Zoe Kourtzi

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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

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

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

  1. ^ "Professor Zoe Kourtzi". University of Cambridge. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "AI could help 'diagnose dementia in a day'". Alzheimer's Research UK. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Zoe Kourtzi". Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience". James S. McDonnell Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Professor Zoe Kourtzi, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge". World Wide Neuroscience. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "The warrior curing Alzheimer's". Yours (19 December 2021): 30.
  7. ^ Nicola Davis (10 August 2021). "Artificial intelligence could be used to diagnose dementia". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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