She trained in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the USA, prior to joining the University of Reading in 2007. She currently focuses her research on cognition, emotion and wellbeing across the lifespan, with a focus on ageing. Dr van Reekum is a research director of the Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Research Division and serves on the Advisory Board of the Berkshire Memory and Cognition Research Centre at the University of Reading. She envisions expanding her work on the ageing brain to understand and help improve wellbeing in individuals experiencing mild cognitive impairment and dementia.