Dr Thalia Field

Dr. Thalia Field is a stroke neurologist and clinician-researcher at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) where she is an Associate Professor and holds a Sauder Family/Heart and Stroke Professorship of Stroke Research. Her research is focused on clinical trials and stroke in younger adults, particularly cerebral venous thrombosis, a rare stroke type that tends to affect women, and adults with congenital heart disease. She is currently leading a national longitudinal study examining brain health in children and adults with congenital heart disease and sex- and gender-related differences.