Aamir is a PhD student funded by the MRC AIM DTP at the University of Birmingham. He is supervised by Dr. Lei Zhang and Professor Patricia Lockwood at the University of Birmingham and Professor Mark Haselgrove at the University of Nottingham. He holds a BSc in Biomedical Science from Imperial College London and an MSc in Brain Imaging from the University of Nottingham. Prior to starting his PhD, he worked as research and administrative support at the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN) at the University of Reading.
Aamir's research applies behavioural tasks, computational modelling and neuroimaging to understand social decision-making, and using this knowledge to inform the precision-based treatment of mental health disorders. Outside of research, he is also passionate about facilitating inclusivity and diversity in academia, as well as promoting open and reproducible science.
In his free time, he enjoys playing snooker (high break of 63), travelling and exploring to new places and watching cricket.
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