She has an MSc in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD in the epidemology of Specific Language Impairment from the University of Cambridge. Carol spent 13 years in the University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry carrying out research into genotype-phenotype associations in developmental disorder and with the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre (ARC) investigating the population frequency of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). In addition to her training and consultancy work with BeginningwithA, she advises a number of research projects on methodology and implementation of screening and diagnostic tools.