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ProfessorPsychology ScienceUniversity of Alberta

Roger Dixon

Professor

Psychology Science

Faculty of Science

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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39 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 NSERC), most recently in 2009.

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266

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13,409

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190

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Research

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Dementia Diagnosis Prevention Biomarkers Brain Imaging Cognition Edi Indigenous Cognitive Health

Latest papers

Peripheral cytochrome P450-soluble epoxide hydrolase oxylipins and Alzheimer’s disease progression
Translational Psychiatry · 2026
Detecting dynamic pathways and risk indicators of resilience, vulnerability and stability in normally aging females and males: Integrating data-driven longitudinal and machine learning analyses.
Neurobiology of aging · 2026 · senior author
Regional free-water diffusion is more strongly related to neuroinflammation than neurodegeneration
Journal of Neurology · 2025

All 266 publications

Latest funding

Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$592,875
Prize - 202109PJT - Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$50,000
TACKLing the challenges of PREsymptomatic sporadic Dementia – The TACKL-PRED Study
BRAIN · 2021 · Co-investigator
$320,198

All 9 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 266 publications.

Peripheral cytochrome P450-soluble epoxide hydrolase oxylipins and Alzheimer’s disease progression

William Z. Lin, Si Won Ryoo, Natasha Z. Anita, Alexandra Magliocco, Myuri Ruthirakuran, Sofia Perfetto, Celine H.L. Huang, Qing Shen, María Morán-Garrido, Joel Ramirez, Maged Goubran, Jennifer S. Rabin, Bradley John MacIntosh, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Angela Roberts, Malcolm Binns, Robert Bartha, Sean Symons, Allison A. Dilliott, Robert Alexander Hegele, Paula M. McLaughlin, Henrik Zetterberg, Richard H. Swartz, Mario Masellis, Sandra E. Black, Ameer Y. Taha, Walter Swardfager, the ONDRI Investigators, Sabrina Adamo, Rob Bartha, et al. (79 authors)

Translational Psychiatry2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-026-04363-1

Detecting dynamic pathways and risk indicators of resilience, vulnerability and stability in normally aging females and males: Integrating data-driven longitudinal and machine learning analyses.

Drouin SM, Potvin O, Fah H, Anstey KJ, Masellis M, Duchesne S, Dixon RA, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Neurobiology of aging2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.09.002 PMID: 42731569

Regional free-water diffusion is more strongly related to neuroinflammation than neurodegeneration

Sumra V, Hadian M, Dilliott AA, Farhan SMK, Frank AR, Lang AE, Roberts AC, Troyer A, Arnott SR, Marras C

Journal of Neurology202514 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00415-025-13201-1

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE ε4 in neurodegenerative diseases.

Lin WZ, Yu D, Xiong LY, Zebarth J, Wang R, Fischer CE, Rajji TK, Tang-Wai DF, Tartaglia C, Saposnik G, Swartz RH, Grimes DA, Lang AE, Hegele RA, Farhan S, Ramirez J, Symons S, Goubran M, Binns MA, Lou W, Dixon RA, Orange JB, Roberts AC, Troyer AK, Zetterberg H, Herrmann N, Rabin JS, MacIntosh BJ, Masellis M, Lanctôt KL, Black SE, Swardfager W, ONDRI Investigators

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz.14376 PMID: 39559926

Comparing machine learning classifier models in discriminating cognitively unimpaired older adults from three clinical cohorts in the Alzheimer's disease spectrum: demonstration analyses in the COMPASS-ND study.

Fah H, Bohn L, Greiner R, Dixon RA

Frontiers in aging neuroscience20255 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1542514 PMID: 40103927

White matter tract correlations with spoken language in cerebrovascular disease

Broberg DN, Haddad SMH, Aveni K, Havens A, McLaughlin PM, Binns MA, Orange JB, Arnott SR, Berezuk C, Casaubon LK

Brain Communications20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf145

The relation of eye movements to the occurrence of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.

Fernandez-Ruiz J, Riek HC, Brien DC, Coe BC, Grimes DA, Lang AE, Marras C, Masellis M, Swartz RH, Tan B, Binns MA, Arnott SR, ONDRI Investigators, Munoz DP

Brain communications20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf402 PMID: 41169272

Frailty in motion: Amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease cohorts display heterogeneity in multimorbidity classification and longitudinal transitions.

Bohn L, Zheng Y, McFall GP, Andrew MK, Dixon RA

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/13872877251319547 PMID: 40025710

Integrating polygenic risk scores, modifiable dementia risk factors, and sex as predictors of cohort membership in the Alzheimer’s and Lewy body disease spectra: A COMPASS‐ND Study

Sebastian Caballero, Shea J. Andrews, Jack H. Jhamandas, Richard M. Camicioli, Mario Masellis, Roger A. Dixon

Alzheimer s & Dementia2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz70861_108960 PMID: 41433863

Resting-state functional MRI derivatives: A dataset derived from the The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia Study

Natasha Clarke, Hao-Ting Wang, Désirée Lussier, Arnaud Boré, Loïc Tetrel, Camille Beaudoin, Samir Das, Randi Pilon, Alan Charles Evans, Howard Mark Chertkow, Roger A. Dixon, AmanPreet Badhwar, Simon Duchesne, Pierre Bellec

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.14.682410

Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Malykhin, Nikolai V

Keywords: Apolipoprotein E; Dentate Gyrus; Episodic Memory; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Healthy Aging; Hippocampal Subfields; Hippocampus

$592,875

Prize - 202109PJT - Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

Co-investigatorCIHR2021PRIZE - Project Grant - PA: Mid Career Investigator Prize in Research in Aging

Principal investigators: Malykhin, Nikolai V

Keywords: Apolipoprotein E; Dentate Gyrus; Episodic Memory; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Healthy Aging; Hippocampal Subfields; Hippocampus

$50,000

TACKLing the challenges of PREsymptomatic sporadic Dementia – The TACKL-PRED Study

Co-investigatorBRAIN2021EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

Principal investigators: Badhwar, AmanPreet; Masellis, Mario

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's

$320,198

Novel blood and neuroimaging markers of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Co-investigatorBRAIN20162015 MIRI Team Grants

Principal investigators: Smith, Eric; Stys, Peter

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's

$1,387,500

Discovery of biomarkers of alzheimer's disease using comprehensive and quantitative metabolomics

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Li, Liang

$198,500

Discovery of biomarkers of alzheimer's disease using comprehensive and quantitative metabolomics

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Li, Liang

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Analytical Chemistry; Disease Biomarkers; Isotope Labeling; Mass Spectrometry; Metabolite Identification; Metabolome Profiling; Metabolomics; Quantitive Analysis

$396,500

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dixon, Roger

Keywords: CRC

$1,200,000

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dixon, Roger

Keywords: CRC

$200,000

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dixon, Roger

Keywords: CRC

$201,230

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Roger Dixon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Peripheral cytochrome P450-soluble epoxide hydrolase oxylipins and Alzheimer’s disease progression

Detecting dynamic pathways and risk indicators of resilience, vulnerability and stability in normally aging females and males: Integrating data-driven longitudinal and machine learning analyses.

Regional free-water diffusion is more strongly related to neuroinflammation than neurodegeneration

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE &#x3b5;4 in neurodegenerative diseases.

Comparing machine learning classifier models in discriminating cognitively unimpaired older adults from three clinical cohorts in the Alzheimer's disease spectrum: demonstration analyses in the COMPASS-ND study.

White matter tract correlations with spoken language in cerebrovascular disease

The relation of eye movements to the occurrence of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.

Frailty in motion: Amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease cohorts display heterogeneity in multimorbidity classification and longitudinal transitions.

Integrating polygenic risk scores, modifiable dementia risk factors, and sex as predictors of cohort membership in the Alzheimer’s and Lewy body disease spectra: A COMPASS‐ND Study

Resting-state functional MRI derivatives: A dataset derived from the The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia Study

Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

Prize - 202109PJT - Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

TACKLing the challenges of PREsymptomatic sporadic Dementia – The TACKL-PRED Study

Novel blood and neuroimaging markers of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Discovery of biomarkers of alzheimer's disease using comprehensive and quantitative metabolomics

Discovery of biomarkers of alzheimer's disease using comprehensive and quantitative metabolomics

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

Frequent collaborators

Stuart MacDonald

Mario Masellis

Sandra Black

Michael Borrie

Richard Camicioli

Manuel Montero Odasso

Richard Swartz

Lune Bellec

J.B. Orange

Howard Chertkow

Joseph Orange

Malcolm Binns

Angela Roberts

Sali Farhan

Robert Bartha

Pierre Bellec

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Sandra Wiebe

Jack Jhamandas

Tarek Rajji

Simon Duchesne

Elizabeth Finger

Chris Hudson

Christopher Hudson

Lorne Zinman

Richard Hegele

Jiamin Zheng

Colleen Maxwell

R. Rylett

Joel Ramirez

Sean Symons

Morris Freedman

Thanh Dang-Vu

Leanne Casaubon

Thien Vu

Adriana Buzatto

I. Naglie

Daniel Kapustin

Carmela Tartaglia

Homocysteine, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and APOE ε4 in neurodegenerative diseases.