Wallace Simon
Dr Simon Wallace studied psychology at the University of London before completing his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. For a number of years Dr Wallace worked as a psychologist on the International Molecular Genetics Study of Autism Consortium, assessing children in the UK using standardised diagnostic assessments. His PhD research focused on how adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive and identify faces, engage in eye contact and recognise facial expressions. For his post-doctoral research studies at the University of Oxford he used a neuroimaging technique called magnetoencephalography to investigate the neural responses of children with ASD whilst looking at pictures of faces. Dr Wallace has recently left academic research to take a post as Autism Speaks' Director of Scientific Development – Europe.