
Viktorija.Smith@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
01223 766 166
I am a Wellcome Trust Fellow and speech and language therapist, interested in investigating the neural correlates of linguistic variation in dementia. Before beginning my PhD, I trained as a speech and language therapist in London, working across acute, rehabilitation, and outpatient settings with a specialization in adult neurology. Later, as a data analyst in the Mormino and Poston labs at Stanford University, I developed expertise in working with large multi-cohort datasets and PET imaging, focusing on Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
My research aims to characterize cognitive-linguistic profiles across Alzheimer's disease and Frontotemporal dementia as a continuum. By integrating multimodal neuroimaging, biomarkers, and neuropathology, I seek to uncover the pathophysiological and neurocognitive mechanisms driving heterogeneity in these conditions.