Angelina Kancheva, PhD student Precision Medicine DTP
Thesis title: Moving to a data informed understanding of cerebrovascular small vessel disease
PhD in Precision Medicine (with Integrated Study)
Year of study: 1
- University of Glasgow, PhD in Precision Medicine (with Integrated Study)
- Utrecht University, Research Master Neuroscience & Cognition (Experimental & Clinical track)
- University of Glasgow, Master of Arts in Psychology
Contact details
- Email: s1131990@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Background
I am currently in my first year of the Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Program. My PhD project is based at the University of Glasgow. The main objective of my PhD project is to describe the complete phenotype of cerebrovascular small vessel disease, primarily focusing on non-cognitive aspects, such as neuropsychological consequences and physical dysfunction.
Outside of academia, I enjoy spending time in nature, travelling, and being involved with environmental and socio-political volunteering initiatives.
CV
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Qualifications
- Master of Science, Neuroscience & Cognition, Experimental & Clinical track, Cum Laude Distinction (Utrecht University, 2018-2021)
- Master of Arts, Psychology, Distinguished First Class Honours (University of Glasgow, 2011-2017)
Research summary
I am passionate about combining human neuroimaging, clinical neuroscience, and state-of-the-art data analysis techniques to help unravel the complexity of cerebrovascular small vessel disease. Other topics that I am interested in include stroke, dementia, and deep learning applications for clinical neuroscience.
Project activity
- Research Intern at the Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, University College London: Examined the anatomical distribution and associated clinical risk factors of cerebral microbleeds in a subset of UK Biobank (2021).
- Research Intern at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery: Conducted a systematic review on imaging markers of intracranial aneurysm development (2020).
- Research Intern at the Vascular Cognitive Impairment Group, University Medical Center Utrecht: Investigated the association between infarct location and post-stroke cognitive impairment in a cohort of 762 patients with ischemic stroke (2019).