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Kalliopi Mavromati
Name:
Kalliopi Mavromati
Job Title:
Research Assistant
Place of work / study:
University of Glasgow
Area of Research:
I research ways to improve patient reported outcome measure for stroke survivors and the pathogenic mechanism behind Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias before the onset of cognitive symptoms.
How is your work funded:
My psychometric research is supported by the EU-funded Registry for Stroke Care Pus (RESQ+).
Tell us a little about yourself:
My favourite thing to do is to think about the way we do science. With a background in psychology and neuroscience and professional experience in statistics, I am interested in improving operational validity in research practice. In the past, I focused on clinical outcome measures for stroke and I am now investigating risk and resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease before cognitive symptom onset. In the future, I want to improve interdisciplinary collaborative research practice in secondary analytical investigations using existing datasets because I believe this is necessary for us to better understand presymptomatic pathogenesis an explore possible earlier interventions.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I used to be a musician, dancer, volleyball player, and I dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist. If other parallel universes exist, these are probably my professions in other realities.
Why did you choose to work in dementia:
I lost my maternal grandmother to Lewy Body dementia when I was a teenager. I vividly remember what the last years of her life looked like for her and how that impacted my mother, which motivates me to help prevent this from happening to others if I can. To allow our field to explore possible interventions earlier on, I want to improve our field’s ability to know what early stages look like before cognitive symptoms begin.
What single piece of of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Embrace feeling like an imposter – it just means you earned your spot in the room and have the opportunity to learn from others around you.
What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
I am reading (and really enjoying) “What a way to go” by Bella Mackie.
Favourite film of all time?
Spiderman: No Way Home
Favourite ways to unplug and unwind?
Long gym sessions with both strength and cardio training always do the trick. If I’m tired, then comfort series and colouring books on school nights or a 1500-piece jigsaw puzzle over a weekend.
What’s the best decision you ever made?
Moving from Thessaloniki in Greece to Glasgow when I had just turned 18.
What’s the best vacation spot?
I would not be a good reviewer here – the type of vacation I want varies by the time of year. Scottish natural landscapes are reliably peaceful destinations, though.
Do you collect anything?
I used to collect pens, highlighters, stickers when I was a kid, but in recent years I have only collected wee rocks from hikes with my friends.
Dr Jodi Watt
