Sofia is a Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Her research portfolio focuses on developing imaging and fluid biomarkers and using artificial intelligence for dementia diagnosis and prognosis. She is an imaging theme lead for the Interdisciplinary Dementia and Ageing Centre (IDeAC) and a member of the IPEM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence.
Sofia also has a clinical role as University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. She a Consultant Clinical Scientist and Medical Physics Expert (MPE) leading the Nuclear Medicine Physics team supporting the delivery of the routine clinical Nuclear Medicine and PET service and the introduction of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
Prior to joining the NHS, Sofia did a PhD in Medical Imaging at University College London where she developed expertise in image analysis and Artificial Intelligence. Sofia teaches medical imaging at BSc and MSc level at the University of Southampton and delivers part of the Fellows of Royal College of Radiology physics module. She supervises BSc, MSC and PhD students in projects focusing on clinical translation of imaging techniques.