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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Paul M. Matthews is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Immunology.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Several recent publications showcase the scope and focus of their work. These include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank" (2022), published in Nature
  • "The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Single-Nucleus RNA-Seq Is Not Suitable for Detection of Microglial Activation Genes in Humans" (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • "Neurofilaments: neurobiological foundations for biomarker applications" (2020), published in Brain
  • "Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect" (2021), published in Nature Genetics

Paul M. Matthews frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Wenjia Bai
  • Paul Elliott
  • Nurun Fancy
  • Johanna Jackson
  • Abbas Dehghan

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications across various journals and platforms. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics

Paul M. Matthews has been recognized with memberships and fellowships, including being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2015 and a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Advances in functional and structural MR image analysis and implementation as FSL.

    S M Smith;M Jenkinson;M W Woolrich;M W Woolrich;C F Beckmann

  • UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age

    Cathie Sudlow;John Edward Gallacher;Naomi Allen;Valerie Beral

  • Tract-based spatial statistics: voxelwise analysis of multi-subject diffusion data.

    S M Smith;M Jenkinson;H Johansen-Berg;D Rueckert

  • Characterization and propagation of uncertainty in diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

    Timothy E.J. Behrens;M. W. Woolrich;Mi Jenkinson;H. Johansen-Berg

  • Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

    T E J Behrens;H Johansen-Berg;M W Woolrich;M W Woolrich;S M Smith

  • Accurate, Robust, and Automated Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Brain Change Analysis

    Stephen M. Smith;Yongyue Zhang;Mark Jenkinson;Jacqueline Chen

  • SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank

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  • Multimodal population brain imaging in the UK Biobank prospective epidemiological study

    Karla L Miller;Fidel Alfaro-Almagro;Neal K Bangerter;David L Thomas

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE-epsilon4 allele.

    Nicola Filippini;Bradley J. MacIntosh;Morgan G. Hough;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank.

    Fidel Alfaro-Almagro;Mark Jenkinson;Neal K. Bangerter;Jesper L. R. Andersson

  • Oxygenation dependence of the transverse relaxation time of water protons in whole blood at high field

    Keith R. Thulborn;John C. Waterton;Paul M. Matthews;George K. Radda

  • fMRI resting state networks define distinct modes of long-distance interactions in the human brain.

    M De Luca;C F Beckmann;N De Stefano;P M Matthews

  • Scanning the horizon: towards transparent and reproducible neuroimaging research

    Russell A. Poldrack;Chris I. Baker;Joke Durnez;Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski

  • Dissociating pain from its anticipation in the human brain.

    A Ploghaus;I Tracey;J S Gati;S Clare

  • Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study.

    Aravinthan Varatharaj;Aravinthan Varatharaj;Naomi Thomas;Mark A Ellul;Mark A Ellul;Mark A Ellul;Nicholas W S Davies

  • Polarity-sensitive modulation of cortical neurotransmitters by transcranial stimulation.

    C J Stagg;J G Best;M C Stephenson;J O'Shea

  • Exacerbation of Pain by Anxiety Is Associated with Activity in a Hippocampal Network

    A Ploghaus;C Narain;C F Beckmann;S Clare

  • Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

    Philip L De Jager;Philip L De Jager;Xiaoming Jia;Joanne Wang;Paul I W de Bakker

  • Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE e4 allele

    N Filippini;BJ MacIntosh;MG Hough;GM Goodwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi Johansen-Berg
Heidi Johansen-Berg University of Oxford
Stephen M. Smith
Stephen M. Smith University of Oxford
Douglas L. Arnold
Douglas L. Arnold Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Roger N. Gunn
Roger N. Gunn Imperial College London
Eugenii A. Rabiner
Eugenii A. Rabiner King's College London
Thomas E. Nichols
Thomas E. Nichols University of Oxford
Olga Ciccarelli
Olga Ciccarelli University College London
Peter Jezzard
Peter Jezzard University of Oxford
Christian F. Beckmann
Christian F. Beckmann Radboud University

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