Dr Davinia Fernández-Espejo PhD

Dr Davinia Fernández-Espejo

School of Psychology
Associate Professor

Contact details

Address
School of Psychology
University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Davinia Fernández-Espejo’s main goal is to understand how the brain supports consciousness and what goes wrong for patients to become entirely unaware after severe brain injury. She uses techniques such as MRI (structural and functional), tDCS, and behavioural approaches in both healthy volunteers and patients with a disorder of consciousness to test hypotheses about the role of different brain structures in the clinical deficits they present. This research is directly translated into the development of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to be used in clinical settings, as well as the development of novel treatment approaches.

Qualifications

PhD in Biomedicine (Universitat de Barcelona)
MSc in Neuroscience (Universitat de Barcelona)

Teaching

Most recently, Dr Fernández-Espejo has been Module Leader for Applications of Brain Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience

Publications

Highlight publications

Calzolari, S, Jalali, R & Fernández-Espejo, D 2023, '', NeuroImage, vol. 269, 119915.

Norton, L, Kazazian, K, Gofton, T, Debicki, D, Fernandez-Espejo, D, Peelle, J, Thenayan, EA, Young, GB & Owen, AM 2022, '', Annals of Neurology.

Calzolari, S, Boneva, S & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022, '', Neuroscience of Consciousness, vol. 2022, no. 1, niac016.

Aloi, D, Jalali, R, Tilsley, P, Miall, RC & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022, '', NeuroImage, vol. 247, 118781.

Fernandez-Espejo, D, Rossit, S & Owen, A 2015, '', JAMA Neurology.

Recent publications

Article

Edlow, BL, Boerwinkle, VL, Annen, J, Boly, M, Gosseries, O, Laureys, S, Mukherjee, P, Puybasset, L, Stevens, RD, Threlkeld, ZD, Newcombe, VFJ, Fernandez-Espejo, D & Curing Coma Campaign and  its Contributing Members 2023, '', Neurocritical Care.

Aloi, D, Jalali, R, Calzolari, S, Lafanechere, M, Miall, RC & Fernández-Espejo, D 2023, '', NeuroImage, vol. 274, 120145.

Norton, L, Graham, M, Kazazian, K, Gofton, T, Weijer, C, Debicki, D, Fernandez-Espejo, D, Al Thenayan, E & Owen, AM 2023, '', International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, vol. 23, no. 2, 100347.

Coulborn, S & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 18021.

Coulborn, S, Taylor, C, Naci, L, Owen, AM & Fernández-Espejo, D 2021, '', Brain Sciences, vol. 11, no. 6, 749.

Coulborn, S, Bowman, H, Miall, RC & Fernández-Espejo, D 2020, '', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 14, 230.

Preprint

Calzolari, S, Jalali, R & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022 '' bioRxiv.

Coulborn, S & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022 '' bioRxiv.

Calzolari, S, Boneva, S & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022 '' PsyArXiv.

Aloi, D, Jalali, R, Calzolari, S, Lafanechere, M, Miall, RC & Fernández-Espejo, D 2022 '' bioRxiv.

Coulborn, S, Taylor, C, Naci, L, Owen, AM & Fernández-Espejo, D 2021 '' medRxiv, pp. 1-23. ,

Aloi, D, Jalali, R, Tilsley, P, Miall, RC & Fernández-Espejo, D 2021 '' bioRxiv, pp. 1-34.

Review article

UK mTBI Predict Consortium, Sassani, M, Ghafari, T, Arachchige, PRW, Idrees, I, Gao, Y, Waitt, A, Weaver, SRC, Mazaheri, A, Lyons, HS, Grech, O, Thaller, M, Witton, C, Bagshaw, AP, Wilson, M, Park, H, Brookes, M, Novak, J, Mollan, SP, Hill, LJ, Lucas, SJE, Mitchell, JL, Sinclair, AJ, Mullinger, K & Fernandez-Espejo, D 2025, '', Brain Communications.

Fischer, D, Newcombe, V, Fernandez-Espejo, D & Snider, SB 2022, '', Seminars in neurology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 325-334.

Aloi, D, Della Rocchetta, AI, Ditchfield, A, Coulborn, S & Fernández-Espejo, D 2021, '', Frontiers in neurology, vol. 12, 632572.