Voices research team
Dr Ilina Singh
 Ilina Singh is Wellcome Trust University Lecturer in Bioethics and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University in 2000. Until 2004, she was an affiliated lecturer in both the Department for History and Philosophy of Science and The Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.
Ilina has a longstanding interest in the psycho-social and ethical implications of new biomedical technologies for children and the family. For the past decade, much of her research has focused on children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and stimulant drug treatments. Her research approach in this area involves an attempt to provide an empirical evidence base for ethical and social concerns about the growing rates of diagnosis and psychotropic drug use in pediatric psychiatry. Other research interests include culture and history of psychotropic drugs; neuro-ethics; enhancement; consent and capacity in child psychiatry; pharmacogenomics; qualitative methodologies.
Caitlin Connors
Caitlin graduated from the BIOS MSc program in 2008, in which she focused her work on ethical, legal and social implications of modern neuroscience. She has previously obtained research training in neuroimaging (fMRI) at Yale University, where she worked with autistic and typically developing adolescents at the Yale Child Study Center under the supervision of Dr. Robert Schultz [now at UPenn]. Caitlin received undergraduate training in neuroscience, clinical psychology and English literature at Kalamazoo College in the United States. She has also worked in a variety of research positions in cognitive and clinical psychology at the University of Michigan and Drexel University. Interests include child clinical psychology; the ethical, legal and social implications of neurotechnologies and neuro-pharmaceutical; pharmaceutical enhancement; and forensic DNA database ethics and management.
In addition to her work with the VOICES project, Caitlin also serves as the Programme Coordinator of the European Neuroscience and Society Network, chaired by Nikolas Rose of the BIOS Centre.
Katie Thomas
 Originally from Rochester, New York, Katie moved to London in 2008 to study a Masters degree in Biomedicine & Society at the London School of Economics which she completed in August, 2009. Her research focused on electroencephalogram (EEG) technicians' attitudes regarding psychogenic seizures, or seizures of psychological origin. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the sociology of contested illness and culture-bound psychiatric illness. Before moving to London, Katelyn worked at a New York state hospital's neurophysiology lab performing EEG's on patients suffering from seizures and other neurological disorders. She also worked as research assistant for "Pediatric Links with the Community", a community paediatrics centre for new doctors rotating through paediatric residency.
In addition to working on the VOICES project, Katelyn is also the administrator and events planner for the Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation (CARR) at the London School of Economics. Katelyn is also the web editor for the European Neuroscience and Society Network www.neurosocieties.eu , chaired by Nikolas Rose of the BIOS Centre.
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