesion detection, and longitudinal studies in the Sydney Memory and Ageing cohort. He holds grants as Chief Investigator for ARC Discovery and NHMRC projects, focusing on cerebrovascular disease biomarkers and imaging algorithms. His lab’s work spans 200+ peer-reviewed articles, emphasizing early dementia diagnosis through neuroimaging.

Research Themes: Connectome analysis, longitudinal brain atrophy, predictive modeling using multi-omics data, genetic influences on brain structures via twin studies, and algorithmic lesion detection.

Grants: 1 ARC Discovery Project and 3 NHMRC grants. Collaborations include international teams on brain imaging-genetics and clinical applications.

Labs/Teams: NeuroImaging Lab (NiL) at CHeBA, ENIGMA Consortium contributor, and Sydney Memory and Ageing Study lead.