Kate D. Baker

Kate D. Baker is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences. Her research focuses on rare genetic neurodevelopmental conditions, employing systematic clinical and cognitive neuroscience methods to characterise patients with intellectual disability and identified genetic causes. Her work aims to clarify the pathogenicity of novel variants, improve prognostication, and generate hypotheses about new disease mechanisms. She integrates human and experimental studies to explore developmental mechanisms of genetic disorders.

Kate Baker is a researcher at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, focusing on neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive neuroscience. Her work explores the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of conditions such as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, ciliopathies, and synaptic vesicle cycling disorders. She investigates how these conditions affect brain structure, function, and behavior, with an emphasis on cognitive training and its impact on brain connectivity. Her research also addresses the relationship between neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health, including the role of serotonin receptors and neuroanatomy in schizophrenia and epilepsy.