Profile
Biography
AB, Biology/Psychology (1986)
PhD, Vision Science (1995)
Career
Departmental roles
- Deputy Chair Board of Studies (HYMS)
- INSPIRE Programme Lead (Undergraduate research) (HYMS)
- Block Lead: The CNS and normal neuromuscular and musculoskeletal function (HYMS)
- Block Lead: Neurological, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disease (HYMS)
- Early Career Researchers Forum Committee (Psychology)
- York Neuroimaging Centre Research Governance Committee (Psychology)
- York Neuroimaging Centre Science Committee (Psychology)
- Member of the Experimental Medicine and Biomedicine research group.
Research
Overview
My current research focus is to understand the neural mechanisms specialised for processing central and peripheral vision, and how these mechanisms respond to sensory loss (visual or auditory).
Projects
Current research projects include:
- Determining the neural basis of superior visual performance in the deaf
- Monitoring recovery of cortical visual function in patients with visual deficits (e.g. age-related macular degeneration, genetic visual disorders, brain trauma)
Techniques
- Neuroimaging: MRI, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), quantitative MRI, myelin mapping, hyperpolarisation
- Electrophysiology: Multifocal electroencephalography (EEG), electroretinography (ERG)
Research group(s)
Grants
- University of Lille: ‘ACTIVIS: Active vision and functional reorganization in people with central or peripheral vision loss’, 2016, Co-I
- University of York Research Priming Fund: ‘Mapping neural responses across the visual field using multifocal electrophysiology’, 2015, PI
- Wellcome Trust ISS/C2D2 Career Establishment Grant: ‘Assessing visual cortex in candidates for retinal prosthetics’, 2015-17, PI
- European Commission – Innovative Training Networks (ITN): ‘NextGenVis: Training the Next Generation of European Visual Neuroscientists for the benefit of innovation in health care and high-tech industry’, 2015-19, Co-I
- Fight for Sight: ‘Assessing the status of visual cortex in patients with macular disease’, 2014-2017, Co-I
Collaborators