Dr. Halai a Senior MRC CDA Research Fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU). He trained at the University of York (BSc, MSc) and the University of Manchester (PhD) before moving to the University of Cambridge as a postdoc and then as a program leader  (ORCID)

Dr. Halai's lab research focuses on language and executive dysfunction after brain injury (acute event or degeneration). The lab’s goal is to utilise machine learning and neuroimaging to help improve diagnosis and prognosis for patients.