Professor Singh-Manoux’s research focuses on cognitive aging. She leads the cognitive ageing programme of the Whitehall II study, where data on social, behavioural and biological factors predate the collection of cognitive data by 10 years. The cognitive test battery was first administered to participants when they were, on average, 55 years old and has been repeated every 4 years. To date 5 waves of data have been collected with the study poised to continue into the future. She heads a research team entitled “Epidemiology of ageing and age related diseases” at INSERM, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. This multidisciplinary team is interested in cognitive and motor function, and neurodegenerative diseases.