Professor Jane Wardle FBA

The causes, consequences, and treatment of obesity; the contribution of behavioural science to primary and secondary prevention of cancer
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2013
Year of birth
1950
Year of death
2015
Honours
FBA, FMedSci
Sections
Psychology

Current post

Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director, Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Russell Alan Poldrack FBA

The cognitive neuroscience of decision making and executive control, and the development of tools and methods to improve the reproducibility of scientific research

CF Poldrack Russell

Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA

Neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology, neuroimaging and neuroethics. Focusing on cognition, motivation and their interaction in neurological and psychiatric disorders and brain injury.

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Professor Kate Nation FBA

The psychology of language, especially how children learn to read and process written language

Professor Kate Nation FBA (credit John Cairns)

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