British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Dorothy Bishop
Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford

Year elected: 2006

She is one of the leading researchers in language disorders of genetic origin world-wide. She has researched the nature and origins of communication disorders in children, spanning many different disorders, including autism, Asperger syndrome, dyslexia, dysphasia, and other genetic syndromes. Her recent work has made breakthroughs in the investigation of genetic and environmental causes of language-related disorders.