I am a Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, and a visiting researcher at the Department of Psychology in Cambridge. My research focuses on identifying infant markers of childhood cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes, and mapping neurodevelopmental trajectories in diverse populations. I am particularly interested in supporting the implementation of neurodevelopmental research into global contexts.
I currently work on the Brain Imaging for Global Health (BRIGHT) project, a prospective longitudinal study of child development, from the antenatal period to preschool age, in a rural area of The Gambia. Our goal is to map the neurodevelopmental pathways of children in this setting and to gain insight into the impact of undernutrition and poverty-related factors on development. As part of my work on this study, I am exploring how psychosocial factors, such as the caregiving environment and maternal wellbeing, contribute to cognitive development in this context.
I completed my PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. My PhD was done as part of the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (BASIS), which is focused on identifying infant markers of autism among children with a family history. My focus was to examine the development and correlates of co-occurring anxiety at school-age, within this population.
