Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am a clinical neurophysiologist and cognitive neuroscientist. My main research interests are related to:
- Healthy ageing, frailty and its relationship to cognitive decline
- Electrophysiological markers of brain dysfunction
- Surrogate markers of cerebral small vessel disease
Research Projects/Collaborations
Current Research Projects
- Dynamics of sensorimotor integration and cognitive processing in the elderly.
- EEG changes associated with delirium after cardiac bypass.
- Parsing acute brain dysfunction through the assessment of EEG dynamics.
- Cerebral small vessel disease and retinal vasculature.
Ph.D. students interested in any of the following topics are welcome:
1- Dynamics of sensorimotor integration and cognitive processing in the elderly.
2- Neural basis of auditory disorders in older adults
3- Cerebral small vessel disease and retinal vasculature.
Internal Collaborators
- Dr Amanda Hall - Psychology Dep, LHS
- Dr Rebekka Heitmar - Optometry & Vision Science Dept, LHS
- Dr Antonio Fratini - Biomedical Engineering Dept, LHS
- Dr Manousos Klados - Biomedical Engineering Dept, LHS
External Collaborators
- Prof Daysi Garcia Agustin - Cuban Centre for Longevity, Ageing and Health Studies, Cuba
- Dr Yisel Rodriguez Aldana - Center for Neuroscience, Signal and Image Processing. University of Oriente, Cuba
- Dr Tonny Veenith - Neurocritical Care Unit, Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital
PhD Supervision
Ahmed Gilani - Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham
Teaching Activity
Undergraduate teaching
BSc in Audiology
- Introductory Science II (HS1IS2)
Postgraduate teaching
MSc in Clinical Sciences and MSc in Clinical Neurophysiology
- Neurophysiology Practice (NS3NP1)
- EEG in Practice (NS2EE1)
- Dissertation II: Research Project (NS2RP1_T1T2_A)
- Dissertation III: Research Project (NS3RP2_T1T2_A)
Responsibilities
Program Director - Clinical Neurophysiology
Funding Applications and Awards
2019 GCRF (Aston Internal call). Holder: Valia Rodriguez. Promoting healthy ageing in an adverse socioeconomic context: a pilot study to investigate the dynamics of sensorimotor integration and cognitive processing in the elderly. 9 468 GBP.
2015-2017 CITMA. Holder: Vivian Martin. Update of Neuronic Neurophysiological applications. 1 260 000 CUP. Role: Co-investigator.
2015-2017 CITMA. Holder: Pedro Valdes-Sosa. Biomarkers of sub-clinical cerebral disease due to a metabolic syndrome. 718 300 CUP. Role: Co-investigator.
2014-2015 CITMA. Holder: Valia Rodriguez. Continuous EEG monitor for Intensive Care Units. 136 876 CUP.
2008- 2011 CITMA. Holder: Valia Rodriguez. Neural Basis of Attention and its Disorders. 70 829 CUP.
2007 Royal Society. Holder: Valia Rodriguez.Study of attentional disorders with fMRI and MEG. 4240 GBP.
2005-2006 British Council. Holders: John Duncan (MRC Cognition and Brain Science Unit) & Mitchell Valdes Sosa (Cuban Neuroscience Center). Neural Basis of Attention and its Disorders. 7500 GBP. Role: co-investigator.
2002-2003 TWAS. Holder: Valia Rodriguez. Role of the spiral ganglion cell survival on the preservation of auditory system function after a sensorineural hearing loss. 30 000 USD.
1996-1998 Human Frontier Science Program. Holders: Multiple holders, Mitchell Valdes-Sosa led the Cuban team. Oscillatory Event-Related Brain Dynamics. Total: 750 000 USD (Cuban team received 180 000 USD). Role: Co-investigator.
Clinical Experience
2010-2017, Consultant in Intensive Care Clinical Neurophysiology, Clinical-Surgical Hospital 'Hnos Ameijeiras', Havana Cuba
1993 - 2017, Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Cuban Center for Neurosciences, Cuba
Membership of Professional Bodies
British Clinical Neurophysiology Society
ILAE - British Chapter
British Neuroscience Association
Cuban Society for Neuroscience
Cuban Society for Clinical Neurophysiology;
Professional/editorial offices
Editor Board - Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
Contact Details
Room: VS119
Tel: +44 (0) 121 204 4422
Email: v.rodriguez@aston.ac.uk
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
1998 → 2003
MD
1989 → 1993
MBBS
1983 → 1989
External positions
Professor
2010 → 2017Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology
2010 → 2017Head of Perception & Cognition Group
2009 → 2014Senior Researcher
1998 → 2010Head of Experimental Neuroscience Group
1998 → 2008Junior Researcher
1993 → 1998Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology
1993 → 2017Medical Resident in Clinical Neurophysiology
1989 → 1993Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Valia Rodriguez is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 7 Similar Profiles
Research Output 1998 2019
Autonomic impairment of patients in coma with different Glasgow coma score assessed with heart rate variability
Estévez-báez, M., Machado, C., García-sánchez, B., Rodríguez, V., Alvarez-santana, R., Leisman, G., Carrera, J. M. E., Schiavi, A., Montes-brown, J. & Arrufat-pié, E., 21 Mar 2019, In : Brain Injury. 33, 4, p. 496-516 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nonconvulsive Epileptic Seizure Detection in Scalp EEG Using Multiway Data Analysis
Aldana, Y. R., Hunyadi, B., Reyes, E. J. M., Rodríguez, V. R. & Van Huffel, S., 1 Mar 2019, In : IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 23, 2, p. 660-671 12 p., 8351633.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nonconvulsive epileptic seizure monitoring with incremental learning
Rodríguez Aldana, Y., Marañón Reyes, E. J., Macias, F. S., Rodríguez, V. R., Chacón, L. M., Van Huffel, S. & Hunyadi, B., 1 Nov 2019, In : Computers in Biology and Medicine. 114, 103434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
T07. Resting-state EEG functional connectivity and outcome following mesial temporal lobe epilepsy surgery
Rodriguez-Rodriguez, V. & Morales-Chacon, L., 10 May 2018, In : Clinical Neurophysiology . 129, Suppl 1, p. e3-e4Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract
The Ictal–Interictal Continuum
LaRoche, S. M. & Rodríguez, V., 1 Mar 2018, Handbook of ICU EEG Monitoring. Laroche, S. M. & Haider, H. (eds.). 2nd ed. New York: Springer, p. 186-199 21Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)