Biography

As a clinician-researcher, I have been working with patients diagnosed with neurodegenerative conditions since 2017 and am passionate about translating research findings to the clinical context. My research emphasis has been on frontotemporal lobar degeneration and its subtypes, particularly primary progressive aphasia (PPA), which are fast progressing, often misdiagnosed, and have no effective treatment. During my PhD, my studies spanned the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and the Cambridge Centre for Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders. In my thesis, I discussed barriers to the assessment of progressive aphasias and presented exemplars of transdiagnostic approaches to improve clinical characterisation of language-based dementias. My research focusses on understanding how word meaning is stored and accessed in the brain, and the nature of impairments that result when crucial brain regions are affected by PPA. My work also includes novel aphasia research tools designed to be simple, scalable, sensitive, yet speak to the neurobiology of language.

Previous Education

MGH Institute of Health Profes Speech Language Pathology 2018
Columbia University Psychology 2015