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Key Grants and Projects
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Increasing Awareness of Alcohol-Related Brain Damage 2019 - 2021
University of South Wales, with Professor Gareth Roderique-Davies, Professor Bev John
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Profiling language abilities in Welsh-English bilinguals with Down syndrome 2016 - 2020
Bangor University, with Dr Eirini Sanoudaki, Professor Enlli Thomas, ESRC Wales DTP Scholarship
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Raising awareness of Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) amongst employers when recruiting individuals with a learning disability 2022 - 2023
Career History
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Senior Research Assistant, University of South Wales
October 2019 - September 2021
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Lecturer in Psychology, Bangor University
2020 - September 2021
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Tutor in Psychology, Swansea University
September 2021 - September 2022
Other Roles
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Member of Future Leaders Fellowship Peer Review, UK Research and Innovation
2020 - Present
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Postgraduate Member, Experimental Psychology Society
2020 - Present
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Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology - Language Sciences
2020 - Present
Public Engagements
Alcohol-Related Brain Damage Training
Training and awareness program for Care and Support staff within third sector organisations 2019 - 2021
BBC Radio Live Interview, S4C News Feature and BBC News Article Available here. Feature on the impact of the pandemic on children’s language and communication skills.
National Eisteddfod – Tregaron
Interactive Session on bilingualism in children with Down syndrome
BBC Cymru – Dros Ginio
Radio feature on bilingualism research
BBC Radio Wales – Eye on Wales and BBC News Article
Available here. Feature on Alcohol-Related Brain Damage Awareness project
Bilingual language development in children with Down syndrome A workshop for families and practitioners. Cardiff Metropolitan University
BBC Radio Live Interview and BBC News Article - Available here. English and Welsh news features relating to bilingualism in Down syndrome project.
The Conversation Article (2020) Too much alcohol can cause similar effects to dementia – and the two are often confused. https://theconversation.com/too-much-alcohol-can-cause-similar-effects-to-dementia-and-the-two-are-often-confused-138891
Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences
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Dwyieithrwydd ac Anableddau Datblygiadol
April 2021
the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Collaborative Psycholgy Conference, Online
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Alcohol Related Brain Damage: Housing Sector Service Development
November 2020
Housing Studies Association Conference, Online.
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Dwyieithrwydd mewn plant sydd â Syndrom Down yng Nghymru
July 2019
Welsh Linguistics Seminar. Gregynog, Wales UK
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Phonological Awareness in Bilinguals with Down Syndrome
March 2019
Second International Conference on Bilingualism. Malta University
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Profiling Language Abilities in Bilinguals with Down Syndrome
September 2018
Down Syndrome Research Forum. Reading University, UK.
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Bilingualism and Down syndrome: Evaluating the developmental trajectory of language and phonological awareness
November 2017
Invited speaker at the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group. Annual Winter Meeting. London, UK
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Profiling the Linguistic Abilities of Bilingual Children with Developmental Disabilities in Wales
April 2022
Invited talk at Cardiff University’s Seminar Series, Online