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Professor Simon Keller
BSc MSc PhD FHEA FAS

Chair of Neuroimaging
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Part of
Institute of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Contact

Simon.Keller@liverpool.ac.uk

Brain Research using Advanced Imaging in Neurology

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Symposium of Excellence in Epileptology at European Congress for Epileptology, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Geneva, Switzerland, 2022)
  • Quantitative Imaging at ICTALS, by Invitation (Bern, Switzerlrand, 2022)
  • Utility of imaging techniques for diagnosis and monitoring in epilepsy at European Academy of Neurology, by Invitation (2020)
  • Seizures as a network, by Invitation (International League Against Epilepsy British Chapter, 2019)
  • Epilepsy and new developments in imaging, by Invitation (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, 2019)
  • The contribution of advanced MRI based techniques to epilepsy surgery, by Invitation (The British and Danish Epilepsy Societies, 2019)
  • Neuroimaging in epilepsy: diagnostics, mechanisms and prognostics, by Invitation (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018)
  • MRI in Epilepsy: clinical evaluation and new advances, by Invitation (Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2018)
  • Role of the thalamus in seizures and treatment in focal epilepsies, by Invitation (European Congress for Epileptology, 2018)
  • Network imaging in epilepsy, by Invitation (International Epilepsy Congress, 2017)
  • Neuroimaging in Epilepsy: Clinical Applications and New Advances, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University Hospital for Neurology, Bern, Switzerland, 2015)
  • Contribution of imaging in understanding the aetiology of persistent postoperative seizures, by Invitation (Medical University of South Carolina, USA, 2015)
  • Predicting treatment response in epilepsy: contribution of neuroimaging, by Invitation (Institute of Neuroscience, University of Newcastle, 2015)
  • Prospective neuroimaging studies in newly diagnosed epilepsy, by Invitation (The Epilepsy Society, 2014)
  • Epilepsy, MRI and predicting seizure control, by Invitation (Institute of Neurology, University College London, 2014)
  • Invitation to Speak - MRI in epilepsy: new concepts and applications, by Invitation (CUBRIC, Cardiff University, 2012)
  • Broca's area: morphology, variability and asymmetry in humans and great apes, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Anatomical Society for Great Britain and Northern Island, 2010)
  • Microstructural white and grey matter damage in temporal lobe epilepsy, by Invitation (Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, 2010)
  • The anatomical basis of language lateralisation, by Invitation (Department of Neurology, University of Muenster, 2008)

Event Roles

  • Local Organising Committee, Symposium Chair, by Invitation (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine British Chapter, 2017)

Examination Roles

  • Bangor University, Language asymmetry in the human brain: How plastic is it, and what is the best way to test for and measure it in neurotypicals and patients with epilepsy surgery? (PhD, 2024)
  • University College London, Network-guided surgery for children with epilepsy (PhD, 2024)
  • King's College London, Advanced clinical and quantitative MRI in paediatric focal epilepsy (PhD, 2023)
  • University College London, Advanced computational anatomy approaches to understanding outcome variability in Functional Neurosurgery (PhD, 2023)
  • University of Bern, Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Epilepsy using Brain Morphometry and Deep-Learning: Applications to Clinical MRI (PhD, 2023)
  • Czech Technical University in Prague, Image processing pipelines for analysis of clinical human MRI (PhD, 2023)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Epilepsy Research UK SAC member, Invited
  • NIHR CRN Northwest Coast Champion of Imaging, Invited

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • ISMIB Research and Impact Committee (School / Institute)
  • ITM MRC Internal Peer Review Committee (School / Institute)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Mersey Region Epilepsy Association (2016 - present)
  • 'Meet the scientists' public engagement series, University of Liverpool & Liverpool World Museum (2016 - present)
  • Annual Neuroimaging Teaching Course, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) (2016 - present)
  • Honorary Staff Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London (2013 - present)
  • Honorary Staff, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (2013 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • (Fellow of the Anatomical Society, 2018 - present)
  • International League Against Epilepsy British Chapter (Full Member, 2013 - present)
  • American Epilepsy Society (Full Member, 2012 - 2014)
  • Anatomical Society (Fellow, 2010 - present)
  • Society for Neuroscience (Full Member, 2009 - 2011)
  • International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (Full Member, 2002 - present)
  • Organisation for Human Brain Mapping (Full Member, 2001 - present)