Hannah Critchlow is a neuroscientist with a grounding in neuropsychiatry. She demystifies the human brain using Radio, TV and Festival platforms. In 2017, Hannah was appointed Outreach Fellow for Magdalene. She is currently busy co-presenting BBC's Tomorrow's World Live and is very excited that her first neuroscience book (about consciousness) will be shortly published by Penguin.
In 2014, the Science Council named Hannah as a Top 100 UK Scientist for her work in science communication. She was also named as one of Cambridge University's Inspirational and Successful Women in Science.
Hannah's choice of career stemmed from working as a Nursing Assistant at St Andrews Psychiatric Hospital.
PhD (2007), 'Investigating the Role of Dendritic Spine Plasticity in Schizophrenia', Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
BSc Hons (2003), First Class, Cell and Molecular Biology, Brunel University
2017 Named as a judge for the 2018 Welcome Book Prize
2015 Named as 'Star of the Hay Literary Festival 2015'
2014 'Alumna of the Year', Brunel University
2014 'Top 100 UK Practising Scientist', Science Council
2013 'Inspirational and Successful Woman in Science', University of Cambridge
2006 Awarded Kingsley Bye-Fellowship, Magdalene College, Cambridge
2003-07 PhD funding awarded by the Medical Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline
2003 Awarded three undergraduate University Prizes: Lecturers' Prize for Top Biologist; Institute of Biology Top Biological Sciences Student; University Prize (3 awarded per year), Brunel University
Critchlow, Hannah, Consciousness (London: Penguin Books, 2018), forthcoming
Critchlow HM, Herrington P, Gunton S (2012), 'Inside an unquiet mind. Music and science join forces to explore mental ill health', EMBO Rep
Robbins MJ, Critchlow HM, Lloyd A, Cilia J, Clarke JD, Bond B, Jones DN, Maycox PR (2008), 'Differential expression of IEG mRNA in rat brain following acute treatment with clozapine or haloperidol: a semi-quantitative RT-PCR study', J Psychopharmacol 22(5): 536-42
Critchlow HM, Maycox PR, Skepper JN, Krylova O (2006), 'Clozapine and haloperidol differentially regulate dendritic spine formation and synaptogenesis in rat hippocampal neurons', Mol Cell Neurosci 32(4): 356-65
Critchlow HM, Payne A, Griffin DK (2004), 'Genes and proteins involved in the control of meiosis', Cytogenet Genome Res 105(1): 4-10
Hay Festival 2016: Explore your Mind
The Wanderings of a Naked Brain (Naked Scientists podcast)
How to Have a Better Brain (BBC Radio 4)