Who We Are

Sharon Savage

Associate Research Fellow

Memory is fascinating. My interest in the study of memory and its disorders began formally during my training as a psychologist. In 2000, I obtained a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) and in 2006 completed my Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. I then began working with Professor John Hodges, at Neuroscience Research Australia, investigating patients with Frontotemporal Dementia and related disorders. In 2011, I became part of the Memory Program within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellent in Cognition and its Disorders and commenced a PhD investigating the effectiveness of a cognitive intervention to assist Semantic Dementia patients in remembering words. In December 2014, I was delighted to join the University of Exeter Medical School as an Associate Research Fellow on the TIME project.

Within TIME, I will be focusing on the neuropsychological follow up of TEA participants who were initially seen 10 years ago. I will also be conducting a short study into olfactory functioning to investigate relationships between impairments in sense of smell and in memory. Lastly, I will be completing a study to examine whether anti-convulsant medication is helpful in not only reducing seizures but also in addressing memory problems reported by patients with TEA.