Scientist, engineer, speaker, and mentor.

Scientist, engineer, speaker, and mentor.

Dr Christina Maher speaking at the Innovation Aus event

I am a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist using AI to explore brain activity. My mission is to apply personalised, precision medicine to improve everyone’s quality of life. Brain health, and injury, can impact our lives in so many ways. From impulsive behaviour to severe seizures, I’m finding out what contributes to these events and how to best treat them.

In my research, I apply computational modelling and AI to clinical and brain data from MRIs and wearables. I’m building models to personalise the study of brain structure and function, which may help understand and treat conditions like epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. I have ongoing collaborations with the Computational Neuroscience team and School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sydney, and the Neurology department at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. I’ve presented my research at leading global conferences (ISMRM, IEC) and at many forums and organisations (i.e. Australasian Neuroscience Society, Australian Society for Medical Research, Cognitive Security Institute, Westmead Hospital).

I enjoy inspiring the next generation of scientists and was named one of 60 national Superstars of STEM by Science and Technology Australia (2023-2024). I’m a coordinator and lecturer of the multidisciplinary ENGD3004 course at USYD, where we teach students from all disciplines how to do scientific research overlayed with a peace-building lens. I’m also Treasurer for the ISMRM ANZ Chapter and participate in a number of volunteering initiatives.

I believe in making science accessible, so I regularly share science content across my social media accounts and on my podcast, the Hybrid Human Show. I’ve been a guest expert on local and international radio, contributed articles for The Conversation and MC’d a 460 person science and tech event. When I’m not working, I exercise, hang with my dogs and work on my side hobbies.

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