Joanne Wallace is a graduate entry Medical Student at The University of Warwick. Previously she worked in medical research after completing a degree in Biomedical Science at The University Of Sheffield and a PhD at Newcastle University. Her PhD and postdoctoral work focused on the pathology of cognitive dysfunction in animal models of psychiatric disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. Her interests include early behavioural or biomarkers of prodromal psychiatric disease and how these can be targeted for treatments and how knowledge of underlying pathology can be utilised in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disease and dementia.