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Head of Unit
David H Skuse MD FRCP FRCPsych FRCPCH	Professor of Behavioural and Brain Sciences
Special interests:	Social communication disorders and the biology of social cognition	Profile and Contact Details
Professors
Peter Hobson MA, MB, PhD, CPyshcol, FRCPsych	Professor of Developmental Psychopathology
Special interests:	Interpersonal relations and the development of thinking, with special reference to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)	Profile and Contact Details
Group Leaders
Jessica Hobson BSc, MSc, PhD	Senior Research Fellow
Special interests:	Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), joint attention, social engagement, and parent-child interaction	Profile and Contact Details
Nadia Micali MD, MRCPsych, PhD	NIHR Clinician Scientist
Special interests:	Aetiology and epidemiology of eating disorders, and adolescent mental health	Profile and Contact Details
Unit Administration
Position vacant	Unit Administrator and PA to David Skuse	020 7905 2712
Ashleigh Melvin (Tue & Fri)	Research Secretary to Nadia Micali	020 7905 2162 Email
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Rob Senior BA, MSc, MRCP(UK)	Senior Clinical Research Fellow	Profile and Contact Details
Research Assistants and PhD Students
Seonaid Anderson BSc, MPhil	Research Assistant	Maternity Leave
Ozlem Baykaner BSc, MSc	Research Assistant	Email
Amanda Bye BSc	Research Assistant and PhD Student: supervisor Nadia Micali	Email
Abigail Easter BSc	Research Assistant	Email
Clare Gibbard BSc	PhD Student: supervisors Chris Clark and David Skuse	Email
Ros Hithersay BA, GradDip	Research Assistant	Email
Teresa Iuculano MSc	PhD Student: supervisors Brain Butterworth and David Skuse	Email
V. Megan Kash-MacDonald BSc, MS	Research Assistant and PhD Student: supervisor Nadia Micali	Email
Radha Kothari BSc	PhD Student: supervisor Nadia Micali	Email
Irene Lee BSc, MSc, MIBMS	Experimental Officer	Email
William Mandy BSc, DClinPsy	Clinical Psychologist & PhD Student: supervisor David Skuse	Profile and Contact Details
Fiona Roberts BSc, MSc	Project Coordinator & Researcher	Email
Francesca Solmi BA, MA, MSc	PhD Student: supervisor Nadia Micali	Email
Charlotte Sanderson BSc	PhD Student: supervisors David Skuse and Neil Marlow	Email
Sara Staunton BSc, MSc	Speech and Language Therapist	Email
Carla Startin MSci	PhD Student: supervisors David Skuse and Michelle De Haan	Email
Emma Taborelli MD	PhD Student & Researcher: supervisor Nadia Micali	Email
Tianyu Wang BSc	PhD Student: supervisors David Skuse and Nick Tyler	Email
Visiting Students
Abigail Carter	Undergraduate Placement Student	Email
Juejing Ren BSc	PhD Student: supervisors David Skuse and Chris Clark	Email
Catherine Walters	Undergraduate Placement Student	Email
Honorary Staff and Associates
Helen Bruce BSc, DClinPsy	Honorary Senior Lecturer: MSc Child & Adolecent Mental Health	Email
Rachel Bryant-Waugh MSc, DPhil	Joint Head of Feeding and Eating Disorders Service DCAMH; Honorary Senior Lecturer	Department website
Margaret DeJong MDCM, FRCPsych(Can), FRCPsych(UK)	Head of Parenting and Child Service DCAMH; Honorary Senior Lecturer	Department website
Linda Dowdney M.A. (Dev Psychology); M.Phil. (Clin Psych); Ph.D. (Psychology)	Honorary Senior Lecturer: MSc Child & Adolecent Mental Health	Email
Jon Goldin BSc MBChB DCH MRCPsych	Consultant Psychiatrist DCAMH; Honorary Senior Lecturer	Department website
Esther Kessler lic. oec. (HSG), PhD	Honorary Postdoctoral Research Associate	Email
Dasha Nicolls MBBS MRCPsych MD	Joint Head of Feeding and Eating Disorders DCAMH; Honorary Senior Lecturer	Department website
Viv Prior BSc, MSc	Honorary Senior Research Fellow	Profile and Contact Details
Fiona Roberts BSc, MSc	Honorary Research Assistant	Email
Adam Smith-Collins BSc, PhD	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Eileen Vizard MBBS, DPM, FRCPsych, MD (Res)	Honorary Senior Lecturer MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health Special interests: child abuse; juvenile offenders; psychopathy	Email
Richard Warrington BSc	3Di Sofware Developer and Training Manager	Email