Dr. Emily Jones

Biography

Emily Jones is a Professor of Developmental Translational Neuroscience at King's College London, affiliated with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. Her research primarily focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms that underpin variability in the developmental trajectories of young children, particularly those at risk for autism. As a joint appointment in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, she employs a multimodal approach involving behavioral, electrophysiological, and psychophysiological techniques to investigate essential skills such as memory and attention during early development. Emily has a strong interest in the early development of foundational skills in children with autism and seeks to illuminate the aetiology of the condition by understanding early symptoms, which aids in identifying appropriate intervention targets. Her work includes significant studies like the Early Connections Study and the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings. She is actively involved in various European collaborative projects and currently coordinates a major cross-European study of infants at high familial risk for autism as part of the AIMS2 project, overseeing ethics and EEG work streams. Emily’s research has been featured in prominent media outlets such as the BBC and ITV, and she contributes to panels for the UKRI and MRC.

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