Research Summary
I am interested in the neurobiology of agitation, which is a common and difficult-to-treat symptom in dementia. My PhD research focuses on how changes to the brain's noradrenaline system in Alzheimer's disease might contribute to the development of agitation. Supervised by Prof Robert Howard and Prof Jonathan Roiser and in collaboration with Dr Dorothea Hammerer, I am analysing physiological, neuropsychological and brain imaging measures from large Alzheimer's disease datasets to explore whether there are potential biomarkers of agitation that can be used to contribute to strategies to evaluate, prevent and treat this condition.