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Department of Psychology
P-217 Biological Sciences Bldg
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2E9

rdixon@ualberta.ca

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© 2009 Roger Dixon

Biographical Background

My academic appointment is as Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging, and Professor of Psychology, at the University of Alberta.  I conducted my graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Penn State. My previous professional positions have been as Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, Germany, and as Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria, Canada. I have had visiting appointments at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto, CA) and at Äldrecentrum, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden). I recently completed a term as President of Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association. One current professional activity is as a member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientific review board. We meet three times a year and review NIH grant proposals in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, cognitive aging, cognitive development, and cognitive science.

Research and Opportunities

Most of my research is conducted within the broad context of the Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS), a long-term and large-scale investigation of biomedical, health, cognitive, and neurocognitive aspects of human aging. The VLS has two active data collection laboratories: the headquarters lab at the University of Alberta and the lab at the University of Victoria. I am the Principal Investigator of the grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) that funds this ongoing longitudinal project. Follow the link to the VLS website to find further information about the background, scope, design, activities, staff, students, and other characteristics of the project. The VLS provides many opportunities for students (undergraduate, graduate) and postdoctoral associates to pursue a wide range of clinical and theoretical research topics on aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia.

My research has benefited from a variety of collaborators and students. For a chronological list of Recent and Current Publications follow this link. For a very selected publication list sorted into seven categories, please see the link Selected Publications by Research Theme. Finally, a separate page includes sample titles of Theses written by recent graduate students.

Insights, Contexts, and Links

Alberta Cognitive Neuroscience

Canada Research Chairs Program

University of Alberta

Edmonton, capital city of Alberta

Jasper, Alberta

Photo Collection (click to see a few local photos)

Photos on This Page: The three photos merged into the banner at the top of this webpage are (from left to right) (a) Edmonton downtown skyline as viewed from across the river valley, (b) Autumn scene from the vast forests in the Edmonton river valley, and (c) Spirit Island, in Maligne Lake, of the Alberta Rockies, near Jasper.

The two photos below are of the Biological Sciences Building (home of the Psychology Department), taken from across the river.