Dr Hayley Crawford is an Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School and network lead for the Cerebra Network. Alongside Dr Jane Waite, Hayley leads our mental health research programme, focusing on characterising behavioural and mental health outcomes in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders associated with intellectual disability. Her work to date has primarily focused on understanding…

Professor Caroline Richards, Professor of Neurodevelopmental Conditions, is a Clinical Psychologist and researcher at the University of Birmingham. Caroline leads our programme of sleep and behaviour research. This research will help us to understanding why sleep problems occur in children with intellectual disability, autism and rare genetic syndromes, and help families to find solutions to…

Dr Jane Waite is a Senior Lecturer at Aston University and a Clinical Psychologist. As a co-lead for the Cerebra Network, Dr Waite leads the mental health programme alongside Dr Crawford from Warwick University. Dr Waite specialises in anxiety, low mood, autism characteristics, cognitive styles, emotional regulation, and the development of specialised psychological interventions tailored…

Dr Jo Moss is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey. Jo leads the Cerebra Network research in autism, focusing on understanding the prevalence, profile and social-cognitive mechanisms underpinning the development of autism and related characteristics in people with genetic syndromes. This research will help to improve the accuracy of autism assessments in people…