Biography
Emily is based at the Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She has a background in Psychology, completing her BSc and MSc at the University of Sussex.
Emily started her PhD: Memory and Menopause: Do mid-life changes in estrogen differentially affect cognition in carriers of an APOE e4 genetic risk variant for Alzheimer's? in October 2024. Her PhD will investigate how menopause and APOEe4 interact to impact cognition, and whether the effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on cognition during menopause differ by genetic risk for Alzheimer's Disease and cardiovascular risk.
Prior to starting her PhD, Emily worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator and a Research Assistant at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. As a Research Assistant, Emily worked on the DETERMIND study: a multi-million-pound, national longitudinal study investigating inequalities in care and experiences following a diagnosis of dementia.