Dr. Edmund Sonuga Barke

Biography

Edmund Sonuga-Barke is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. He was appointed at King's in January 2017 after spending 19 years as a Professor at the University of Southampton. His primary research focus is on child mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly the origins of attention and impulse control variations, such as ADHD. He employs basic developmental science approaches to study the genetic and environmental bases of risk and resilience, and he aims to develop effective interventions to reduce impairments and promote growth. Sonuga-Barke is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, elected in 2016, and of the British Academy, elected in 2018. He has also been elected as the Skou Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark in 2019 and has published extensively on various aspects of child psychology and psychiatry, including neurofeedback and the impacts of early deprivation on mental health. His teaching includes courses on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Genes, Environment, Development, Psychology and Psychiatry, and he supervises individual research projects. He is also involved in multiple research projects aimed at understanding neurodevelopmental disorders and improving the clinical care of affected children.

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