Who we are

Management Group
Professor Mark Johnson, Medical Research Council and Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Teodora Gliga, Network Coordinator, University of East Anglia
Professor Tony Charman, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry
Dr Emily Jones , Birkbeck, University of London

Scientific Board
The Scientific Board consists of members of the Management Group and the following:
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
Professor Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Professor Andrew Pickles, University of Manchester
Professor Susan Leekam, Cardiff University
Dr Jeremy Parr, Newcastle University
Dr Greg Pasco, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry

Advisory Board
Professor Gillian Baird, Guy’s & St.Thomas’ NHS Trust
Professor Pat Howlin, Research Autism
Dr Judy Gould, National Autistic Society
Mr Hugh Morgan, OBE, Autism Cymru
Mr John MacDonald, The Scottish Society for Autism
Dr Gavin Malloch, Medical Research Council
Dr Simon Wallace, Autistica
Professor Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, North-American Baby Siblings Research Consortium

Affiliated Scientists
If you are a researcher or clinician and would like to be affiliated with BASIS please send a brief description of your research and your contact details to basis@bbk.ac.uk. The scientists already affiliated with BASIS are as follows:

Dr Samina Ahmed, University of Manchester
Dr Catherine Aldred, University of Manchester
Ms Carrie Allison, University of Cambridge
Ms Wafa Ali Alshami, University of Birmingham
Dr Gizelle Anzures, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Bonnie Auyeung, University of Edinburgh
Dr Josephine Barbaro, La Trobe University, Australia
Ms Rachael Bedford, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Anna Blasi, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Professor Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford
Dr Andrew Bremner, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Thea Cameron-Faulkner, University of Manchester
Dr Bhismadev Chakrabarti, University of Reading
Dr Celeste Cheung, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Richard Chin, University of Edinburgh
Dr Paula Clarke, University of York
Dr Sally Clifford, La Trobe University, Australia
Professor Gina Conti-Ramsden, University of Manchester
Dr Jennifer Cook, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Gergely Csibra, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Dr Sarah Curran, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Ms Leila Dafner, Birkbeck, University of London
Ms Kim Davies, Birkbeck, University of London
Ms Rachael Davis, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Michelle de Haan, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Dr Sonja Delmonte, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Professor Cheryl Dissanayake, La Trobe University, Australia
Dr Brianna Doherty, University of Oxford
Dr Dean S’Souza, Birkbeck, University of London
Ms Hana D’Souza, Goldsmiths, University of London
Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop, University of Strathclyde
Ms Rosanna Edey, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Mayada Elsabbagh, McGill University, Canada
Professor Margaret Esiri, Oxford University
Mr Terje Falck-Ytter, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr Teresa Farroni, University of Padua, Italy
Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson, University of Edinburgh
Mr Bernard Freeman, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Ms Issy Gammer, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Merideth Gattis, Cardiff University
Professor Dan Geschwind, UCLA School of Medicine, USA
Dr Teodora Gliga, Birkbeck, University of London
Ms Kate Graham, University of Birmingham
Professor Francesca Happe, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Professor Martha Hickey, University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Dr Emily Jones, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Peter Hammond, University College London
Ms Andrea Handl, Birkbeck, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Professor Francesca Happe, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Professor Dale Hay, Cardiff University
Dr Lisa Henderson, University of York
Professor Peter Hepper, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Elisabeth Hill, Goldsmith’s, University of London
Dr Karla Holmboe, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Ms Clare Holt, University of Manchester
Dr Richard Holt, Oxford University
Professor Patricia Howlin, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Kristelle Hudry, La Trobe University, Australia
Dr Ayla Humphrey, University of Cambridge
Mr Matthew Hunter, University of Edinburgh
Dr John Jacob, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Jordy Kaufman, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Professor Peter Kind, University of Edinburgh
Dr Elena Kushnerenko, University of East London
Dr Meng-Chuan Lai, University of Cambridge
Dr Janine Lamb, University of Manchester
Ms Kathy Leadbitter, University of Manchester
Professor Ann Le Couteur, Newcastle University
Dr Hayley Leonard, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Elena Lieven, University of Manchester
Dr Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Amanda Ludlow, University of Birmingham
Ms Bosiljka Malosaveljevic, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Ms Helen Maris, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Neil Marlow, University College London
Dr Helen Marwick, University of Strathclyde
Dr Luke Mason, Birkeck, University of London
Professor Murray Maybery, University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr Joseph McCleery, University of Birmingham
Professor Helen McConachie, Newcastle University
Dr Ailsa McLellan, University of Edinburgh
Dr Evelyne Mercure, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
Dr Jonathan Mill, Kings College London
Dr Kristina Moll, University of York
Professor Derek Moore, University of East London
Professor Filippo Muratori, University of Pisa, Italy
Professor Declan Murphy, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Ms Brenda Nally, Oxford University
Professor Kate Nation, University of Oxford
Professor Jeremy Nicholson, Imperial College London
Courtney Norbury, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Anne O’Hare, University of Edinburgh
Dr Elena Orekhova, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Olivier Pascalis, University of Sheffield
Dr Liz Pellicano, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Crag Pennell, University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr Kaska Porayska-Pomsta, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Clare Press, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Jean Quigley, Trinity College, Dublin
Dr Hassan Rahmoune, University of Cambridge
Dr Armin Raznahan, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Professor Vasudevi Reddy, University of Portsmouth
Dr Vincent Reid, Durham University
Professor Herbert Roeyers, University of Ghent, Belgium
Dr Angelica Ronald, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Simona Salomone, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Gaia Scerif, University of Oxford
Dr Atsushi Senju, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Vaheshta Sethna, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Elizabeth Shephard, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Ilina Singh, London School of Economics
Professor David Skuse, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Dr Vicky Slonims, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tim Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Maggie Snowling, University of York
Ms Chrysi Stefanidou, University of Birmingham
Ms Jillian Sullivan, University of Cambridge
Dr Ruth Sumpter, University of Edinburgh
Dr Chloe Taylor, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Anna Theakston, University of Manchester
Professor Michael Thomas, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Przemek Tomalski, University of East London
Dr Charlotte Tye, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Dr Kirsten Verity, University of Edinbugh
Dr Angela Vincent, University of Oxford
Professor Claes von Hofsten, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Ms Leslie Tucker, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Ming Wai Wan, University of Manchester
Dr Petra Warreyn, Ghent University, Belgium
Mr Sam Wass, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Linda Wheeldon, University of Birmingham
Professor Andrew Whitehouse, University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr Gregory Young, UC Davis, USA