Jemma Pitt
Name:
Jemma Pitt
Job title:
DPhil Student
Place of work / study:
University of Oxford
Area of Research:
Cognitive Neuroscience & Dementia
How is your work funded?
Internal scholarship & Wellcome Trust
Tell us a little about yourself:
I have been working on Dementia research in Oxford for 2 years and really enjoy meeting patients and their families. I started a degree in Computer Science [1] but swapped to Psychology and found the perfect mix of the two for my Master’s degree: Neuroscience. I’m able to spend lots of time with people and use my computer/coding skills for analysis. Outside of work, I have a love/hate relationship with running and enjoy reading murder mystery books.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
My favourite film is Inside Out.
Why did you choose to work in dementia?
For me, my interest in dementia stemmed from personal reasons and I am lucky to be involved in great research which will hopefully provide treatments for the future.