Contact details
Location: AE.3.26, Stratford
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8223 4433
Contact address:
School of Psychology
The University of East London
Stratford Campus
Water Lane
London
E15 4LZ
Brief biography
Derek Moore completed his BSc at Manchester Metropolitan University and went on to do a MRC-funded MSc in Biometrics at the Institute of Psychiatry, followed by a PhD at University College, London. He then went on to be a Research Fellow at City University and at the Open University, before moving to UEL in 1995 to take up a lecturing post. He was promoted to the post of Principal Lecturer and Reader in 2004 and became the Director of the Institute for Research in Child Development (IRCD) in 2007.
His main theoretical work concerns the underpinnings of social understanding in infants and children at developmental risk. In particular, abilities for perceiving emotional meanings in bodily movements by children with learning difficulties and abilities for perceiving the properties of the human form in typically developing infants. He is also involved in clinically-related research, studying the long-term effects of prenatal ‘recreational’ drug exposure on the development of infants, and exploring the development of infants born with Down syndrome: in particular, the relationship between their cognitive abilities and their social development. For more information on current research projects please visit the IRCD pages.
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Current research and publications
Research Open Access Repository (ROAR@UEL)
http://roar.uel.ac.uk/view/creators/Moore=3ADerek_G=2E=3A=3A.default.html
Research and Knowledge Exchange Funding
- NIHR Public Health Programme grant: £1,991,000. (2011-2013). ORiEL study: Evaluating the impact of urban regeneration and the Olympics on health and health inequalities in adolescents and their parents. with Cummins (PI, QMUL), Stansfeld (QMUL), Renton (UEL), Petticrew (LSHTM) et al.
- Mindgym: £7,550. (2010-2011). Evaluation of MindGym parenting programme in Northern Ireland and London. With Chris Pawson (UEL).
- Nuffield Foundation grant: £166,000. (2010-2013). TALBY study: Using new technologies to engage parents from disadvantaged areas in the assessment of the language and social development of their babies. Moore (PI) with Przemeck Tomalski, Elena Kushnerenko (UEL) Mark Johnson, Annette Karmiloff-Smith (Birkbeck).
- Tower Hamlets Children’s Service: £27k. (2009-2010). One day training courses in Developmental Psychology. With Rachel George (IRCD).
- Wellcome Trust: £744k. (2008-2012). The Well London study: evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial. With Adrian Renton (IHHD) and colleagues from LSHTM and Westminster.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- Phillips, G., Petticrew, M., Draper, A., Derges, J., South, J., Adams-Eaton, F., … Renton, A. (in press). What is complexity and what do you do with it? Reflections on using controlled trials to evaluate community engagement interventions. Social Science and Medicine.
- Singer, L.T., Moore, D.G., Fulton, S., Goodwin, J.E., Toplis, A.S., Axelsson, E.L., … Parrott, A.C. (in press). Recreational drug use and neurobehavioral outcomes of MDMA (Ecstasy) exposed infants. Neurotoxicology and Teratology.
- Tomalski, P., Ribeiro, H., Axelsson, E.L., Murphy, E., Moore, D.G., & Kushnerenko, E. (in press). Age-related changes in face scanning patterns during the perception of mismatch in auditory and visual speech cues in infancy. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
- Moore, D.G. (in press). Understanding form and movement in human point-light displays: what, when and how? In C. Brownell & V. Slaughter (Eds.), Body representation in early development. Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Phillips, G., Renton, A., Moore, D.G., Bottomley, C., Schmidt, E., Lais, S., … Hayes, R. (2012). The Well London programme — a cluster randomised trial of community engagement for improving health behaviours and mental wellbeing: baseline survey results. Trials, 13, 105. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-105
- Singer, L.T., Moore, D.G., Fulton, S., Goodwin, J., Turner, J.J.D., Min, M.O., … Parrott, A.C. (2012). Neurobehavioral outcomes of infants exposed to MDMA (Ecstasy) and other recreational drugs during pregnancy. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 34, 303–310. doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2012.02.001
- Singer, L.T., Moore, D.G., Meeyoung O. Min, Fulton, S., Goodwin, J.E., Turner, J.J.D., … Parrott, A.C. (2012). One year outcomes of infants exposed to MDMA (Ecstasy) and other recreational drugs during pregnancy. Pediatrics, 130(3), 1–7. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-0666
- Smith, N.R., Clark, C., Fahy, A.E., Tharmaratnam, V., Lewis, D.J., Thompson, C., et al. (2012). The Olympic Regeneration in East London Study (ORiEL): a prospective controlled quasi-experiment to evaluate the impact of urban regeneration on young people and their families. BMJ open, 2(4), e001840. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001840
- Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2011). ACORNS: a tool for the visualisation and modelling of atypical development. (Invited review). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(10), 956–972. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01471.x
- Moore, D.G. (2011). Understanding form, movement and meaning in human point-light displays: evidence from the study of infants and children with autism. In C. Brownell & V. Slaughter (Eds.), Body representation in early development. Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139019484.010
- Moore, D.G., Turner, J.J.D., Goodwin, J.E., Fulton, S.E., Singer, L.T., & Parrott, A.C. (2011). In-utero exposure to the popular ‘recreational’ drugs MDMA (Ecstasy) and Methamphetamine (Ice, Crystal): preliminary findings. In P. Preece & E. Riley (Eds.), Alcohol, drugs and medication in pregnancy: the outcome for the child: John Wiley & Sons.
- Cebula, K., Moore, D.G., & Wishart, J. (2010). La cognición social en los niños con síndrome de Down [Social cognition in children with Down syndrome]. Revista Síndrome de Down, 27, 26–46.
- Cebula, K., Moore, D.G., & Wishart, J. (2010). Social cognition in children with Down’s syndrome: challenges to research and theory building. (Invited review). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54, 113–134. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01215.x
- Moore, D.G., Turner, J.J.D., Parrott, A.C., Goodwin, J.E., Fulton, S., Min, M.O., … Singer, L.T. (2010). During pregnancy, recreational drug-using women stop taking ecstasy (MDMA) and reduce alcohol consumption but continue to smoke tobacco and cannabis. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24(9), 1403–1410. doi:10.1177/0269881109348165
- Wall, M., Hayes, R., Moore, D.G., Petticrew, M., Clow, A., Schmidt, E., … Renton, A. (2009). Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 9(1), 207. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-207
- Moore, D.G., Goodwin, J.E., & Oates, J.M. (2008). A modified version of the BSID-II scales for cognitive matching of infants with and without Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(6), 554–561. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01064.x
- Moore, D.G., Oates, J.M., Goodwin, J.E., & Hobson, R.P. (2008). Behaviour of infants with Down syndrome and their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Infancy, 13(1), 75–89. doi:10.1080/15250000701779394
- Parron, C., da Fonseca, D., Moore, D.G., Monfardini, E., Poinso, F., & Deruelle, C. (2008). Recognition of biological motion in high functioning children with autistic spectrum disorders. Autism, 12, 261–274. doi:10.1177/1362361307089520
- Singer, L.T., Goodwin, J., Moore, D.G., Min, M.O., Parrott, A.C., Turner, J.J.D., & Fulton, S.E. (2008). Neurobehavioral outcomes of infants exposed prenatally to MDMA. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 30(3), 250. doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2008.03.026
Invited Talks
- Moore, D.G. (2012, 20 April). The critical importance of early intervention [Closing plenary keynote address]. 2nd Annual National Child Health Conference.
- Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2012, 24 January). ACORNS: a basic tool for the visualisation and modelling of atypical development. Invited seminar. Neurocognitive Development Lab, Birkbeck College, London.
- Moore, D.G. (2011, April). Social and cognitive development in children with Down’s syndrome: building better developmental models. Invited seminar. Cerebra Centre, University of Birmingham.
- Moore, D.G. (2011, April). Trying to build comprehensive developmental models: differences, difficulties and dilemmas. Invited departmental seminar. Southbank University, London.
- Moore, D.G. (2011). Assessing the impact of socio-economic status: from infant brains to social gains. Institute of Child Health, London. Invited speaker to workshop on the “Emerging social brain”. Hosted by the Center for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL.
- Moore, D.G. (2011, June). Social and cognitive development in infants with Down’s syndrome: better developmental models. Invited seminar. Clinical Psychology, University of Glasgow, School of Medicine.
- Moore, D.G. (2010). Social and cognitive development in children with Down’s syndrome: trying to build wider developmental models. Keynote speaker ECIDD: European Conference on Intellectual and Developmental Difficulties. University of Geneva. 19 June 2010.
- Moore, D.G. (2010, 29 March). Perceiving form, motion and meaning in point-light displays: evidence from babies and children with developmental difficulties. EPS/ESF Body Representation Workshop. Goldsmiths College, London.
- Moore, D.G. (2010, 16 March). Assessing the impact of socio-economic status: from infant brains to social gains. Invited talk. Neurocognitive Development Lab, Birkbeck College, London.
- Moore, D.G. (2010). Perceiving form, motion and meaning in point-light displays: evidence from babies and children with developmental difficulties. EPS/ESF Body Representation Workshop 29th March 2010, Goldsmiths College, London.
- Moore, D.G. (2010). Assessing the impact of socio-economic status: from infant brains to social gains. Invited talk Neurocognitive Development Lab, Birkbeck College, London. 16th March 2010.
- Moore, D.G. (2009, 16 June). Assessing the impact of multiple deprivation on the neuro-cognitive functioning of babies. Keynote presentation. Place2be annual conference. Royal Society of Medicine, London.
Conference Presentations
- Moore, D.G. (2011, April). Social and cognitive development in children with Down’s syndrome: trying to build better developmental models. Symposium paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
- Kushnerenko, E., Tomalski, P., & Moore, D.G. (2010, 12–15 September). Increased attention to mouth articulation in infants prevents illusory fusion of conflicting audiovisual information. Paper presented at the BPS meeting, London, UK.
- Kushnerenko, E., Tomalski, P., Ribeiro, H., Potton, A., Axelsson, E., & Moore, D.G. (2010, 15–17 April). Audiovisual speech integration: visual attention to articulation affects brain responses in 6–9 month old infants. Paper presented at the EPS/SEPEX conference, Granada, Spain.
- Tomalski, P., Ribeiro, H., Johnson, M.H., Moore, D.G., & Kushnerenko, E. (2010, March). Audio-visual integration of speech information in 68 month old infants — an eye-tracking study. Poster session presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009). Does recognition of facial expressions by children with and without autism vary depending on the motion attributes of the stimuli?, Talk presented at the Seattle in the Summer Workshop. Birmingham, UK.
- Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009, May). Can children with autism recognise emotions from moving faces? Poster session presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, USA.
- Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009, April). Can children with autism recognise emotions from moving faces? Poster session presented at the International Conference on Innovative Research in Autism, Tours, France.
- Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2008, September). What cognitive factors predict emotion recognition in children with autism? Poster session presented at the British Psychological Society — Developmental Section, Oxford, UK.
- Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2008, May). What cognitive factors predict emotion recognition in children with autism? Poster session presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.
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