Rebecca Bendayan

Dr. Rebecca Bendayan is an MRC/NIHR Research Fellow at King’s College London’s Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. She holds a PhD in Psychology from University College London (UCL) and has expertise in longitudinal data analysis, health records, multimorbidity, and cognitive ageing. Her research focuses on identifying early predictors of cognitive decline in older adults using longitudinal clinical health records, with international collaborations in the US, Israel, Spain, and Chile.

• Education: BSc Psychology, MSc Research in Health Psychology, MSc Research Methods, PhD Psychology (UCL)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)

Her research interests include improving methodologies for longitudinal data analysis and understanding how multimorbidity patterns relate to cognitive decline across the lifespan. Current projects address healthcare system challenges through analysis of clinical records to identify co-occurring health conditions.

• Key Awards: Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowship (2019), Extraordinary PhD Award (2015), HDR UK Team of the Year (2020)

Dr. Bendayan’s recent work combines machine learning with healthcare data (e.g., Foresight generative models for patient timelines) and explores digital health applications like remote cognitive assessments for ADHD. Her publications span topics from phubbing’s psychological impact to vitamin D’s role in cognitive function.