Meet the Team

Dr Charlotte Tye

Chief Investigator

King's College London

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at King’s College London. I graduated in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol and completed doctoral and postdoctoral training at King’s College London. My research focuses on characterising development in young children with rare neurogenetic conditions and epilepsy and identifying infant precursors of later emerging neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and ADHD. I have received prestigious fellowships from the Tuberous Sclerosis Association, Epilepsy Research UK and Autistica, and was awarded the Vicky H Whittemore prize in 2015 and the British Academy of Childhood Disability/Castang Foundation Fellowship in 2019. You can find out more about me in an interview here: https://maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2021/november/an-interview-with-dr-charlotte-tye/

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And read our latest research here: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/charlotte.tye.html

Dr Sara Simblett

Clinical Lecturer

King's College London

I am a clinical psychologist and lecturer in the Department of Psychology at King’s College London (KCL). I completed my PHD at the University of Cambridge and gained a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at KCL. My research focuses on neuropsychology and use of mobile health technology to assess and treat psychological disorders amongst people with long-term mental health and neurological conditions. Service user involvement is core to all this research. I also teach on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training programme at KCL and work clinically in the Neuropsychiatry Service within South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and with The London Neurocognitive Clinic.

Kate Fifield

PhD Student

King's College London

I am a second year PhD student researching the feasibility of remote measurement technologies in young adults with TS within the TS 2000 cohort study at King's College London. After completing my undergraduate Psychology (BSc) degree at the University of Manchester, I worked as a research assistant at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street researching the mental health and well being of children with long term health conditions. My interest in working with individuals with rare genetic disorders also stemmed from my work as an Assistant Psychologist in the Neuropsychology team at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where I worked with children with rare genetic disorders, epilepsy and brain tumors.

Katie Blackford

BSc Placement Student

King's College London

I am a current BSc Psychology student at King's College London completing my placement year with the Autism and Development Team at the IoPPN. My interest in Autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions originated through my work as a supervisor for day-respite care at a non-profit organisation; here we care for those with a spectrum of disabilities and rare genetic conditions who have a variety of medical and communication needs. I will be supporting the TS 2000 study as well as other studies looking into the relationship of Tuberous Sclerosis with later neurodevelopment outcomes.

Professor Patrick Bolton

Chief Investigator

King's College London

Patrick Bolton has degrees in both psychology and medicine from London University and a PhD from Cambridge University. From 2003-2020, he was Professor of Child & Adolescent Neuropsychiatry at the King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the South London & Maudsley Hospital NHS trust, where he led the National Specialist Clinical Service for children with neuropsychiatric disorders. He has authored over 300 scientific publications and is recognised as an expert on the genetic influences in neurodevelopment disorders. Professor Bolton launched the TS2000 study in 2000 and was chief investigator until 2020 when Dr Charlotte Tye took over chief investigator responsibilities.