Emily Jones, Ph.D.

Professor, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London

SFARI Investigator, SFARI Scientific Review Board Website

Emily Jones obtained her B.A., M.A. (natural sciences) and M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Sheffield. After an Autism Speaks Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Washington Autism Center, Jones moved to the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Jones’ research builds on multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological advances to delineate the neurodevelopmental pathways that lead to autism. To achieve this, she combines behavioral, neurocognitive and neuroimaging techniques to study very early brain development with a prospective longitudinal approach. To link her laboratory’s findings to neurobiology, her lab performs longitudinal prospective studies of infants with genetic disorders like neurofibromatosis type 1 and tuberous sclerosis. To combine discovery with translation, she is involved in a number of intervention studies for infants, children and adults with autism.

Funded Projects

Identifying EEG biomarkers of treatment outcome

Awarded: 2018
Award Type: Director

Delineating neurodevelopmental causal paths to autism symptoms in infancy

Awarded: 2017
Award Type: Pilot

SFARI Funded Publications

Differential neural circuitry behind autism subtypes with imbalanced social-communicative and restricted repetitive behavior symptoms. Bertelsen N., Landi I., Bethlehem R.A.I., Seidlitz J., Busuoli E.M., Mandelli V., Satta E., Trakoshis S., Auyeung B., Kundu P., Loth E., Dumas G., Baumeister S., Beckmann C.F., Bölte S., Bourgeron T., Charman T., Durston S., Ecker C., Holt R.J., Johnson M., Jones E., Mason L., Meyer-Lindenberg A., Moessnang C., Oldehinkel M., Persico A., Tillmann J., Williams S.C.R., Spooren W., Murphy D., Buitelaar J.K., the EU-AIMS LEAP group, Baron-Cohen S., Lai M.-C., Lombardo M.V.

Early motor differences in infants at elevated likelihood of autism spectrum disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Begum Ali J., Charman T., Johnson M., Jones E., and the Basis/STAARS Team.

Atypical development of attentional control associates with later adaptive functioning, autism and ADHD traits. Hendry A., Jones E., Bedford R., Andersson Konke L., Begum Ali J., Bӧlte S., Brocki K.C., Demurie E., Johnson M., Pijl M.K.J., Roeyers H., Charman T., Eurosibs Team.