Rebekah Smikle
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Centre for Reproductive Health
- Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Contact details
- Email: rsmikle@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Centre for Reproductive Health
Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Edinburgh BioQuarter
4-5 Little France Drive - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4UU
Qualifications
PhD Translational Neuroscience, funded by Wellcome, University of Edinburgh (2021-2025)
MSc Neuroscience in Neurodegeneration, King's College London (2019-2020)
BSc Neuroscience, University College London (2016-2019)
Current research interests
neurodevelopment | epigenetic epidemiology | neuroimaging | neuropsychologyCurrent project grants
Wellcome Trust Translational Neuroscience PhD Studentship and Transition Award (218493/Z/19/Z; 2021-2026)
Conference details
Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Boston, USA, 2026: Oral presentation
Joint congress of European Neonatal Societies, Belgrade, Serbia, 2025: Short Oral presentation
Neonatal society Summer Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 2025: Oral presentation
Neonatal Society and Fetal & Neonatal Physiological Society Joint Summer Conference, Nottingham, UK, 2024: Oral presentation
British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section, Glasgow, UK, 2024: Poster
Invited speaker
Parental report of language, attention and executive functions at two years: correlational structure and applications to prematurity. Developmental Assessment and Intervention Research group, City St Georges University of London (28 January 2025; virtual presentation).
Organiser
Scottish Neuroscience Group Meeting (28 August 2026; Edinburgh, UK)