Claire Haworth

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Claire Haworth is a reader in behavioural genetics and co-director of the Dynamic Genetics Lab at the University of Bristol.[1]

Education[]

Haworth graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in experimental psychology. She completed her MSc and PhD at King's College London.[2]

Career[]

Haworth received two funded fellowships following her PhD; an interdisciplinary fellowship from the Medical Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council, and a research fellowship from the British Academy. She worked in academic positions at King's College London and the University of Warwick. In 2015 she joined the University of Bristol.[2]

Haworth has contributed expert opinion to BBC documentaries, and has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Women's Hour, as well as Sky News and BBC World Service.[3]

Her research interests are in the influence of genes and environment in human lives.[4]

Awards[]

Haworth was awarded the British Psychological Society's Spearman Medal in 2017 for outstanding published work in psychology. She was joint winner that year with Dr of the University of Glasgow.[3] Haworth was nominated for the prize by Professor Chris Jarrold, Head of the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.[1]

She was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Psychology in 2018.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bristol, University of. "March: Dr Claire Haworth | News and features | University of Bristol". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. ^ a b "Claire Haworth". The Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  3. ^ a b "Spearman Medal winners | BPS". www.bps.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ^ "Bukom: Why an Accra suburb produces champion boxers". BBC News. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. ^ "Grant listings | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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