Aleksandra Podlewska
PhD Research Fellow in Clinical Neuroscience
Research interests
- Neuroscience
Biography
Aleksandra is a PhD Research Fellow in Clinical Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, KCL. Aleksandra is interested in the effect of exercise on the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease and works with Professor Ray Chaudhuri also as a Research Coordinator at King’s Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence, looking after a portfolio of commercial and non-commercial studies and trials. In addition, Aleksandra is interested in the use of technology to diagnose and manage symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease and her PhD thesis involves looking at Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a potential tool for prediction of patient response to sports-based adjunctive therapies for Parkinson’s Disease. Aleksandra, under the supervision of Prof Chaudhuri, is the main researcher for the Ballet-PD arm of the SHAPER project, which will be the main topic of her PhD thesis.
Research
SHAPER - Scaling-up Health Arts Programmes: Implementation and Effectiveness Research
SHAPER is a programme that will assess the effectiveness and implementation of 3 arts-in-health, Melodies for Mums with Postnatal Depression, Dance for Parkinson’s, Stroke Odysseys.
The RHAPSODY Study
Clinical Feasibility of Speech Phenotyping for Remote Assessment of Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric disorders (RHAPSODY)
Project status: Ongoing
News
Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility
Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...
Research
SHAPER - Scaling-up Health Arts Programmes: Implementation and Effectiveness Research
SHAPER is a programme that will assess the effectiveness and implementation of 3 arts-in-health, Melodies for Mums with Postnatal Depression, Dance for Parkinson’s, Stroke Odysseys.
The RHAPSODY Study
Clinical Feasibility of Speech Phenotyping for Remote Assessment of Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric disorders (RHAPSODY)
Project status: Ongoing
News
Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility
Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...