José Vicente Manjón, head of the Medical Image Analysis Lab (MIA-LAB) research group at the ITACA Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), has received the Excellent Research Impact Award in the Neuroscience & Behaviour category at the fifth edition of the UPV Research Awards.
The award was presented on 10 November during a ceremony held in the auditorium of the Nexus Building on UPV’s Vera Campus. The event celebrated scientific excellence, innovation and the contributions made by the university’s research community.
Manjón was also nominated for the Excellent Research Publication Award in the Life Sciences and Medicine category for the scientific paper “Structural progression of Alzheimer’s disease over decades: the MRI staging scheme”, conducted in collaboration with international researchers and published in the journal Brain Communications.
Using advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques, the study examines how structural changes in the brain evolve throughout the course of Alzheimer’s disease, providing new tools to better understand its progression.
This award represents further recognition of José Vicente Manjón’s scientific career and the international impact of his research. He was recently included, for the seventh consecutive year, in the prestigious Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists, a Stanford University-associated ranking that identifies the world’s most influential researchers in their respective fields.
His research focuses on developing advanced biomedical image processing techniques to improve our understanding of the brain and contribute to the study of neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.