Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 1 of 5 MARGARET LAURIE. 07 October 2018

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1 Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 1 of 5 MARGARET LAURIE 07 October 2018 Patrick Wild Centre Telephone: +44(0) Kennedy Tower Mobile: +44(0) Division of Psychiatry, m.h.laurie@sms.ed.ac.uk Morningside Terrace Edinburgh EH10 5HF EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D. in Clinical Brain Sciences, UK. Funded by a Chancellor s Scholarship from Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine). Supervised by Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson and Dr Andrew Manches M.Sc. Research Methods of Psychological Science (Distinction award) University of Glasgow, UK. Supervised by Dr David Simmons M.A. (Hons.) Psychology (2:1 classification) University of Glasgow, UK. RESEARCH and ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ADOS Joint Ratings Coordinator, NHS Lothian & University of Edinburgh Organising and chairing joint ratings sessions for clinicians and academics, on behalf of Patrick Wild Centre Research Assistant, Dr Jack Boyle & Associates. Producing case reports for legal professionals working on cases which involve or affect children 2014 Research Assistant, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena. Internship funded by Erasmus+ looking at implicit theory of mind processing in autism, using eye tracking methodology, supervised by Dr Dana Schneider. TEACHING EXPERIENCE MA/BSc Psychology Year 2 Tutor, School of Psychology, Philosophy & Language Sciences Undergraduate Medicine MBCHB

2 Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 2 of 5 Tutor - Student Selected Component 2a Undergraduate, Postgraduate & Conversion students in Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant e-prime support sessions University of Glasgow STUDENT SUPERVISION Temenuzhka Marinova (BSc Psychology). Effect of coloured filters on symptom presentation in children with ASD. Co-supervised with Dr David Simmons, University of Glasgow UNIVERSITY SERVICE Science Communication Volunteer, Edinburgh Neuroscience, 2016 Conference Chairperson, British Psychological Society Scottish Branch Undergraduate conference,. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016 Autism Practitioner - New Struan School (Scottish Autism) Autism Support Worker New Struan School (Scottish Autism) Support Worker - National Autistic Society 2015 Support Worker Independent employer 2013 Residential Care Worker - Ashbank Trust/Lifeways Group ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY WORK 2018 Meet the Expert (Senses) Glasgow Science Centre Administrative & Communications Assistant SuperTroop 2018 Volunteer Mentor PhD Women s Group Scotland Family Play Day Volunteer The Yard Edinburgh Team Leader Best Buddies Glasgow/Enable Glasgow Glasgow Coordinator Nightline Association Meet the Expert (Perception) - Glasgow Science Centre Writer & Editor - Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology Training Manager Nightline Service Volunteer (Multiple projects) Student Representative Council JOURNAL and CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS 1. Laurie, M., Warreyn, P., Villamia Uriarte, B., Boonen, C. & Fletcher-Watson, S (under review). An international survey of parental attitudes to technology use by their autistic children at home. 2. Laurie, M., Manches, A. & Fletcher-Watson, S. (in press). A brief report on the use of educational technology with autistic pupils. Psychology of Education Reviews.

3 Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 3 of 5 OTHER PUBLICATIONS and PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS 1. Laurie, M. (in press). Conquering the bridge: the highs and lows of doing interdisciplinary research as an early-career researcher. PsyPAG Guide 2: Guide for Postgraduate Study. 2. Laurie, M. & Simmons, D. R. (2017). The effect of autistic traits on bandwidth of spatial frequency mechanisms using visual masking. i-perception, 8(1, Supplementary). DOI: / Laurie, M. (2015). Do sensory sensitivities in autism impair affective voice processing? BPS Scottish Branch Undergraduate Conference, Conference Proceedings. Available on BPS website. ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Talk. Technology as a mediator for social play in children with autism. Active Minds: Get a Move On HCI Workshop, Glasgow, UK. July Guest speaker. Individual differences in children and technology use. MSc Education, Children & Technology course at, invited by Dr Andrew Manches. October Talk. The effect of autistic traits on bandwidth of spatial frequency mechanisms using visual masking. Scottish Vision Group, Isle of Arran, UK. March Invited talk. Digital Technology and Autism mini-symposium, invited by Dr Sue Fletcher- Watson., UK. November Invited talk. Autism Journal Club, University of Glasgow, UK. March Talk. British Psychological Society (BPS) Scottish Branch Undergraduate Conference. Glasgow, UK. March POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1. Laurie, M. H., Manches, A. & Fletcher-Watson, S. (2018, May). Fostering real-world interaction in autistic pupils with digital technology: Design recommendations from practitioners in special education. International Society For Autism Research Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, NL. 2. Laurie, M. H., Manches, A. & Fletcher-Watson, S. (2017, October). Education practitioners attitudes and experiences of technology use with autistic children. British Psychological Society: Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK. 3. Laurie, M. H. & Simmons, D. R. (2017, May). Visual spatial channel bandwidth varies with autistic trait level. International Society For Autism Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. WORKSHOPS and PANEL PARTICIPATION 1. Panel member & presenter. Active Minds: Get a Move on. Technology as a mediator for social play in children with autism. Queen Elizabeth Teaching and Learning Centre, Glasgow, UK. 2. Presenter. Patrick Wild Centre: Research into Autism, Fragile-X and Learning Disability (2018, February). Engaging with the community: Doing meaningful research and making research meaningful. Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Away Day Edinburgh, UK. PEER-REVIEW ACTIVITIES Publons profile: Ad-hoc journal reviews: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Assistive Technology, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

4 Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 4 of 5 SECURED FUNDING 1. PAGE bursary for conference travel. May British Psychological Society: Psychology of Education section conference bursary. October Registration fee 3. Experimental Psychology Society Grindley Travel Grant. May International Society for Autism Research Student Scholarship. May $ Chancellor s Fellow Studentship (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, ). September 2016 September Research funding + Stipend 6. ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods Workshop Attendance Full expenses 7. Erasmus+ Mobility grant. June - August Stipend LAY SCIENCE BLOGPOSTS 1. International Conferences: A Survival Guide: published May About my PhD project: published October Reflection of Study 1: published August AFFILIATIONS and MEMBERSHIP Applied Vision Association (Member) Association for Computing Machinery (Student member) Autism Research at Glasgow University (Student , Affiliate Researcher ) British Psychological Society (Graduate member) International Society for Autism Research (Student member) Patrick Wild Centre, (Ph.D. student) Scottish Autism Research Group (Member) CONFERENCES and MEETINGS ATTENDED 1. Active Minds: Get A Move On EPSRC HCI Workshop. Glasgow, UK. July International Society for Autism Research. Rotterdam, Netherlands. May Funded by PAGE Bursary,. 3. Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Away Day. Edinburgh, UK. February SICSA Children and Technology: Toward an interdisciplinary collaboration. Edinburgh, UK. December BPS Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference. Edinburgh, UK. October Funded by BPS Psychology of Education conference travel bursary. 6. International Society for Autism Research. San Francisco, USA. May Funded by EPS Grindley Grant and INSAR Student Award. 7. Scottish Autism Research Group: Early Careers Workshop. Edinburgh, UK. April BPS Scottish Branch: Evidence-based Practice: What counts as evidence? Perth, UK. March Scottish Autism Research Group: Autism and Mental Health. Edinburgh, UK. March Scottish Vision Group Meeting. Isle of Arran, UK. March Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Away Day. Edinburgh, UK. February Scottish Autism Research Group: Autism and Ageing. Glasgow, UK. March 2016.

5 Margaret Laurie October 18 Page 5 of Scottish Autism Staff Conference. Dundee, UK. February RESEARCH TRAINING and WORKSHOPS ATTENDED 1. Publons Peer Review Academy (Online). Publons. June 2018 present. 2. SMART-ASD: Matching autistic people with technology resources (Online). University of Bath. October November Study visit (hosted by Dr Jenny Gibson, University of Cambridge) & Breaking barriers: Innovations in Bio-Social Research. Cambridge, UK. September Study visit Birkbeck Babylab (hosted by Dr Tim Smith, University of Birkbeck), London, UK. July Using Mixed Methods in Research. Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Edinburgh. February Interview Techniques in Qualitative Research. Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility,. February Effective Time Management,, November, Public Speaking, Networking, and Engaging. Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh. October Prepare for Doctoral Success (Online),. October Tools for Advanced Quantitative Thinking & Teaching. University of Lisbon, March CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR for CLINICAL/RESEARCH TOOLS 1. Managing Repetitive Behaviours., September Brief Observation of Social Communication Change., November Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule: Modules T & 1-4. NHS Lothian training at University of Edinburgh. September SOFTWARES & PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Statistical data analysis: R/RStudio, MATLAB, SPSS Qualitative data analysis: NVivo Experimental design: MATLAB, E-Prime Other: ELAN (video coding), HTML (web design), Microsoft Publisher (poster design)