Staff Profile

About me

My research focuses on the early identification of infants with emerging conditions. My PhD is specifically looking at infants with Cerebral Palsy within the community. My research aligns with the Children and Families, and the Behavioural Sciences themes. I currently teach undergraduate research methods.

Qualifications

2018-2023- Newcastle University

PhD - Development and validation of a parent-completed screening checklist for early movement abnormalities indicating a high risk of development of cerebral palsy

2017-2018 - Durham University

MA Research Methods (Developmental Psychology)

2016-2017 - Newcastle University

MRes Neuroscience

2012-2016 - Northumbria University

BSc(Hons) Human Biosciences with placement year

Research Interests

I am currently looking at the early identification of infants with Cerebral Palsy in the community and developing a tool to help identify these infants earlier. 

Funding

2017- 2023: ESRC NINE DTP Studentship.

PSY1013 - Research Methods and Skills 1

PSY2014 - Research Methods and Skills 2

PSY2022 - Methods in Psychology 2A

PSY2009 - Methods in Psychology 2B

PSY3097 - Empirical Projects

• Article

  • Gao Y, Long Y, Guan Y, Basu A, Baggaley J, Ploetz T. Towards Reliable, Automated General Movement Assessment for Perinatal Stroke Screening in Infants Using Wearable Accelerometers. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies 2019, 3(1), 12.

• Book Chapter

  • Gao Y, Long Y, Guan Y, Basu A, Baggaley J, Plötz T. Automated General Movement Assessment for Perinatal Stroke Screening in Infants. In: Smart Assisted Living: Toward An Open Smart-Home Infrastructure. Springer, Cham, 2020, pp.167-187.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Baggaley J, Rapley T, Basu AP. ‘Navigating the ocean alone in a reed boat with no map.’ Parental experiences of accessing primary care referral for their infants with cerebral palsy. In: 34th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD). 2022, Barcelona, Spain: Wiley.
  • Basu A, Watson R, Pearse J, Wright B, Baggaley J, Rapley T. Early therapy in perinatal stroke: pilot feasibility trial. In: 30th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of. 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Basu A, Baggaley J, Simpson K. Case notes review of perinatal stroke in term and preterm infants in the Northern region over a 10 year period. In: Annual Conference of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2016, Liverpool: BMJ Group.