Roderick McColl, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Radiology Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering Biography Roderick McColl, Ph.D., is Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Medical Physics Division. He provides magnetic resonance physics services to the Meadows Imaging Center, the Rogers Imaging Center, Clements University Hospital, and the Outpatient Building. Originally from Scotland, Dr. McColl received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Edinburgh. He then obtained a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, before earning his doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. In 1984, Dr. McColl received a Fullbright Scholarship. Dr. McColl joined the Radiology faculty in 1992 as an Assistant Professor, and advanced to Associate Professor in 2002. He became a full Professor in 2019. He is also a member of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and of the Graduate School of Radiological Sciences. Dr. McColl's research interests include Multi-modality imaging workstation and software design; development of echo-planar image reconstruction and optimization; functional magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging techniques and applications; imaging informatics, including the advancement of novel image archiving, communication and management techniques; and medical image processing approaches appropriate to generalize across multiple imaging sub-specialities and modalities. These efforts led to several milestones including: The design and implementation of an echo-planar and fMRI reconstruction/analysis platform which was used by several UT Southwestern investigators and graduate students for both extramurally funded and dissertation-level research; development of web-based research PACS systems which were used in several large-scale UT Southwestern, studies including the Dallas Heart Study, as the online image storage and communication mechanism; development of DTI data management and analysis techniques which led to use in the Gulf War Neuroimaging Project; and management of data pertaining to multi-organ function in the heart, great vessels, aorta and carotids. His work has led him to author or co-author more than 65 original articles in peer-reviewed publications and two book chapters. He has also been invited to present his findings at mroe than 30 scientific meetings and conferences throughout the United States and around the world. During the course of his career, Dr. McColl has received or been involved in extramural funded research from the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and the National Institutes of Health. He has also served as a reviewer and/or chair for grant review committees including the American Heart Association, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health and several other international organizations. Dr. McColl is an active member of the American College of Radiology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Education Undergraduate University of Edinburgh (1984), Electrical Engineering Graduate School University of Texas-Arlington (1986), Electrical Engineering Graduate School University of Warwick (1992), Computer Sciences Research Interest Development of echo-planar imaging methods; interactive and automatic image coregistration techniques; software tools for medical image analysis. Diffusion Tensor MRI Functional MRI Radiology Informatics Publications Plasma p-tau217, p-tau181, and Aβ42 predict amyloid PET positivity in cognitively unimpaired adults Author Collaboration Aa, Bao R, Shi W, Bao H, Zhang T, Li X, Ding W, Vig R, Hill C, Llibre-Guerra J, Babulal G, Ances B, Mielke M, Borzage M, Raman R, Donohue M, Zhou Z, Vintimilla R, Okonkwo O, Kind A, Cohen A, Mapstone M, Barnes L, Cheema A, Rivera Mindt M, Vardarajan B, Lee J, Large S, Phillips N, Bradley C, Mason D, McColl R, Nandy R, Zhang F, Shi Y, Barber R, Palmer R, Petersen M, Hall JR, King B, Braskie M, Johnson L, Rissman R, Toga A, Yaffe K, O’Bryant SE Alzheimer's Research and Therapy 2026 Dec 18 Multimorbidity and Associations with Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers Author Collaboration TH, Jiang X, O'Bryant SE, Rissman RA, Johnson LA, Braskie MN, Yaffe K, O'Bryant SE, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, McColl R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A, Kind A, Okonkwo O, Vintimilla R, Zhou Z, Donohue M, Raman R, Borzage M, Mielke M, Ances B, Babulal G, Llibre-Guerra J, Hill C, Vig R Annals of Neurology 2026 Aug 100 370-379 Intersectional effects of race/ethnicity, sex, and APOE4 on plasma inflammatory profiles in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults Author Collaboration HM, Contreras JA, Ortega NE, Hayes CA, Pa J, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, McColl R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A, Kind A, Okonkwo O, Vintimilla R, Zhou Z, Donohue M, Borzage M, Mielke M, Ances B, Babulal G, Llibre-Guerra J, Hill C, Vig R Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health 2026 Jul 54 Lifespan Trajectories of Asymmetry in White Matter Tracts Author Collaboration TH, Author Collaboration AD, Author Collaboration TB, Bogdanov S, Kanakaraj P, Kim ME, Samir J, Gao C, Ramadass K, Rudravaram G, Newlin NR, Archer D, Hohman TJ, Jefferson AL, Morgan VL, Roche A, Englot DJ, Resnick SM, Beason Held LL, Cutting LE, Barquero LA, D'Archangel MA, Nguyen TQ, Humphreys KL, Niu Y, Vinci-Booher S, Cascio CJ, O'Bryant SE, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, McColl R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A Human Brain Mapping 2026 Jun 47 Analytic Bounds on GAMLSS Model Variability of Normative White Matter Brain Charts Author Collaboration TH, Author Collaboration AD, Author Collaboration TB, Kim ME, Rudravaram G, Saunders A, Gao C, Ramadass K, Newlin NR, Kanakaraj P, Bogdanov S, Archer D, Hohman TJ, Jefferson AL, Morgan VL, Roche A, Englot DJ, Resnick SM, Beason Held LL, Bilgel M, Cutting LE, Barquero LA, D’Archangel MA, Nguyen TQ, Humphreys KL, Niu Y, Vinci-Booher S, Cascio CJ, Pechman KR, Shashikumar N, Li Z, Vandekar SN, Zhang P, Gore JC, Liu Y, Zuo L, Schilling KG, Moyer DC, Landman BA, O’Bryant SE, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, McColl R 2026 Apr Subjective memory concerns and AD/ADRD plasma biomarker associations in HABS-HD Author Collaboration HS, Thomas KR, Terao CM, Weigand AJ, Petersen M, O'Bryant S, Clark AL, O'Bryant SE, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Melissa Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, McColl R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A, Kind A, Okonkwo O, Vintimilla R, Zhou Z, Donohue M, Raman R, Borzage M, Mielke M, Ances B, Babulal G, Llibre-Guerra J, Hill C, Vig R Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 2026 Apr 18 Depressive symptoms but not chronic stress mediate the link between income and cognition in Latino and Black older adults: findings from the Health and Aging Brain Study-Health Disparities Author Collaboration HS, Breton J, Muñoz E, O'bryant SE, Yaffe K, Toga A, Rissman R, Johnson L, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, Mccoll R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A, Kind A, Okonkwo O, Vintimilla R, Zhou Z, Donohue M, Raman R, Borzage M, Mielke M, Ances B, Babulal G, Llibre-Guerra J, Hill C, Vig R Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 2026 Apr 81 The relationships between ethnoracial identity, Aβ positivity, APOEε4, and medial temporal lobe tau PET Author Collaboration ft, Wheeler KV, Tennant VR, Lee NN, Hand MW, Ganesan S, Walsh P, Tubi M, Terner JA, Hall B, Davison M, Toga AW, O'Bryant S, Clark AL, Yaffe K, Braskie MN, Braskie M, King K, Hall JR, Petersen M, Palmer R, Barber R, Shi Y, Zhang F, Nandy R, McColl R, Mason D, Christian B, Phillips N, Large S, Lee J, Vardarajan B, Mindt MR, Cheema A, Barnes L, Mapstone M, Cohen A, Kind A, Okonkwo O, Vintimilla R, Zhou Z, Donohue M, Raman R, Borzage M, Mielke M, Ances B, Babulal G, Llibre-Guerra J, Hill C, Vig R Alzheimer's and Dementia 2026 Mar 22 Predicting the progression of MCI and Alzheimer’s disease on structural brain integrity and other features with machine learning Author Collaboration AD, Mieling M, Yousuf M, Bunzeck N, Spicer K, Longmire CF, Mintzer J, Rojas YG, Sotelo V, Hu W, Jones F, Saklad A, Seshadri S, Boegel A, Hill SJ, Newhouse P, Long R, Long C, Williams A, Acree A, Brawman-Mintzer O, Reichert C, Pomara V, Hernando R, Pomara N, Acothley S, Elayan N, Slaughter ME, Garcia A, Sabbagh M, Gurung M, Le R, Masdeu J, Rosario C, Smith C, Kalowsky T, Rivera E, Okhravi H, Devine R, Yong M, Roglaski E, Janavs J, Echevarria J, Mba I, Smith A, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Blackburn M, Kelley B, McColl R, Pomper M GeroScience 2026 Feb 48 463-487 Assessing subcortical, brainstem and cerebellar metabolic patterns using [18F]FDG PET-CT imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies Author Collaboration AD, Loewenstein DS, van Grinsven M, de Pont C, Arens AI, Dautzenberg PL, van Strien AM, Sabri O, Hesse S, Rullmann M, Henssen D, Spicer K, Longmire CF, Mintzer J, Rojas YG, Sotelo V, Hu W, Jones F, Saklad A, Seshadri S, Boegel A, Hill SJ, Newhouse P, Long R, Long C, Williams A, Acree A, Brawman-Mintzer O, Reichert C, Pomara V, Hernando R, Pomara N, Acothley S, Elayan N, Slaughter ME, Garcia A, Sabbagh M, Gurung M, Le R, Masdeu J, Rosario C, Smith C, Kalowsky T, Rivera E, Okhravi H, Devine R, McColl R, Mathews D, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Pomper M European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2026 Results 1-10 of 117 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards ReviewerDOD Breast Cancer Research Program (2003) ReviewerNIH DRG Special Emphasis Panel SSS-7, Biomedical Imaging Technologies (1994) Graduate FacultyBiomedical Engineering - Southwestern Graduate School in Biomedical Sciences (1993) Graduate FacultyRadiological Sciences, Southwestern Graduate School in Biomedical Sciences (1993) Fulbright Scholarship (1984) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association of Physicists in Medicine American College of Radiology
