Degrees

MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Patras, Greece), MSc in Bioengineering (Nottingham University, UK), PhD in Neuroimaging (University of Sheffield, UK)

Research interests

My research is focused on investigating brain alterations occurring in healthy populations in relation to inherited and potentially modifiable dementia risk factors. In particular, my main interest has to do with the investigation of alterations occurring in the brain’s vascular system, blood flow and function. For my research I am using non-invasive medical imaging methods which do not involve the use of radiation such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Awards and prizes

Alzheimer’s Society Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023)

Key Publications

Dounavi M.-E., Mak E., Swann P. et al. (2023). Differential association of cerebral blood flow and anisocytosis in APOE ε4 carriers at midlife. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X231173587

Dounavi M.-E., Newton C., Jenkins N. et al. (2022). Macrostructural brain alterations at midlife are connected to cardiovascular and not genetic risk of future dementia: The PREVENT-Dementia study. Journal of Neurology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11061-7

Dounavi M.-E., Low A., McKiernan E.F. et al. (2021). Evidence of cerebral hemodynamic dysregulation in middle-aged APOE ε4 carriers: the PREVENT-Dementia study. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X211020863

Dounavi M.-E., Mak E., Wells K. et al. (2020). Volumetric alterations in the hippocampal subfields of subjects at increased risk of dementia. Neurobiology of Aging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.03.006