Dr Simmons has worked at the Institute of Psychiatry in the Department of Neuroimaging since completing her PhD there in 2010. Most of her work has been on developing simultaneous recording of neuroimaging techniques such as EEG, MRI, biosensors and autoradiography for brain metabolism and protein synthesis, using these simultaneous setups for the investigation of cognitive function in pharmacological models of cognitive deficits seen in diseases such as Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. Her particular interest are in using these setups to further define various models of cognitive deficits to help further elucidate these mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease and therefore help develop treatments that will slow cognitive decline in patients.

2010-Present: Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK

Dr Simmons works as the Operations Manager and Biologist in The Centre for Biomarkers Research And Imaging for Neuroscience (BRAIN Centre). Here she continues to develop combinations of imaging modalities to use in a variety of projects looking at a wiide range of neurological disorders along with running the day-today operations of the BRAIN Centre.