Prof Francesca Happé

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at SGDP Centre, IoPPN, KCL. Still trying to understand autism, social cognition, cognitive style...

[Prof Francesca Happé @HappeLab]

Please help with our new research study! #Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in the UK, help us test a new online task looking at facial emotion recognition and its relationship to mood, thinking styles, and more: https://t.co/I3XpxyiCFv

[Dr Gavin R. Stewart (@gavrobstew.bsky.social) @gavrobstew]

My former King's College London MSc DEVPP student, Sophie Roper, has published her dissertation on autism, suicidality and ageing. Supervised by me, plus
@HappeLab & @GoldAgeLabUK

The paper is open access in Molecular Autism: https://t.co/uCEveEN8am

[Hamilton Morrin @HamiltonMorrin]

Interesting @rcpsychNeuro session on the overlap of FND and autism chaired by @NirujAgrawal with talks from @BruceTamilson and @HappeLab

[Dr Gavin R. Stewart (@gavrobstew.bsky.social) @gavrobstew]

I'm very pleased that our new narrative review on autism in midlife and old age has now been published in the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology (by me and @HappeLab).

We cover a lot of topics... more below!

Open access: https://t.co/JpYcGhkrYE

[Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug]

The first, by @HappeLab and myself, published in @JDisSoc covers our research findings with 149 survey participants - autistic educators, past and present, in a range of roles in schools, including teachers, TAs, Headteachers etc. 2/8
https://t.co/u9UHwZ2iQp

[Louise Arseneault @L_Arseneault]

🎉 Huge congratulations to our fantastic #PALMteam RA Eliza Hamdorf for a stellar poster presentation on the co-production of our upcoming platform, the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, with Lived Experience Experts at the @MQmentalhealth @DatamindUK Data Science meeting!🌟

[Prof Francesca Happé @HappeLab]

Interested in doing a #PhD about #autism? Dr Julia Cook and I have a project on self-compassion and autistic young people in the @KCL_MRCDTP catalogue - apply, just a week to go, deadline 1pm 29/10/2024!

[KCL MRC DTP @KCL_MRCDTP]

Applications for @KingsCollegeLon @The_MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences 2025 entry are now OPEN!

Visit our website https://t.co/D82X7rbejz for more information.

#MRCDTP2025

[KCL MRC DTP @KCL_MRCDTP]

There is just over 2 weeks left to apply for 2025 entry. Hear from MRC DTP student @chloecarrick_ about what their highlight has been so far!

#MRCDTP25

[Prof Francesca Happé @HappeLab]

@hpsam @sophiescott Yes, absolutely!

[Prof Francesca Happé @HappeLab]

If you are interested in doing a #PhD on #autism check out this opportunity, including a great project with me and the wonderful Dr Julia Cook on compassion-focused mental well-being approaches for autistic young people

[KCL MRC DTP @KCL_MRCDTP]

Applications for @KingsCollegeLon @The_MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences 2025 entry are now OPEN!

Visit our website https://t.co/D82X7rbejz for more information.

#MRCDTP2025

[EDGI UK @edgi_uk]

Help make a difference today. Watch the #EDGIUK leads @psychgenomics and Professor Janet Treasure, and mental health advocate @HopeVirgo among others discuss the importance of #EDGIUK and how to join today. https://t.co/InUE87jZQk. @beatED @NIHRresearch @NIHRMaudsleyBRC

[Myrofora Kakoulidou (Myrto) she/her @MyrtoKakoulidou]

@KingsIoPPN @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsCollegeLon @KU_Leuven @UniofBath @SussexUni @GoldsmithsUoL @ucl @UniofOxford @HappeLab @Lucy_Livingston Thank you for organising such a great event and for the opportunity to present our work and hear more about other wonderful projects!

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

Thanks to everyone who came to our #Autism ResearCH (ARCH) showcase on Wednesday at the @SGDPCentreKCL!

We had early career presenters from @KingsCollegeLon, @KU_Leuven, @UniofBath, @SussexUni, @GoldsmithsUoL, @ucl, @UniofOxford and more🧠

[Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social @OleJensenOHBA]

A great honor to be joining University of Oxford and very much looking forward to getting to know my new colleagues and building new collaborations on cognitive, clinical and developmental neuroscience using MEG and OPM

[Louise Arseneault @L_Arseneault]

We are saying goodbye to our fantastic 2023/24 placement students. Thank you @lewis_hannah18 & @MariaJoseRodPin for your amazing contributions to the #CatalogueMHM & landscaping project. You have been awesome additions to the team & will be missed! Good luck with your final year!

[Virginia Carter Leno @carter_leno]

INSAR Early Career Committee (ECC) is looking for new members! If you are interested in supporting other autism researchers, working with a great team and running some fab initiatives then do consider applying. Happy to chat if people have questions
https://t.co/gpFJb51zOF

[Rachel Cockerell @rachelcockerell]

Stunned by this - Melting Point has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

[Dr Emma Pritchard-Rowe @EmmaPritchard95]

I’m one of the researchers working on this project. We are a team of researchers based at the University of Hertfordshire and University of Birmingham and we’ve been asked by @PDASociety to do this research.

[Dr Emma Pritchard-Rowe @EmmaPritchard95]

We want to hear from adults who self-identify or have a diagnosis referencing extreme/pathological demand avoidance (EDA/PDA) or would likely meet the criteria, even if you don’t have a diagnosis or don’t agree with the terminology or framing.

[Dr Emma Pritchard-Rowe @EmmaPritchard95]

📢 Call for participants for a study on demand avoidance

You can take part if you:
✅ are aged 18+
✅struggle to undertake everyday tasks and experience a stress response to demands
Take the survey here (closes 13th Sept): https://t.co/D4cNsFLfs7

[Prof Francesca Happé @HappeLab]

Well done Jessie - so we’ll deserved!

[Dr Jessie Baldwin @jessiebaldwin]

Over the moon to have been awarded a @UKRI_News Future Leaders Fellowship! I'll be investigating how to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems @UCLPALS