Rate My Professor Gemma Northam

Dr Gemma Northam is an Associate Professor (teaching-focused), Director of Education, and Year 3 Undergraduate Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. She holds a BSc from Keele University, an MSc in Clinical Neuroscience from the Institute of Neurology, University College London (awarded 1 September 2004), and a PhD in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience from the UCL Institute of Child Health (awarded 28 November 2013). Northam's research specializations encompass structural and functional neuroanatomy, with a focus on bridging research with clinical practice and education. In her teaching-focused role, she oversees third-year undergraduate students and contributes to the department's educational leadership.

Prior to joining Royal Holloway as a Senior Lecturer in September 2022, Northam served as a Lecturer in Neurodevelopmental Science Education at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, where she led the MSc in Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences. Her scholarly contributions include key publications such as the chapter 'Neuroanatomy' co-authored with P. N. Johns in Essential Neuroscience for Psychiatrists (Cambridge University Press, 12 March 2025). Peer-reviewed articles feature 'Corticobulbar Tract Injury, Oromotor Impairment and Language Plasticity in Adolescents Born Preterm' in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2019, with A. T. Morgan, S. Fitzsimmons, T. Baldeweg, and F. J. Liégeois), 'Developmental conduction aphasia after neonatal stroke' in Annals of Neurology (April 2018, with S. Adler, K. C. J. Eschmann, W. K. Chong, F. M. Cowan, and T. Baldeweg), 'Multimodal computational neocortical anatomy in pediatric hippocampal sclerosis' in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (October 2018, with S. Adler and others), and 'Identification and interpretation of microstructural abnormalities in motor pathways in adolescents born preterm' in NeuroImage (15 February 2014, with S. Groeschel and others). Northam's work underscores her expertise in neuroimaging techniques applied to neurodevelopmental disorders.