Personal statement
Research interests: Mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal cognitive ageing. Cognitive and behavioural changes in neurodegenerative diseases, with emphasis on Alzheimer’s Disease. The investigation of functional brain changes (fMRI, EEG, ERP, Brain Connectivity) in the course of dementing illnesses and other brain disorders. Development of cognitive tests for the early detection of dementia with emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease. Development of technology-based intervention procedures to enhance functions of everyday life in older people who are experiencing cognitive decline. I also have an interest in the biopsychosocial mechanisms of abnormal behaviours (e.g., violence) in the context of social conflicts.
Biography: I graduated as a Medical Doctor in 1993 and as a Clinical Neurophysiologist in 1997. I worked at the Cuban Neuroscience Centre and at different University Hospitals in Cuba and in Colombia. During my clinical work I focused on neuropsychological and neurophysiological aspects of dementia syndromes and other neurological disorders. I taught neuroscience related subjects in the field of medicine and psychology. My motivation for teaching and research led me to a major career change into academia. This started with my PhD in 2005 at the University of Edinburgh and continued with three Postdoctoral Fellowships and a position as a Clinical Studies Officer within the NHS Scotland. I was as an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh from 2015 until 2018. I am currently a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Professional activities
- Alignments in functional connectivity networks
- Contributor
- 8/11/2022
- Advanced Online & Onsite Course & Symposium on Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience
- Participant
- 18/9/2022
- Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Intervention of Dementia
- Speaker
- 11/8/2022
- National and International Congress Neurosciences and Neuropsychology: Rehabilitation + Technology
- Organiser
- 11/8/2022
- Alzheimer's Association International Conference
- Participant
- 3/8/2022
- Alzheimer's Association International Conference
- Speaker
- 3/8/2022
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Projects
- Confidentiality Agreement for EuroLAD-EEG: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE and UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA SAN PABLO, AREQUIPA Laboratorio de Neurociencias
- Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 10-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Confidentiality Agreement for EuroLAD-EEG: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE and LABORATORY OF NEUROCOGNITION AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY SURCOLOMBIANA
- Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 29-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Agent-based Memory Prosthesis to Encourage Reminiscing (AMPER)
- Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2026
- Confidentiality Agreement for EuroLAD-EEG: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE and THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE, OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
- Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 23-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Confidentiality Agreement for EuroLAD-EEG: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE and NEUROSCIENCE GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA
- Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 22-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Psychometric validation of the DoFEL. Functional assessment of elderly and patients with cognitive impairment.
- Campbell, Irina (Principal Investigator) Calia, Clara (Principal Investigator) Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Principal Investigator)
- 14-Jan-2022
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