Joaquim Radua is a Spanish

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

and developer of methods for

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

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 (; Spanish: ; ; UAB) is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. , the university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, lif ...

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

Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

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

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

. He 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-analysis studies assessing differences in brain activity or structure via 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 the ''Imaging of Mood- and Anxiety-Related Disorders'' group at IDIBAPS–Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and is a full professor at the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

. Beyond research, he teaches psychiatry in the Degree in Medicine program as well as several postgraduate courses in statistics and neuroimaging.

Positions of trust/research assessments

He is on the editorial board of a range of international scientific journals including frontiers in Psychiatry and

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

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)