She has exceptional expertise in small animal surgery – especially in multiple mouse models of stroke, and she has now published >40 peer-reviewed papers in internationally recognised journals, including Brain, Behaviour & Immunity, Nature Communications, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Research. This work has built on and complements her expertise in animal behavioural studies, in particular, cognitive testing in mice that she gained during her Ph.D. This unusual but important combination of skills is enabling her to test the therapeutic potential of modulating the immune system on functional and cognitive recovery after stroke. She has been actively involved in student supervision, training of postdoctoral fellows and HDR students, and is an ad hoc reviewer for several professional journals in her field.