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    Tess Smith

    University Position
    Research Associate

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    Tess is a Research Associate at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU), University of Cambridge. After completing a PhD at the MRC CBU with Professor Duncan Astle, Tess joined Dr. Kate Baker’s lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, where she is currently establishing a stem cell model of SYT1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder to further understand its mechanistic underpinnings and pathogenicity. This work is in collaboration with colleagues at the John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair and the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. Tess's work is supported by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, and the Medical Research Council. Tess is also an active member of the Cambridge Neuroscience Steering Committee, where she is an Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Well-being Representative.

    Key Publications

    A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24430-z
    Journal: Nat Commun
    E-pub date: 9 Jul 2021
    Authors: D Akarca, PE Vértes, ET Bullmore, CALM team, DE Astle

    Publications

    Cognitive profile partly mediates allergy-associated decrease in mental health

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.01.20019778
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2020
    Authors: E Dalmaijer, C Nord, G Bignardi, A Anwyl-Irvine, R Siugzdaite, T Smith, S Uh, A Billing, D Astle

    Socio-economic disadvantage is associated with alterations in brain wiring economy

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.08.495247
    Journal: In review
    Year: 2022
    Authors: Siugzdaite, R., Akarca, D., Johnson, A., Carozza, S., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Uh, S., Smith, T. A., Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E., & Astle, D. E.

    Maternal mental health mediates links between socioeconomic status and child development

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03181-0
    Journal: Current Psychology
    Year: 2022
    Authors: Smith, T. A., Kievit, R., & Astle, D.

    Direct and indirect links between children’s socioeconomic status and education: Pathways via mental health, attitude, and cognition

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02232-2
    Journal: Current Psychology
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Dalmaijer, E. S., Gibbons, S. G., Bignardi, G., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Siugzdaite, R., Smith, T. A., ... & Astle, D. E.

    A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24430-z
    Journal: Nature Communications
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Akarca, D., Vértes, P. E., Bullmore, E. T., CALM Team, & Astle, D. E.

    Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320372
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E. S., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Smith, T. A., Siugzdaite, R., Uh, S., & Astle, D. E.

    Testing for implicit emotion regulation in childhood

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.19.473228
    Journal: In review
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Uh, S., Siugzdaite, R., Anywl-Irvine, A., Dalmaijer, E. S., Bignardi, G., Smith, T. A., & Astle, D. E.

    The strengths and difficulties questionnaire predicts concurrent mental health difficulties in a transdiagnostic sample of struggling learners

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.587821
    Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
    Year: 2020
    Authors: Bryant, A., Guy, J., Holmes, J., Astle, D., Baker, K., Gathercole, S., ... & CALM Team

    Cognitive profile partly mediates allergy-associated decrease in mental health

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.01.20019778
    Journal: In review
    Year: 2020
    Authors: Dalmaijer, E. S., Nord, C. L., Bignardi, G., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Siugzdaite, R., Smith, T. A., ... & Astle, D. E.