Department of Medicine III (Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Position: PHD Student
T +43 1 6601362964
kanji.cho@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Aging; Connectome
Research group(s)
- Substrate Metabolism
Members:
Research interests
My main research interest is to understand how ageing, metabolic health, and lifestyle factors influence brain structure and function. In particular, I focus on the role of regular physical exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness in promoting healthy brain ageing and potentially reducing vulnerability to cognitive decline. My current research investigates longitudinal brain changes in older adults using multimodal neuroimaging, with special interest in white matter microstructure, brain-age prediction, cortical and subcortical morphology, and their associations with cognitive performance and metabolic markers. By integrating neuroimaging, cognitive, metabolic, and fitness-related data, my research aims to contribute to a better understanding of individual differences in brain ageing and to support the development of preventive strategies for maintaining brain health in later life.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
My research uses multimodal magnetic resonance imaging to investigate structural, microstructural, functional, and metabolic brain changes in older adults. The main imaging methods include structural T1-weighted MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging, resting-state functional MRI, and psASL. Image processing is performed using established neuroimaging software packages, including FreeSurfer for cortical and subcortical morphometry, FSL and MRtrix3 for diffusion MRI preprocessing and tensor-based analyses, DIPY for free-water modelling, and CONN toolbox for functional MRI analysis.