Jonathan Payne

Associate Professor Jonathan Payne is co-lead of the Brain & Mind Research Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, where he leads the Genetics and Neurodevelopment Team and sits on the steering committee of the Neurodevelopment Flagship. He is a practicing senior clinical neuropsychologist at the Royal Children's Hospital and an Honorary Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.

Associate Professor Payne's research draws on a range of cognitive, behavioural, neuroimaging, and laboratory protocols to understand how genetic variants can affect brain development and increase the risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. He is also an experienced trialist and leads several pharmacological and non-pharmacological clinical trials.