His collaborative work in identifying and characterising a large collection of familial cases of
Alzheimer’s disease contributed to the discovery of mutations in the
amyloid precursor protein gene.[3][4]
His recent research focuses on general cognitive impairment in systemic disease and multimorbidity including development of the Cognitive Footprint concept, which he co-authored in 2015.[5]
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery (1974); Master of Arts (1975); is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (1976); Doctor of Medicine (1986); and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1990).[6]
Awards
Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s disease Research of the Alzheimer Association (2009)
British Neuropsychiatry Association Medallist (2017)
Association of British Neurology Medallist (2017)
Plenary and named lectures
1995 FE Williams Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians
1999 First McDonald Critchley Lecturer, World Federation of Neurology, London
2003 Science Today, Health tomorrow – Royal Institution of Great Britain, London
2008 Croonian Lecturer – Royal College of Physicians
2010 Plenary Lecture American Neurological Association
2012 Royal Society of Medicine Stevens Lecture for the Laity
2017 King's College London Institute of Gerontology David Hobman Lecture
Publications
Rossor has authored nearly 900 publications. He has been on the Highly Cited Researcher list from Clarivate since 2018.[7]