Rate My Professor Emily Simonoff

Emily Simonoff is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1977 and a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard University in 1983. A Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 2003, she heads the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and serves as Academic Lead for the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group within King’s Health Partners. Appointed as a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator in 2023, she leads significant research initiatives including the PATHWAYS study investigating puberty suppression and transitional services for young people experiencing gender-related distress, the OPTIMA trial, the STEPS app for ADHD management, MyJournE for mood monitoring, and projects on mental health in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD. Her epidemiological and clinical research encompasses longitudinal cohorts and trials exploring underlying mechanisms of neurodevelopmental conditions.

Simonoff's research specializations include autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, intellectual disability, antisocial behaviour, genetics, and epidemiology, with over 24,000 citations to her work. Key publications feature 'Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders' (Simonoff et al., 2008, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry), cited more than 4,800 times, and 'Prevalence of Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorders' (Kent & Simonoff, 2017). She chairs the European ADHD Guidelines Group, serves on the Steering Committee for Eunethydis (European Network for Hyperkinetic Disorders), chairs the Mental Health Study Group for Autistica, and previously acted as Senior Clinical Advisor to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Her contributions extend to the King's Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People, the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, and public engagement through lectures like 'IoPPN at Twilight: The mental health of autistic people'. These roles underscore her impact on clinical guidelines, policy, and advancements in child and adolescent mental health research.