Staff Profile
Matt Birkbeck
Lead Clinical Scientist and Associate Lecturer
- Email: matt.birkbeck@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 2081159
- Address: Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre
Newcastle University
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
NE4 5PL
I am an NHS employed clinical scientist working in both clinical magnetic resonance physics and research applications of magnetic resonance imaging. I work between Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University on various topics related to magnetic resonance imaging.
Areas of expertise
Clinical application of Magnetic Resonance Physical principles to investigate different physiologies & pathologies
Magnetic Resonance Physics
Diffusion Weighted MRI
MRI in Neuromuscular diseases
Qualifications
PhD NIHR BRC Clinical Doctoral Fellowship - Newcastle University (2018 - 2023)
NHS Scientist Training Programme (Medical Physics) (2015 - 2018): Registered Clinical Scientist - CS20510 (2018 - Present)
MSc Clinical Science - Imaging with non-Ionising Radiation (Magnetic Resonance Physics & Ultrasound Physics) - Newcastle University (2015 - 2018)
BSc (Hons.) Physics - Durham University (2011 - 2014)
Lectures
1st Year MSc Clinical Science - Medical Physics (MPY8001): Introduction to MR Safety
2nd Year MSc Clinical Science - Medical Physics (MPY8011): Advanced MR Pulse sequences
3rd Year MSc Clinical Science - Medical Physics (MPY8012): Advanced MR Safety
Other Supervision
I am the work based supervisor of NHS STP trainees for the Magnetic Resonance component of the STP.
Co-Supervision of BSc and MSc students at Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre.
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Articles
- Heskamp L, Miller R, Birkbeck MG, Hall J, Schofield I, Blamire A, Whittaker R. In vivo 3D imaging of human motor units in upper and lower limb muscles. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 141, 91-100.
- Birkbeck MG, Blamire AM, Whittaker RG, Sayer AA, Dodds RM. The role of novel motor unit magnetic resonance imaging to investigate motor unit activity in ageing skeletal muscle. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2021, 12(1), 17-29.
- Heskamp L, Birkbeck MG, Whittaker RG, Schofield IS, Blamire AM. The muscle twitch profile assessed with motor unit magnetic resonance imaging. NMR in Biomedicine 2021, 34(3), e4466.
- Tullo E, Dodds RM, Birkbeck M, Habiballa L, Aihie Sayer A. Paving the translational ageing research pathway—training the next generation of researchers. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(2), 362-365.
- Birkbeck MG, Heskamp L, Schofield IS, Blamire AM, Whittaker RG. Non-invasive Imaging of Single Human Motor Units. Clinical Neurophysiology 2020, 131(6), 1399-1406.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- Birkbeck MG, Hillman S, Hurst C, Granic A, Aspray T, Sayer AA, Dodds RM. Assessing changes in physical activity in community dwelling older adults before and after COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. In: International Sarcopenia Translational Research Conference 2021. 2021, Virtual: Hylonome Publications.