Dr Jean Quigley - Principal Investigator
Jean Quigley is a Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Psychology, where she teaches modules in Psychology of Language and Qualitative Research. Her BA, MA and PhD degrees were awarded by the National University of Ireland. Her research interests are in language development, with particular reference to early first language acquisition and to neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders. She has been funded by the Irish Research Council to conduct longitudinal research on language acquisition in early infancy with infant siblings of children with autism. She is also using the Growing up in Ireland study data to investigate risk and protective factors for early language development.
Dr Elizabeth Nixon - Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Nixon is a Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Psychology, where she teaches modules in Child Development and Developmental Psychology. Her BA and MLitt Degrees in Psychology were awarded by the National University of Ireland, and her PhD from Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests are in the areas of parenting, family processes and children’s development, particularly within the context of parental separation, lone parenting and stepfamilies. She has been funded by the Department of Health and Children and the Irish Research Council to conduct several research projects on parenting and is a Co-Investigator on Growing up in Ireland (www.growingup.ie), the first national longitudinal study of children and their families in Ireland.
Postgraduate Students
Current PhD Students
Chelo Del Rosario - PANDA study
Chelo is a PhD student at the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. She has been awarded a master’s degree in Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences from the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Kings College London and a BSc in Psychology from Goldsmiths University of London. Funded by the Health Research Board (HRB), Chelo is currently researching the psychological and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children born with Neonatal Encephalopathy in collaboration with the Neonatal Encephalopathy PhD Training Network (NEPTuNE).
Merve Ataman - PETIT study
Merve is a PhD student at the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. Her BA and MA degrees in Psychology were awarded from Bogazici University. She also studied at Sapienza University of Rome and completed a research internship at Pisa University under Erasmus Scholarship. She worked as a research assistant in the Language and Communication Development Lab at Koc University and researched infants’ development, learning and cognitive processes. Funded by the Provost’s Award of Trinity College Dublin, she is currently researching parent-child interaction and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children born prematurely. Her research focuses on understanding social cognition and language development following preterm birth.
Alumni
Linda Kelly (SPROUT study)
Angana Nandy (Coparenting Study)
Desiree Grafton-Clarke (DIAMOND study)
Mirela Conica LEAP study
Sarah Coughlan PETIT study