Dr Recasens is an early-mid career researcher with expertise in oncology and neuroscience. Her work has been rewarded several times (e.g. Paper of the Year, by Annals of Neurology) and has received over 2500 citations. Dr Recasens' current area of interest is Pancreatic Cancer, and more particularly, the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. She is working in an Australian multicentric clinical trial that aims to improve the classification and management of pancreatic cancer.