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Learning Disabilities Research Group
Department of Psychiatry
Section of Developmental Psychiatry
University of Cambridge
Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 8AH
United Kingdom

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Email: Sue Hampton-Matthews

Completed PhDs


Dr Johnny Hon (Awarded 1998)
A new approach to studying prevalence and incidence of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults with Down syndrome

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Dr Irenka Suto (Awarded 2003)
Psychological constructs of financial decision-making capacity: implications for adults with learning disability.

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Dr Sarah Ball (Awarded 2005)
The course of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down’s syndrome: evidence for the early compromise of frontal lobe function.

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Dr Marc Woodbury-Smith (Awarded 2005)
An investigation of offending among adults with high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome.

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Dr Elanor Hinton (Awarded 2005)
The neural basis of the motivation to eat in Prader-Willi Syndrome.

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Dr Sarita Soni (Awarded 2006)
An investigation into psychiatric illness in people with Prader-Willi syndrome: evidence for a genetic basis for psychosis.

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Dr Clare Bolton (Awarded 2007)
Prosocial Decision-Making In Men With Learning Disabilities

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Dr Rebecca Hawkins (Awarded 2008)

Caring: The Policies and Practices of Care in a Residential Home.

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