Sex differences in connected speech and brain network alterations in Alzheimer's disease

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Natasha Clarke, PhD

Université de Montréal

Supervised by: Professor Simona Maria Brambati

I am a computational neuroscientist researching speech and functional MRI biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, with a particular focus on computational methods such as machine learning and natural language processing. As a CCNA-funded postdoctoral fellow at the Université de Montréal, I am working on multimodal models integrating neuroimaging and connected speech to uncover sex-specific disease patterns, with the goal of improving early detection and personalised medicine. I am passionate about open science and contribute to open-source reproducible tools, as well as equity in science, serving on the board of the Women in Neuroscience Repository.