Essi Viding

Essi Viding is professor of developmental psychopathology at the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, where she codirects the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit. She is also adjunct faculty at Yale University Medical School Child Study Center. Her research combines a variety of methodologies, including brain imaging and genetically informative study designs, in an effort to chart different developmental pathways to persistent antisocial behavior. Professor Viding has received several prizes for her work, including the British Academy Wiley Prize in Psychology, The British Psychological Society Spearman Medal, The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, and the Turin Mind & Brain Prize.