My background is highly interdisciplinary, covering physics, engineering, computer science, biomedical science, data analytics, psychology and neuroscience. I’ve worked in universities, hospitals and in industry, both here in Australia, as well as in the USA and in Germany.

In the field of human brain imaging, I was one of the early researchers in the field to apply multivariate analyses and machine learning techniques to study functional connectivity in the human brain (e.g. Shaw et al., 2002; Harrison et al., 2005; 2006a; 2006b). 

Some of my recent work has used longitudinal analysis to investigate how risk factors are related to brain ageing, based on MRI scans. 

Recently published work identified important differences in how the risk associated with body mass index (BMI) changes from midlife to later life (https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2017254). The results suggest that it's particularly important for older adults to remain physically active to keep their muscles strong and maintain a stable BMI.