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12/07/2024

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Victoria Gabb

Name:

Victoria Gabb

Job Title:

Senior Research Associate in Sleep & Dementia Neuroscience

Place of work / study:

University of Bristol

Area of Research:

Sleep & circadian rhythms; mild cognitive impairment

How is your research funded:

NIHR

Tell us a little about yourself:

I’m currently working towards a PhD by published work. I’ve been working in health research since 2019. Before my current role, I worked in the NHS on clinical trials on depression and psychosis and on the COVID-19 Infection Survey at the Office for National Statistics. I’ve been working in sleep and dementia research since 2021. I typically work on several projects at once, so my work is quite varied, but the key themes so far have been improving how we measure outcomes in dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) research.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself:

If you ask me where I want to go, day or night, rain or shine, I will pretty much always say the beach. I love being by the ocean.

Why did you choose to work in dementia research?

Whilst I was doing my master’s, working in dementia was well-respected, but there was very little hope for treatments. When I was working in mental health, I did maternity cover leave on a dementia clinical trial, and saw first-hand how important dementia research was, and also how much we had to learn. I think being involved in dementia research is a privilege and it’s an exciting time as we’re seeing huge developments in disease-modifying treatments and biomarkers. I also enjoy working with older adults and hearing their stories – and I think I have a bit of a ‘grandad’ sense of humour!