Rebecca Sims, Senior Research Fellow, BSc (2005) Genetics, PhD (2010) Genetics of Non-cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s, MSc (2016) Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics. Rebecca’s research identifies risk genes for common forms of dementia. She uses large scale genome-wide association and sequencing studies to identify genes that affect an individual's risk of developing disease. She is a neurogeneticist with over 15 years experience in neurodegeneration research. Rebecca has a particular interest in the generation of large-scale powerful datasets and data analysis. She has significant experience of International collaboration, maintaining networks and producing high quality publications. Her recent work has included leading genome-wide association projects, such as exome chip array studies. Her current work focuses on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology to identify novel risk loci for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She is excited to utilise emerging technology in her research to further elucidate the genetic underpinnings of complex disease.