Joni Holmes

Professor

  • 0.07 Lawrence Stenhouse Building

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Applicants are invited to work on both secondary data and empirical projects exploring neurodivergence, and in particular the cognitive and behavioural factors that influence learning and mental health in childhood and adolescence.

Personal profile

Academic Background

Degrees

2001 - 2005         PhD. in Psychology, Durham University

1998 - 2001         First Class Bsc. (Hons.) Applied Psychology, Durham University

 

Academic Posts

 

2021 - Present  Professor of Psychology, University of East Anglia

2021- Present  Senior Affiliated Scientist, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

2017- 2021   Head of the Centre for Attention, Learning and Memory, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

2017- 2021   Fellow, Wolfson College University of Cambridge,

2011 – 2017        Senior Investigator Scientist (Associate Professor equivalent), MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge

2009 - 2011         Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Northumbria (ESRC funded research sabbatical, University of York, 2010-2011)

2006 - 2009         Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of York

2006 – 2009        Honorary Fellow, School of Education, Durham University

2005 - 2006         Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Metropolitan University

Areas of Expertise

Child development, neurodevelopmental conditions, mental health, transdiagnostic approaches, children's learning

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Working memory and children's mathematical skills, Durham University

Award Date: 30 Jun 2005

External positions

Academic Partner, Mobilise: Collaboration for Impact in Early Childhood

19 Sep 2023 → …

Editor in Chief, Neurodiversity, Sage

26 May 2022 → …

Research Board Member, British Psychological Society

1 Oct 202131 Dec 2024

External Examiner MSc Developmental Psychopathology, Durham University

1 Oct 202131 Jan 2024

Executive Committee, Experimental Psychological Society Executive Committee

1 Oct 202131 Dec 2023

Senior Affiliated Scientist, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

1 Oct 202130 Sep 2024

Editorial Board, BMC Pediatrics

1 Jan 2020 → …

Editorial Board, Psychological Review

1 Oct 2015 → …

Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

1 Sep 2012 → …

Associate Editor, Memory, Taylor Francis

1 Oct 2011 → …

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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