Follow the link below to book for the Psychology CPD event of the year! Join us from 6th - 8th July 2012 at Aston University
http://www.bps.org.uk/events/association-teaching-psychology-annual-conference-2012
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Helen Kitching
We are delighted to announce that Professor Robert Plomin has kindly agreed to be one of our keynote speakers for the 2012 ATP Conference at Aston University.
Robert Plomin is Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
He is best known for his work on twin studies and his research into the nature-nurture debate. He launched the Twins Early Development Study (TEDs) of all twins born in England and Wales in 1994-96 which focuses on developmental problems in cognition and behaviour.
During the past decade his research has increasingly turned towards harnessing the power of molecular genetics, especially genome-wide association strategies, to identify genes for psychological traits in order to help understand the developmental interplay between genes and environment.
He is an international leader in behavioural genetics and was the youngest President of the Behavior Genetics Association. Professor Plomin has published more than 500 papers and is senior author of the major textbook in the field (’Behavioral Genetics,’ Worth Publishers, 5th edition, 2008) as well as author of a dozen other books including ‘Genetics and Experience: The Interplay between Nature and Nurture’ (Sage Publications, 1994).
(thanks to the Kings College London website for biographical information)
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