!!Francesca Happé - Curriculum vitae

__Education__
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*1988 B.A. (HONS) Experimental Psychology, Top First. Corpus Christi College, Oxford University
*1991 Ph.D (Psychology), UCL, University of London. MRC Studentship, MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London
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__Other responsibilities__
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*Editorial Consultant responsible for drafting the MRC’s Review of Autism Research: Epidemiology and Causes (2001).
*Joint Editor, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2000-2006). Editorial
*Board member Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2000-2010) and Mind and Language (2003-present)
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__Plenary lectures__
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Invited speaker at academic/clinical conferences in more than 17 countries
worldwide; e.g., Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain Learning and Memory,
University of California Irvine (2006); International International Congress
of Autism Europe (Oslo, 2007); International Meeting for Autism Research
(London 2008); Asia Pacific Autism Conference (Sydney, 2009); keynote at
opening of KIND, Karolinska Institute (2010). Co-convened Royal Society–British
Academy Discussion Meeting ‘Talent and Autism’ (September 2008), and Evening
Panel event (2009).
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__Public understanding of science__
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Subject of a Channel 4 documentary in the 4Learning ‘Living Science’ series
and accompanying information pack for schools ([http://www.acclaimscientists.org.uk/index.htm]).
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Regularly give talks for schools. Invited BAYS (British Association for
Young Scientists) lecture at BAAS meeting (1999).
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Television and radio appearances, including BBC QED, Open University, Horizon,
ABC, World Service. Authored articles for The Daily Telegraph (science
section), Independent and La Repubblica.
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__Supervision__
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Supervised >10 PhD students, now in prestigious posts (e.g., UCL, Yale,
NIMH). Regularly examined UK and European PhDs. Mentored several post-doctoral
fellows.