Joaquim Radua is a Spanish

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and developer of methods for

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neuroimaging Neuroimaging is the use of quantitative (computational) techniques to study the structure and function of the central nervous system, developed as an objective way of scientifically studying the healthy human brain in a non-invasive manner. Incre ...

studies. He has been named as one of the most cited researchers in Psychiatry / Psychology.

Education

Joaquim Radua studied Medicine as well as Statistics at the

Autonomous University of Barcelona The Autonomous University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; , es, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB), is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. ...

and graduated in 2003 and 2010 respectively. He did his residency training at the Hospital Universitari of Bellvitge (Barcelona) and became a specialist in

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in 2008. He subsequently received his PhD in biostatistics of brain imaging at

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and conducted a Río Hortega Research Training Program in 2013. He also conducted a postdoctoral stay at

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Career

Research focus/interests

He has developed several meta-analytic and neuroimaging methods. MetaNSUE and

Seed-based d mapping Seed-based d mapping (formerly Signed differential mapping) or SDM is a statistical technique created by Joaquim Radua for meta-analyzing studies on differences in brain activity or structure which used neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI, VBM, ...

(formerly Signed Differential Mapping, SDM) methods must be highlighted for their applicability and becoming software most used by the scientific community at the present time. He also conducts studies on evidence-based personalized medicine, specially focusing on clinical prediction (e.g. assessing the risk of recurrence for each individual) based on available clinical and biological.

Awards

Radua has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by

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, ranking among top 1% of researchers for most cited documents in Psychiatry / Psychology.

Present appointments

Dr. Joaquim Radua leads a research team at FIDMAG (Barcelona), and he is a visiting / associated researcher at

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and way ...

(King's College London) and

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. At the academic level he teaches and coordinates several postgraduate courses in statistics and neuroimaging, including the direction of a course in advanced neuroimaging techniques in Spanish.

Positions of trust/research assessments

He is on the editorial board of a range of international scientific journals including

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and

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, and regularly reviews articles for many others. He is the current president of the

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Publications

Radua has published more than 100 articles His

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is 59 and has over 5386 citations (

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). Selected publications: *'' Voxel-wise meta-analysis of grey matter changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder ''. *'' Meta-analytical comparison of voxel-based morphometry studies in obsessive-compulsive disorder vs other anxiety disorders ''. *'' Gray matter volume abnormalities in ADHD: voxel-based meta-analysis exploring the effects of age and stimulant medication ''. *'' Meta-analysis of

functional magnetic resonance imaging Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled. When an area o ...

studies of inhibition and attention in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: exploring task-specific, stimulant medication, and age effects ''. *''Effects of stimulants on brain function in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis''. *''Fractionating theory of mind: a meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies''. *''Ventral striatal activation during reward processing in psychosis: a neurofunctional meta-analysis''. *''Neural signatures of human fear conditioning: an updated and extended meta-analysis of fMRI studies''.

References

External links

“Joaquim Radua personal website”“SDM Project”“MetaNSUE”“Spanish Neuroimaging Society”
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radua, Joaquim Alumni of King's College London Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni Living people Spanish psychiatrists Year of birth missing (living people)