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

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.

Anishka Singhania

Research Assistant

King's College London

I am a final-year Psychology student at King's College London and completed my placement year with Dr Charlotte Tye working on the BEE study. Since then, I have to support the study as a part time research assistant. I primarily help in managing data and social media. I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting the BEE families. My interest lie with emotion regulation and the developmental process of children of neurogenetic syndromes and epilepsy, as well as understanding experiences of families and the wider impact of having a child with epilepsy.

Katie Blackford

Research Assistant

King's College London

I am a third-year BSc Psychology student at King's College London and completed my placement year with Dr Charlotte Tye's NEST lab. Since then, I have stayed on as a research assistant meaning I have been visiting BEE families over the last 2 years, and it is one of my favourite parts of the job! I have a keen interest in how conditions like epilepsy affect behavioural outcomes, which was inspired from supporting children with behavioural needs at a disability charity for over 5 years. I am now developing a PhD proposal focused on how communication abilities may influence behaviour, and very excited to continue developing this project.

BEE Alumni

Chloe Sanders

Honorary Research Assistant

Natasha Sondarjee

Honorary Research Assistant

Jessica Martin

Honorary Research Assistant

Natasha Lindsay

PhD Student

Dr Dolapo Adegbobye

Postdoctoral Researcher

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