Ira is an associate professor and laboratory head at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. She has a broad range of interests in geroscience, human physiology and cell biology. Her research focuses on ‘normal’ human brain ageing as well as the processes that fail in the brain during neurodegeneration. Since 2021, Ira also coordinates a part of collaborative Horizon 2020-funded project at the Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing in Coimbra, Portugal. A BSRA Trustee since 2022.
