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Delia Fuhrmann

Dr Delia Fuhrmann

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Research interests

  • Mental Health
  • Psychology

Biography

Dr Delia Fuhrmann studies how the mind and brain changes across the lifespan, and develops measures and models to capture young people’s experiences like loneliness or adversity. She leads the LIFE-MAP Lab, which seeks to provide methodology and knowledge to inform prevention and intervention efforts with the aim of fostering well-being across the lifespan.

Prior to joining King’s, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Research Associate at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. She completed her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University College London and her BSc Hons Psychology at the University of St Andrews. Please visit Delia’s personal website for more information.

Research Interests

  • Lifespan Development
  • Longitudinal Modelling
  • Psychometrics
  • Adverse experiences and stress
  • Loneliness
  • Plasticity and sensitive periods

Teaching

Dr Delia Fuhrmann teaches on the BSc Psychology Programme in the following areas: Research Methods and Open Science 

Expertise and Public Engagement

Delia runs workshops for educational and clinical practitioners on lifespan development. She also gives talks about her research in schools, and participates in panel discussions. She has contributed articles and research briefings for policy makers and the general public, e.g. in the Times Education Supplement. She runs coding and statistics workshops and consults on research design and analysis.

    Research

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    LIFE-MAP Lab at KCL

    We study how the mind and brain changes across the lifespan, and the methods and models that can be used to capture their development.

    News

    Five IoPPN research projects receive UKRI funding

    A total of £4.4 million funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Medical Research Council (MRC) has been awarded to research projects at the...

    Clapping Award 800x450

      Research

      brain_logo
      LIFE-MAP Lab at KCL

      We study how the mind and brain changes across the lifespan, and the methods and models that can be used to capture their development.

      News

      Five IoPPN research projects receive UKRI funding

      A total of £4.4 million funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Medical Research Council (MRC) has been awarded to research projects at the...

      Clapping Award 800x450