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Dr. Liory Fern-Pollak serves as Associate Professor (Teaching) at University College London's Institute of Education within the Department of Psychology and Human Development. She leads the MA/MSc Educational Neuroscience and MSc Developmental and Educational Psychology programmes and recently completed a four-year term as Academic Head of Learning and Teaching (PGT).
Her academic training includes:
- BSc in Biology from University College London
- MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from Imperial College London
- PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brunel University under Prof. Taeko Wydell
Her research investigates reading difficulties across languages, mental health connections in children and adolescents, and language-cognition relationships. Recent work explores parent education's impact on family dynamics and mental health in children with learning difficulties, bridging educational neuroscience with practical psychological applications.
Publication trends reveal sustained focus on dyslexia mechanisms, orthographic transparency effects, and bilingual reading neuroscience, evolving toward child mental health implications and participatory research methods with young learners as evidenced by her 2024 Mind Brain and Education paper.
Her professional recognitions include:
- Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society
- Fellow of Advance HE
As an educator, she developed innovative modules including Language and Mind and Good Science/Bad Science at University of West London before joining UCL. At IOE, she leads core modules like Brain and Behaviour, Cognitive Psychology, and Issues in Educational Neuroscience while mentoring curriculum development across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Her recent Parent Educator qualification signals expanding research into family-system interventions for children with learning differences, positioning her at the intersection of neuroscience, education, and mental health promotion.
