Meet the team

Core team

Dr Charlotte Tye

Chief Investigator

King's College London

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at King’s College London. I graduated in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol and completed doctoral and postdoctoral training at King’s College London. My research focuses on characterising development in young children with rare neurogenetic conditions and epilepsy and identifying infant precursors of later emerging neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and ADHD. I have received prestigious fellowships from the Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Epilepsy Research UK and Autistica, and was awarded the Vicky H Whittemore prize in 2015 and the British Academy of Childhood Disability/Castang Foundation Fellowship in 2019. You can find out more about me in an interview here: .https://maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2021/november/an-interview-with-dr-charlotte-tye/

Follow me on Twitter @CharlotteRTye

And read our latest research here: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/charlotte.tye.html

Dr Dolapo Adegbobye

Postdoctoral Researcher

King's College London

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychology at King’s College London. I completed doctoral training and began postdoctoral training at Cardiff University, and I now continue my postdoctoral training as a member of the BEE study research team. My research focuses on the complexities of emotional development in children displaying early signs of neurodevelopmental problems. I am also interested in statistical techniques grounded in dynamic methods for assessing emotion regulation

Emma Casey

PhD Student

King's College London

I am a PhD student based in the Department of Psychology at King’s College London. After a brief period working as a pharmacist in Ireland, I completed a conversion degree in psychology and a postgraduate degree in psychological science. During this time, I volunteered with a children’s advocacy organisation (Accompaniment Support Services for Children), and continued working as a pharmacist and assistant psychologist. I have a strong interest in applied research, and am passionate about combining clinical and scientific knowledge, particularly in the area of developmental psychology, to improve health and education services. My PhD research aims to identify early predictors of developmental outcomes for babies with epilepsy.

Radhika Bonk

Research Assistant

King's College London

I am a third-year undergraduate Neuroscience student currently on my placement year at King’s College London. I am particularly interested in how epilepsy treatment strategies impact neurodevelopment and emotional regulation in children, especially those with rare neurogenetic syndromes. I look forward to contributing to and learning from the dynamic BEE study team, where I hope to further develop my research skills while supporting the important work being done in neurogenetic and epilepsy research.

Kate Anning

King's College London

I am a trainee Clinical Psychologist at King's College London, working across the South London and Maudsley Trust. Prior to training, I completed a PhD at Cardiff University, examining self-regulation processes in young children with emotional, behavioural and cognitive difficulties at school. My research interests are in Autism, ADHD and emotion regulation in children with neurogenetic syndromes and epilepsy.

BEE Alumni

Chloe Sanders

Honorary Research Assistant

Natasha Sondarjee

Honorary Research Assistant

Jessica Martin

Honorary Research Assistant

Natasha Lindsay

PhD Student

Anishka Singhania

Honorary Research Assistant

Co-Investigators

Dr Michael Absoud, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust & Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London

Professor Tony Charman, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London

Professor Helen Cross, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sushma Goyal, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Michelle de Haan, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London

Dr Elaine Hughes, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust & King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Mark Johnson, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Professor Emily Jones, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Collaborators

Dr Petroula Laiou, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London

Dr Luke Mason, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Professor Mark Richardson, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London

Mr Joseph Scanlon, PPI Representative

Dr Shan Tang, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust