Zoe Kourtzi
Zoe Kourtzi is Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge.[1] She is the Scientific Director of Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN), a project involving an international team supported by Alzheimer's Research UK, researching mechanisms for learning and plasticity in dementia patients.[2]
Early career
[edit]Kourtzi obtained her degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Crete and a PhD from Rutgers University in the United States.[3] She was a researcher at MIT and Harvard University. In 1999 she was awarded a McDonnell-Pew Fellowship[4] that enabled her to work at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany. She became Professor of Brain Imaging at the University of Birmingham in 2005.
EDoN
[edit]The aim of Kourtzi's current project is to derive individualised prognostic scores of cognitive decline.[5] In collaboration with Addenbrooke's Hospital, they seek to use AI to predict dementia earlier and enable better outcomes.[6][2] The project involves the collection of data from wearable technology to predict diseases like Alzheimer's.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Zoe Kourtzi". University of Cambridge. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b "AI could help 'diagnose dementia in a day'". Alzheimer's Research UK. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Zoe Kourtzi". Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience". James S. McDonnell Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Professor Zoe Kourtzi, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge". World Wide Neuroscience. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "The warrior curing Alzheimer's". Yours (19 December 2021): 30.
- ^ Nicola Davis (10 August 2021). "Artificial intelligence could be used to diagnose dementia". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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