Sofia is a medical Physics Expert and Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics at University Hospital Southampton and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Southampton. In her clinical role, Sofia leads a team of clinical scientists supporting and developing radionuclide therapy and diagnostic SPECT/CT and PET/CT services. She also teaches medical imaging at BSc and MSc level and delivers part of the Fellows of Royal College of Radiology physics module. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of imaging biomarkers for disease characterisation and the use of artificial intelligence for dementia diagnosis support.