Dr Ginny Russell

Prof. Russell initially trained as a researcher at the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol, becoming a television producer/director. In 2002 she joined Egenis at the University of Exeter in a communications role, developing the Centre’s communications strategy, editing the Genomics Network Magazine and programming the British Association’s Science in the City festival. She has written for various publications including The Times Educational Supplement and freelanced as a reporter for Radio 4’s Natural History Programme and Science in Action on the BBC World Service.

After her  PhD was awarded in 2011 she has worked in both psychiatric epidemiology and qualitative research . She is the recipient of 12 grants, mostly with a focus of neurodiversity.

Qualifications

• PhD Epidemiology/ developmental psychology/ sociology
• MSc Bioinformatics
• BSc Psychology
• BA Film

Research supervision:

Academic lead of postdocs

• Steven Kapp
• Jean Harrington
• Ruth Gwernan Jones
• Chris Elphick
• Rhiannon Lane

Supervisor of PhD and masters students

• Abigail Russell
• Selina Nath
• William Thompson
• Michelle Whitham Jones
• Max Tucker
• Jennie Hayes
• Victoria Wren
• Tom Lister
• Rhianna White
• Kath Jones
• Elinor Jones
• Sawako Shinomiya
• Margaret Chirgwin
• Louise Toller
• Lucie Grando
• Anya Ovcharenko
•  Lucia Janigova
• Sawako Shinomiya,