Heidi Johansen-Berg
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Heidi Johansen-Berg | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 51–52) Liverpool |
| Education | DPhil, Oxford University |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Spouse | Matthew Rushworth |
| Awards | OHBM Young Investigator Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive neuroscience |
| Institutions | Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford University |
| Thesis | Reorganisation and modulation of the human sensorimotor system: implications for recovery of motor function after stroke (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Matthews |
| Website | www |
Heidi Johansen-Berg FRS is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University of Oxford. She studies brain plasticity in the context of stroke rehabilitation and aging.[1]
Johansen-Berg went to Waseley Hills High School in Rubery, Birmingham. She later received an undergraduate degree in experimental psychology and philosophy from St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford, where she is now a fellow. She then stayed at Oxford to complete a 4-year DPhil in Neuroscience funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Personal life
Heidi Johansen-Berg was born in Liverpool UK in 1974 from parents John and Joan Johansen-Berg. She has 2 brothers - Mark and Jake Johansen-Berg, and is married to Matthew Rushworth with whom they have two daughters.
