Biography & Research:
Roger A. Dixon (University of Alberta) is Professor of Psychology (Faculty of Science), Director of the Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS), and member of the Alberta Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute. He has held previous appointments at Max Planck Institute (Berlin) and University of Victoria (Canada), as well as several international guest positions. He is active in the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (eg. Biomarkers Team Co-Lead; Research Executive Committee). He has also served as the PI and Director of the NIH-funded Victoria Longitudinal Study, a long-term (>25 years), large-scale, multi-cohort, multi-wave investigation of the epidemiological dynamics of brain and cognitive aging, including pathways toward and away from dementia. His recent recognitions include (1) Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cognitive Aging; (2) Baltes Award for Distinguished Career Research in Aging (from the American Psychological Association), and (3) two consecutive five-year terms as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT Award recipient. His areas of research interest are listed elsewhere on this page.