Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg FRS, FMedSci took up the post of Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives) in 2025. In this role, she leads the development, implementation and monitoring of strategic initiatives that bridge functional boundaries and drive transformation within the University of Oxford.

Her responsibilities include overseeing the University’s work on climate and the environment, including developing opportunities for philanthropic support, and chairing the Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee. She is also supporting the development of Warneford Park, a partnership between the University, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and a local partner to create a new hospital and research and innovation campus focused on brain and mental health.

Professor Johansen-Berg also serves as the Associate Head (Research and Innovation) in the Medical Sciences Division. She is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, where her research group investigates brain plasticity in the context of learning and recovery from brain damage.

From 2015-2025 she served as Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, a multi-disciplinary research institute using brain imaging technologies to bridge between laboratory neuroscience and human health. Professor Johansen-Berg is a Fellow at St Edmund Hall. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024 and Academy of Medical Sciences in 2021.