Elena Karpinski

I initially worked as a psychomotor therapist, as a clinician in an adult psychiatric hospital. Two years ago, I decided to return to academia to pursue clinical research. My goal in joining the ICM was to maintain my clinical specificity: the observation of the body.

This led me to embark on my doctoral research with Dr. Bénédicte Batrancourt, co-supervised by Dr. Boris Chaumette. The focus of my thesis is to refine the diagnosis of apathy in various neurological disorders (Frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's) and psychiatric conditions (schizophrenia, depression). Additionally, the aim is to identify bodily markers of this neuropsychiatric symptom.