Professor Lisa M. Saksida, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, leads research in translational cognitive neuroscience focused on learning, memory, attention, neurodegenerative disorders, and computational modelling. She studies how neural pathways support cognition in healthy and diseased brains, using touchscreen-based assays and mouse models to identify mechanisms relevant to disorders such as Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. Her mission is to turn fundamental brain science into better treatments for brain disorders. She is also Co-Scientific Director of BrainsCAN and a scientist at Robarts Research Institute.