Neuroscience education is my primary focus. I work to enhance the student experience through evaluating and improving assessment and feedback practices and promoting skills development. Being a firm believer in diversity and inclusion, I have led the development two successful distance learning MSc programmes at the King's College London; Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, and Applied Neuroscience, for which I am Programme Lead. As deputy head of Department of Education for Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, I engage with colleagues and students to integrate and promote innovative neuroscience education. I have a passion for encouraging interest and understanding of the Biosciences in schools and the wider general public and do this as a member of the Royal Society of Biology London Branch Committee and as scientific advisor for the Batten Disease Family Association.

Please see my Research Staff Profile for more detail

 

Key publications:

Parviainen et al., 2017. Glial cells are functionally impaired in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and detrimental to neurons Research

Anderson et al., 2015. Characterisation of neurons derived from a cortical human neural stem cell line CTX0E16 Research

Bithell et al., 2009. Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Maintains the Neurogenic Capacity of Embryonic Neural Progenitor Cells In Vitro but Changes Their Neuronal Subtype Specification Research Article

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Key collaborators:

Professor Jonathan D Cooper, Washington University School of Medicine

Professor Noel Buckley, University of Oxford

Dr Angela Bithell, University of Reading

Dr Nick Bray, University of Cardiff