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EMAIL shafiqur.rahman@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Department
  • MRC Biostatistics Unit
    • School
  • Clinical Medicine
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    Research Theme Lifelong Brain Development and Brain Ageing Beyond the Neuron

    Other Interdiciplinary Incentives

  • Neuroscience

    • Research Focus

    Keywords

  • Ageing

    • Clinical Conditions

  • Alzheimer's disease

    • Equipment & Techniques

  • Cross-sectional and cohort studies

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    Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman

    (he/him/his)
    University Position
    Research Associate

    Interests

    I am a molecular epidemiologist interested in understanding the biological basis of cognitive aging and neurodegenerative diseases. My current work focuses on exploring cognitive variation in the general population and delineating the mechanisms underlying cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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    • Key Publications

    Dynamics of cognitive variability with age and its genetic underpinning in NIHR BioResource Genes and Cognition cohort participants

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02960-5
    Journal: Nature Medicine
    Year: 2024
    Authors: Md Shafiqur Rahman, Emma Harrison, Heather Biggs, Chloe Seikus, Paul Elliott, Gerome Breen, Nathalie Kingston, John R. Bradley, Steven M. Hill, Brian D. M. Tom & Patrick F. Chinnery

    Overrepresentation of APOE ε4 carriers in genome-wide association studies of memory function and memory decline

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13824
    Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia
    Year: 2024
    Authors: Md Shafiqur Rahman

    Genome-wide association study identifies RNF123 locus as associated with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219624
    Journal: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Md Shafiqur Rahman, Bendik S Winsvold, Sergio O Chavez Chavez, Sigrid Børte, Yakov A Tsepilov, Sodbo Zh Sharapov, HUNT All-In Pain, Yurii S Aulchenko, Knut Hagen, Egil A Fors, Kristian Hveem, John Anker Zwart, Joyce B van Meurs, Maxim B Freidin, Frances Mk Williams

    The serotonin transporter promoter variant (5-HTTLPR) and childhood adversity are associated with the personality trait openness to experience

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.071
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Year: 2017
    Authors: Md Shafiqur Rahman, Peter Guban, Mei Wang, Philippe A. Melas, Yvonne Forsell, Catharina Lavebratt

    Cardiorespiratory fitness and response to exercise treatment in depression

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.45
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry Open
    Year: 2018
    Authors: Md Shafiqur Rahman, Björg Helgadóttir, Mats Hallgren, Yvonne Forsell, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort and Örjan Ekblom

    Publications