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karla@fmrib.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0) 1865 610471


Eugenie La Grange
eugenie.lagrange@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

Pronouns: she/her

Karla Miller

Director of the Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN)

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
  • Associate Head for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Oxford Medical Sciences Division

I am the Director of the Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN). OxCIN is the successor to WIN, a multi-disciplinary neuroimaging research facility. We develop and deploy neuroimaging and related technologies to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. I also lead the MRI Physics Group at OxCIN, which is a collection of PIs with shared interest in methods for acquiring, reconstructing, and analysing magnetic resonance imaging/spectroscopy data.

My research group is helping to advance the state of the art in MRI through improvements in signal sensitivity and specificity. We are developing methods to measure aspects of tissue microstructure that are central to neuronal health and disease. We are improving our understanding of MRI data in living subjects through scans of post-mortem brains in combination with light microscopy in the same tissue. We are developing the next generation of diffusion and functional MRI acquisition techniques for studying brain connectivity, by taking advantage of ultra-high field scanners and sophisticated signal processing. Finally, we are developing biophysically principled methods for data "harmonisation" to enable the translation of large-scale studies like UK Biobank into smaller-scale neuroimaging studies and clinical settings.

These methods will enable neuroscientists to study the brain with greater precision. My group is actively involved in collaborations with neuroscience colleagues in Oxford and elsewhere to study neuronal health and disease.

Finally, I am passionate about diversity & inclusion in academia, and the need to improve research culture. I lead EDI for Oxford's Medical Sciences Division.

DPhil Projects

I have regular DPhil opportunities for candidates with a background in physics, engineering or neuroscience. Projects will usually be designed collaboratively with the candidate. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss possible projects, including an up-to-date CV.

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