About me

I am a geroscience and aging biology researcher. I focus on using preclinical models of frailty to investigate the biological determinants of frailty in both sexes, with the ultimate goal of increasing quality of life for all older men and women. I apply my unique interdisciplinary expertise in physiological, molecular and computational techniques to projects including the development of predictive lifespan metrics based on frailty in mice, the identification of novel biomarkers of frailty, the investigation of sex-specific links between morbidity, frailty and mortality and the testing of frailty interventions in mice. I also love mentoring students and am dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusion in science.

I completed my PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia with Dr Sarah Hilmer, and my first postdoc at Dalhousie University, Canada with Dr Susan Howlett. Currently I am working as an Irene Diamond AFAR Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sinclair lab at Harvard Medical School, Boston MA. When I am not working I enjoy reading, cooking, traveling and skiing.

 
Here you can find more information about my research, my CV, my teaching and my publications. For more information or to collaborate please feel free to contact me!