Austeja Dapkute
MD, MSc, FEBN
DPhil Student, Clinical Research Fellow and Clarendon Scholar
Austeja is a Medical Doctor and holds a Master's of Medicine degree from Vilnius University, Lithuania, where she specialised in Neurology, completing her residency in 2025 and obtaining a fellowship of the European Board of Neurology. During her time in Lithuania, Austeja was involved in clinical headache research supervised by Professor Kristina Ryliskiene. Austeja also graduated from the University of Bordeaux in 2023 with a Master's degree in Neuroscience and a thesis completed at Imperial College London, under the supervision of Dr Alexi Nott, investigating the function of enhancers containing Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease risk variants.
Austeja is currently undertaking her DPhil investigating microglial gene regulatory landscapes underlying prodromal Alzheimer's disease progression under the supervision of Professor Zameel Cader. She is supported by the Alzheimer’s Society Clinician and Healthcare Professionals Training Fellowship and a Clarendon scholarship.