Ms Yasmin Ahmadzadeh

Biography

I joined King’s College London as a Research Assistant in 2015, helping to set up and run the Children of the Twins Early Development Study (CoTEDS). I started a part-time PhD in 2016, supervised by Dr Tom McAdams and Prof Thalia Eley, alongside my role on CoTEDS. My PhD is focussed on investigating associations between parent internalising and offspring behavioural and emotional outcomes, using genetically sensitive research designs. I have an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience with Industrial Experience from the University of Manchester. 

Research interests:

• Intergenerational transmission 
• Genetics 
• Child development 

Research groups:

The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) lab

Expertise and Public Engagement:

• Coordinator of the SGDP Centre IoPPN Youth Awards 
• Editor and author for the EDIT blog