Biography
Grainne McAlonan is Professor of Translational Neuroscience based in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London. She studied Medicine at University of Cambridge and Imperial College London and completed a PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience at University of Cambridge. After clinical and research posts in the UK, she worked for over a decade in The University of Hong Kong before returning to the IoPPN. She uses MRI as a translational tool to link brain and behaviour in people with neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); and to ‘back’ (and ‘forward’) translate to laboratory models.
Her current research is informed by her work in the National ADHD and Autism Service for Adults at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and she is the Lead for the Child and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Theme in the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at South London and Maudsley and IoPPN.
Prof McAlonan is a group leader within the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at IoPPN and is a lead investigator within the EU-AIMS-2-TRIALS consortium – a European network hosting the world’s largest grant for autism research. She is responsible for fetal/neonatal/infant brain imaging studies of children vulnerable to neurodevelopmental conditions and for pharmacology studies in adults with ASD.
Research Groups
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
https://www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/research/leadership-group-a-z/grainne-mcalonan/
Group Leader, MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
https://devneuro.org/cndd/group-leaders-overview.php?groupID=114
AIMS-2-TRIALS Fetal/Neonatal and Shiftability studies Lead
https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/our-research/testing-new-medicines/gaba-studies/
https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/our-research/biomarkers/brain-behaviours-early-life/
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Ahmad, J., Ellis, C., Leech, R., Voytek, B., Garces, P., Jones, E., Buitelaar, J., Loth, E., Pascoa dos Santos, F., Amil, A., Verschure, P., Murphy, D. & McAlonan, G., 8 Nov 2022, In: Translational psychiatry. 12, 1, 467. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02218-z
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Fenn-Moltu, S., Fitzgibbon, S. P., Ciarrusta, J., Eyre, M., Cordero-Grande, L., Chew, A., Falconer, S., Gale-Grant, O., Harper, N., Dimitrova, R., Vecchiato, K., Fenchel, D., Javed, A., Earl, M., Price, A., Hughes, E., Duff, E. P., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Nosarti, C., Arichi, T., & 6 othersRueckert, D., Counsell, S., Hajnal, J., Edwards, D., McAlonan, G. & Batalle, D., 20 Nov 2022, In: Cerebral Cortex. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac444
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Carey, C., Singh, N., Dunn, J., Sementa, T., Mendez, M. A., Velthuis, H., Pereira, A. C., Pretzsch, C., Horder, J., Hader, S., Lythgoe, D., Rotaru, D., Gee, A., Cash, D., Veronese, M., Murphy, D. & McAlonan, G., 20 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Translational psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02143-1
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Bhat, A., Irizar, H., Couch, A., Raval, P., Duarte, R. R. R., Dutan Polit, L., Hanger, B., Powell, T., Michael Deans, P. J., Shum, C., Nagy, R., McAlonan, G., Iyegbe, C. O., Price, J., Bramon, E., Bhattacharyya, S., Vernon, A. C. & Srivastava, D. P., Oct 2022, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 105, p. 82-97 16 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.010
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Reid, M., Rogdaki, M., Dutan Polit, L., Hanger, B., Sabad, K., Nagy, R., Adhya, D., Baron-Cohen, S., McAlonan, G., Price, J., Vernon, A., Howes, O. & Srivastava, D., 14 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Schizophrenia Research. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ciarrusta Monzon, J., Christiaens, D., Fitzgibbon, S., Dimitrova, R., Hutter, J., Hughes, E., Duff, E. P., Price, A., Cordero-Grande, L., Tournier, J-D., Rueckert, D., Hajnal, J., Arichi, T., McAlonan, G., Edwards, D. & Batalle, D., Jun 2022, In: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 55, 101117. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101117
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Wong, N. M., Dipasquale, O., Turkheimer, F., Findon, J. L., Wichers, R. H., Dimitrov, M., Murphy, C. M., Stoencheva, V., Robertson, D. M., Murphy, D. G., Daly, E. & McAlonan, G. M., Jun 2022, In: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England). 36, 6, p. 723-731 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811221092509
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Martins, D. A., Mazibuko, N., Zelaya, F., Vasilakopoulou, S., Loveridge, J., Oates, A., Maltezos, S., Mehta, M., Wastling, S., Howard, M., McAlonan, G., Murphy, D., Williams, S. C. R., Fotopoulou, A., Schuschnig, U. & Paloyelis, Y., 31 Mar 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, p. 1876 1876. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29419-w
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Fenchel, D., Dimitrova, R., Robinson, E., Batalle, D., Chew, A., Falconer, S., Kyriakopoulou, V., Nosarti, C., Hutter, J., Christiaens, D., Pietsch, M., Brandon, J., Hughes, E., Allsop, J., O'Keeffe, C., Price, A., Cordero-Grande, L., Hajnal, J., Schuh, A., Makropoulos, A., & 6 othersPasserat-Palmbach, J., Bozek, J., Rueckert, D., McAlonan, G., Edwards, D. & O'Muircheartaigh, J., 23 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blackmore, C. E., Woodhouse, E. L., Gillan, N., Wilson, E., Ashwood, K. L., Stoencheva, V., Nolan, A., McAlonan, G. M., Robertson, D. M., Whitwell, S., Deeley, Q., Craig, M. C., Zinkstok, J., Wichers, R., Spain, D., Roberts, G., Murphy, D. G. M., Murphy, C. M. & Daly, E., Nov 2022, In: Autism. 26, 8, p. 2098-2107 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221081343