Personal profile
Research interests
Victor is an urban planner by training and holds a PhD in geography from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA, UCL). Between 2009-2012, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (University of Pennsylvania) and served as Chief Science Officer for Strategic Spatial Solutions, Inc. Victor is a native of Canada and Brazil and is fluent in five languages.
Victor’s research combines real world and laboratory experiments to investigate various topics in spatial cognition, environmental health and ageing. He is particularly interested in understanding individual differences in navigation and the extent to which locomotion and wayfinding depend on amodal spatial representations. Much of his research relies on the development of immersive virtual environments that can mimic real-world situations. This work has resulted in a series of collaborations with other scholars in computer science, public health, landscape architecture, education and the digital humanities.
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Education/Academic qualification
Cognitive Neuroscience, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Award Date: 1 Jun 2011
Geogragraphy, Ph.D., University College London
Award Date: 1 Jun 2008
Urban Planning / Sociology, B.A. (Hons), Concordia University
Award Date: 1 Jun 2002
External positions
Principal Investigator: Future Health Technologies, Singapore-ETH Centre
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Associations between potential risk factors and blood-brain barrier water permeability in middle-aged and older adults
Tee, M., Padrela, B. E., Dupeyron, M., Huang, J., Low, M., Konstandin, S., Eickel, K., Günther, M., Minta, K., Schinazi, V. R., Colombo, G., Petr, J., Mutsaerts, H. J. & Hilal, S., 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 104, 1, p. 95-105 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Hypoxia and Cognitive Ability in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mckeown, D. J., Angus, D. J., Moustafa, A. A. & Schinazi, V. R., 18 May 2025, 47 p. bioRxiv - the preprint server for Biology.Research output: Other contribution › Discipline Preprint Repository › Research
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Lower aperiodic EEG activity is associated with reduced verbal fluency performance across adulthood
McKeown, D. J., Roberts, E., Finley, A., Kelley, N., Keage, H., Schinazi, V. R., Baumann, O., Moustafa, A. A. & Angus, D. J., Jul 2025, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 151, p. 29-41 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Social and spatial predictors of collective search behaviors
Hoffman, M., Thrash, T., Hölscher, C., Kapadia, M. & Schinazi, V. R., May 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., 19086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond Traditional Assessments of Cognitive Impairment: Exploring the Potential of Spatial Navigation Tasks
Colombo, G., Minta, K., Thrash, T., Grübel, J., Wiener, J., Avraamides, M., Hölscher, C. & Schinazi, V. R., 14 Oct 2024, (Submitted) 29 p. MetaArXiv Preprints.Research output: Other contribution › Discipline Preprint Repository › Research
Activities
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Navigating Spaces Symposium
Schinazi, V. (Speaker)
25 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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External HDR Supervision - Jascha Grübel
Schinazi, V. (Supervisor)
2022Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › External HDR Supervision
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External HDR Supervision - Rohit Dubey
Schinazi, V. (Supervisor)
2021Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › External HDR Supervision
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External HDR Supervision - Giorgio Colombo
Schinazi, V. (Supervisor)
2021Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › External HDR Supervision
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Fabian Schläfi - Bachelor Research Project
Schinazi, V. (Supervisor)
2019Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › Non-HDR Student Supervision