Dr Hilary Toulmin

Assistant Professor

Hilary Toulmin is an Assistant Professor and Specialist Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician.

During her Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship she studied fetal brain development in the third trimester of pregnancy and the neurodevelopmental outcomes of children born preterm, implementing novel functional neuroimaging methods (fMRI) to see whether brain connectivity is associated with outcomes in motor, language or cognitive domains at 2 years old.

Earlier work concentrated on supporting individuals with lived experience of serious mental illness to set the agenda for research and deliver interventions to reduce the stigma of mental illness. Her current research focuses on health and education service research to reduce health inequities and improve the outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental differences. She is developing a collaboration between North East London Foundation NHS Trust (NELFT) where she holds an honorary clinical position, and University of Cambridge.