Dr Nicola Brunswick

Biography

Nicky studied for her PhD in the psychophysiology of dyslexia at the University of Warwick. This was followed by post-doctoral positions as an E.U. Research Fellow at the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience (University College London), as a Research Scientist (external collaborator) at the MRC Cognitive Development Unit in London, and as a Research Psychologist in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (UCL Medical School).

Nicky has written/edited five books on reading and dyslexia, and she served for six years as a Trustee of the British Dyslexia Association with whom she continues to be actively involved. She is a current member of the British Psychological Society, the British Dyslexia Association, and the International Dyslexia Association; she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and the Higher Education Academy. She sits on the editorial boards of Dyslexia, and Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal.

She is co-chair of the Psychology Research Ethics Committee, and a deputy chair of the University Research Ethics Committee.

Teaching

I teach/lead the following modules:

• Neuropsychology (Module leader)
• Neuropsychology of language and communication (Co-module leader)
• Biological & cognitive psychology
• Undergraduate dissertation supervision
• Postgraduate dissertation supervision
• MSc Applied Psychology (Program Leader)
• MSc Cognitive & Clinical Neuroscience (Module leader for PSY4060 - Developmental neuroscience)