Team

  • Varun Warrier

    Principal Investigator

    Varun is an Assistant Professor of Neurodevelopment at the University of Cambridge.

  • Eva-Maria Stauffer

    PhD candidate

    Co-supervised with Ed Bullmore and Richard Bethlehem

    Eva works on understanding how genetic variants shape brain structure and function and their links to mental health.

  • Yuanjun Gu

    PhD candidate

    Co-supervised with Simon Baron-Cohen

    Yuanjun works on understanding sex-differences in neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental conditions using genetics. She completed an MPhil in Medical Genetics from Cambridge.

  • Yira-Xinhe Zhang

    PhD candidate

    Yira works on understanding how environmental factors are linked to mental health and neurodevelopment. She completed a BSc in Psychology from Bath.

  • Niran Okewole

    PhD candidate

    Niran is a clinical psychiatrist. He works on the impact of genetic variants on neurodevelopmental conditions and co-occurring disorders.

  • Vincent-Raphael Bourque

    Visiting researcher


    Raphael is training in clinical Psychiatry in Montreal, Canada. For his PhD, he works on the genetic and developmental predictors of cognitive ability and adaptive functioning in children with autism.

  • Dylan McDermott

    Undergraduate researcher

    Dylan is working on understanding how genetics of psychiatric conditions impact brain structure.

  • Qianshu Ma

    Visiting researcher

    Qianshu is training in clinical psychiatry at West China Hospital. For her MD, she works on understanding the combined impact of genetic variants and environmental factors on mental health outcomes. She holds a BMed at West China School of Clinical Medicine.

  • Clara Regeis

    MPhil candidate

    Clara investigates the genetics of brain changes across the lifespan using longitudinal brain imaging data. She have experience working on fMRI network analysis in autism. Out of research, she enjoys dancing salsa, bouldering and pilates.

  • Ed He

    Undergraduate researcher

    Ed is an undergraduate student in Natural Sciences at Christ's College Cambridge. He work at the interface between functional neuroimaging and population genetics, with focus on linking imaging-derived phenotypes with neuropsychiatric disorders. Out of research he runs a blog on popular science and philosophy of science.