Aleksandra Podlewska

Aleksandra Podlewska is a PhD Research Fellow in Clinical Neuroscience at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). She also serves as a Research Coordinator at the King’s Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence, managing commercial and non-commercial studies. Her research focuses on the therapeutic effects of exercise and technology in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and wearable sensors.

• Role: PhD Research Fellow & Research Coordinator
• Institution: King's College London
• School: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
• Department: Clinical Neuroscience

Her work spans non-motor symptom assessment, arts-in-health interventions, and ethnic diversity in clinical trial recruitment. She leads the Ballet-PD arm of the SHAPER project, examining dance therapy's efficacy, and contributes to the RHAPSODY study on remote speech phenotyping for neurodegenerative disorders.

Scientific trends in her publications include arts-based interventions (dance, music), probiotic therapy, TMS applications, and wearable sensor technologies. She explores seasonal symptom variations, gut-brain axis interactions, and telemedicine adaptations post-pandemic.