Athena Reissis PhD researcher at University College London

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Athena was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age and is currently awaiting an official ADHD diagnosis. She is a PhD researcher at University College London (UCL), where she employs generative AI to develop disease progression prediction models for craniofacial syndromes.

In addition, Athena is a project lead for Project Impactive, a student-led volunteer initiative at UCL dedicated to designing and creating assistive devices that address the unmet needs of individuals with disabilities.

She enjoys travelling, dancing, and spending quality time with friends and family in her free time.

Funding information:

The TIDAL Network+ is a collaboration between UCL, Strathclyde, Salford and Loughborough Universities, led by Prof Cathy Holloway, Academic Director of Global Disability Innovation Hub and Professor at UCL. The research team includes Prof Laurence Kenney (Salford University), Prof Richard Bibb (Nottingham Trent University), Prof Mikko Koria (Loughborough University) and Dr Arjan Buis (Strathclyde University). We are funded from 1st September 2021 to 31st December 2024 by the EPSRC as a Healthcare Technologies New Challenges Network Plus (EP/W000717/1).

TIDAL stands for, ‘Transformative Innovation in the Delivery of Assisted Living Products and Services’. Our purpose is to improve the quality of Assistive Technologies (AT) and hence the lives of the people who use them, their families and carers.