Akshay Nair
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Akshay is currently at UCL, studying as a Wolfson Clinical Research Fellow, doing a PhD in neurodegenerative disease. He has a special interest in dementia and cognition, and is currently running a PET study to develop a novel way of measuring neuro-inflammation in patients with Alzheimer's disease. He has a broader interest in the biological basis of mental illness and was recently a co-author of the 'Neuroscience and Mental Illness' chapter in the Chief Medical Officer's recent report.