PhD Student
Hajr began her current research in 2022 when she joined the lab for her PhD. Hajr completed her Master’s degree in Kinesiology at York University. Her research focuses on isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD), in which individuals enact their dreams during sleep. Patients with this disorder have a high risk of developing dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s disease. Hajr is interested in characterising motor deficits in iRBD that can be utilized as markers of iRBD and disease progression.
In the future she hopes that we will be able to begin clinical trials to help slow down disease progression and hopes her research can contribute to that goal.