My research focuses on the plasticity and recovery of language networks following surgical intervention for epilepsy. Such surgery aims to resect epileptogenic tissue in order to reduce seizure frequency and severity in those who don't respond to traditional drug therapy. Post-surgical deficits in various cognitive domains are common, in particular language and memory. How these impairments change over time is poorly understood. We know that higher cognitive functions arise as a result of the efficient interaction of multiple cortical areas. As such, the investigation of disruption and dysfunction of these domains must take a network approach in order to fully appreciate how damage impacts these circuits. In the paediatric brain, functional networks show a greater degree of plasticity. Understanding the temporal dynamics of network plasticity, and how this corresponds to behavioural and cognitive function will allow us to better understand how damage shapes the developing brain.

Thesis - The neuroanatomical basis of handedness; a tractography investigation.
Supervised by Dr Marco Catani

Thesis  - A critical analysis of orbitofrontal function
Supervised by Dr Narendar Ramnani