I am an MVLS Futures Fellow in the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health. My current work focuses on improving the accuracy and sensitivity of in vivo measurements of vascular dysfunction, and applying them across several studies on patients with small vessel disease, which causes many strokes and dementias. Originally from a mathematics background (BSc (Hons) Glasgow, MSc Heriot-Watt), I previously completed a PhD in medical imaging at the University of Aberdeen in 2016.

Developing and using quantitative MRI methods to assess haemodynamic and metabolic properties in patients is my main research focus. Working closely with clinicians, I have played a leading role in several multicentre imaging studies (e.g. H2020 funded SVDs@Target, Leducq Network for Research Excellence on perivascular spaces), including clinical trials (LACI-1 and Treat-SVDs), cross-sectional (Sleep Apnea and Investigate-SVDs) and longitudinal studies (Mild Stroke Study 3).

My research covers three main strands:

• Methodological development 

• Clinical studies in stroke and small vessel disease 

• Improving translational imaging:

I am a PhD supervisor for Keelin Ridge (Keelin Ridge | The University of Edinburgh) and Grant Kirkwood (Grant Kirkwood | The University of Edinburgh), both entering 3^rd year.

I was a co-supervisor for Emily Sleight (now a postdoc at EPFL) on the project "Advanced signal processing and MRI to assess cerebrovascular health in small vessel disease and dementia" which implemented and assessed novel approaches for calculating cerebrovascular reactivity using MRI.

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