MOHAMED HESHAM KHALIL

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. My research is about neuroplasticity, the dynamic nature of the human brain, and how the physical environment drives it. I explore how those dynamics can make or break the needed neurosustainability for cognitive and mental health.

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Khalil, M. H. (2024). Borderline in a linear city: Urban living brings borderline personality disorder to crisis through neuroplasticity-an urgent call to action. Frontiers in Psychiatry15, 1524531.

Khalil, M. H. (2024). Environmental Affordance for Physical Activity, Neurosustainability, and Brain Health: Quantifying the Built Environment’s Ability to Sustain BDNF Release by Reaching Metabolic Equivalents (METs). Brain Sciences.

Khalil, M. H., & Steemers, K. (2024). Housing Environmental Enrichment, Lifestyles, and Public Health Indicators of Neurogenesis in Humans: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Khalil, M. H. (2024). The BDNF-Interactive Model for Sustainable Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Humans: Synergistic Effects of Environmentally-Mediated Physical Activity, Cognitive Stimulation, and Mindfulness. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Khalil, M. H. (2024). Neurosustainability. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Khalil, M. H. (2024). Environmental enrichment: a systematic review on the effect of a changing spatial complexity on hippocampal neurogenesis and plasticity in rodents, with considerations for translation to urban and built environments for humans. Frontiers in Neuroscience.


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Mohamed is pursuing his PhD at the University of Cambridge, funded by Cambridge Trust. He is working on environmental influences on neuroplasticity and how those dynamics affect public health.

Before attending Cambridge, Mohamed had a postgraduate-level certification in psychology from Harvard University and an interdisciplinary master’s degree in architecture, psychology, and applied neuroscience from the American University in Cairo.