Biography
Nora is an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship funded PhD student within the ReSpect Lab (2022/2023 and onwards), supervised by Dr Silia Vitoratou, Professor Francesca Happé, and Dr Hannah Belcher.
Her research focus is on addressing measurement bias in the assessment of autism presentation in women and developing a novel psychometric tool for the evaluation of autism in women.
Nora holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, a PGDip in Applied Statistical Modelling & Health Informatics, and an MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, all of which she earned at King’s College London.
Before her Doctoral Fellowship, she was an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Psychometrics & Measurement Lab (King’s College London), where she studied gender bias in autism assessments using psychometric methods. She also worked as a research assistant at the same lab, contributing to the development of a new questionnaire for measuring misophonia.
Research interests
- Autism in women
- Psychometrics
- Questionnaire development
- Misophonia
Teaching
Nora supports the teaching of ‘Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods’ for two MSc programs in Affective Disorders and Clinical Neuropsychiatry.
She also assists in the teaching of ‘Contemporary Psychometrics’ for the MSc program in Applied Statistical Modelling & Health Informatics.
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.
Psychometrics & Measurement Lab
Research in the Lab focuses on the methodology and applications of psychometrics, psychological measurement, mathematical psychology, and social statistics.
News
New study finds nearly 1 in 5 people in the UK find everyday sounds intolerable
Researchers from King’s College London and University of Oxford have shown that 18.4 per cent of the general UK population report that certain sounds, such as...
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.
Psychometrics & Measurement Lab
Research in the Lab focuses on the methodology and applications of psychometrics, psychological measurement, mathematical psychology, and social statistics.
News
New study finds nearly 1 in 5 people in the UK find everyday sounds intolerable
Researchers from King’s College London and University of Oxford have shown that 18.4 per cent of the general UK population report that certain sounds, such as...