Dr Sana Suri leads the ‘Heart and Brain Group’ at the University of Oxford. Her team uses brain imaging to study how lifestyle and genetics affect our risk for developing dementia. Dr Suri is a keen science communicator and has written articles for The Conversation UK and the University of Oxford Blog. She has won several awards for her scientific outreach, including in UK Parliament. Dr Suri leads initiatives to promote diversity, inclusivity, and patient and public involvement in scientific research.
Dr Naiara Demnitz is a postdoctoral researcher in the ’Healthy Ageing Group’ at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance. Her research combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neuropsychological assessments to understand how lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, can help promote healthy brain aging.
Dr Anna Plachti is a researcher in Denmark investigating associations between behavior and brain-networks in healthy and clinical populations. As a psychologist and neuroscientist, she loves to integrate knowledge and techniques from different fields such as psychology, neuroscience, genetics, and engineering to crack the most complex code, the brain. She passionately shares her research and that of others with students and a broader audience by giving talks and publishing in scientific and non-scientific outlets.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 732592.
