Dr. Michelle de Haan is a Reader at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Honorary Neuropsychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.  Previously, Michelle studied Child Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota and graduated with her PhD in 1996.

Michelle’s research applies neuroimaging and neuropsychological methods to examine the brain underpinnings of typical and atypical cognitive and social development.  This includes work with children with infant-onset epilepsy, sickle-cell disease, congenital visual impairment, and those born preterm.

Michelle is Deputy Director of UCL’s MSc in Clinical and Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology and is co Editor in Chief of the journal Developmental Science.  Her work has been featured in radio and television programmes including The Human Body, The Human Face and Child of our Time, and she was the expert psychologist for the BBC television series Honey We’re Killing the Kids.  She was also involved in creating Wondermind, an online game developed in collaboration with the Tate Gallery that is designed to bring art and science together to teach children about neuroscience.