Emily Jones is professor of translational neurodevelopment at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Her research efforts center on the neurodevelopmental pathways that lead to autism. She is involved with a number of early-intervention studies for infants with siblings with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Emily Jones
Professor
Birkbeck, University of London
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