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My current role
As a consultant in clinical genetics, I focus on rare disorders affecting children and young people. I have particular experience in supporting children and families affected by rare disorders of brain development, affecting learning and mental health.
I also lead a research programme on genomic disorders and cognitive development at the MRC cognition and brain sciences unit (opens in a new tab) at the University of Cambridge.
Previous history
I carried out my clinical genetics training in Cambridge. Before that, I was a junior paediatric doctor in London.
Membership and accreditations
I am a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the British Society for Genetic Medicine, and the British Neuroscience Association.
Publications
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Wong-Spracklen, V.M.Y., Kolesnik, A., Eck, J., Sabanthan, S., Spasic-Boskovic, O., Maw, A., BAKER, K. (In Press) Biallelic CACNA1A variants – review of literature and report of a child with drug-resistant epilepsy and developmental delay, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 188(11), 3306-3311
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Wolstencroft, J., Wicks, F., Srinivasan, R., Wynn, S., Ford, T., BAKER, K. , Chawmner, S.J.R.A., Hall, J., van den Bree, M., Owen, M.J., IMAGINE Study, Skuse, D., Raymond, L. (2022) Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE – The UK National Cohort Study, Lancet Psychiatry, 9(9), 715-724
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BRKIC, D., NG-CORDELL, E., O’BRIEN, S., MARTIN, J., SCERIF, G., AASTLE, D., BAKER, K. (2022) FarmApp: a new assessment of cognitive control and memory for children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties, Child Neuropsychology
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NG-CORDELL, E., KOLESNIK-TAYLOR, A., O’BRIEN, S., ASTLE, D., SCERIF, G., BAKER, K. (2022) Social and emotional characteristics of girls and young women with DDX3X-associated intellectual disability: A descriptive and comparative study, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, May 10 2022
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Melland, H., Bumbak, F., KOLESNIK-TAYLOR, A., NG-VORDELL, E., John, A., Constantinou, P., Joss, S., Larsen, M., Fagerberg, C., Thies, J., Emslie, F., Willemsen, M., Kleefstra, T., Pfundt, R., Barrick, R., Chang, R., Loong, L., Alfadhel, M., van der Smagt, J., Nizon, M., Kurian, M., Scott, D.J., Ziarek, J.J., Gordon, S., BAKER, K. (2022) Expanding the genotype and phenotype spectrum of SYT1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder, Genetics in Medicine, 29 Jan 2022, 24(4):880-893