Dr Nadia Micali  
Clinical Lecturer

biography

In 1998 I completed a Doctor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy. Between 1999 and 2002 I was Senior House Officer at the Maudsley Hospital. I obtained the Royal College of Psychiatry Membership in june 2002. I then became Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the department of child and adolescent psychiatry, IOP, KCL, where I have worked since.

activities and interests

Research Interests

My current research interests include the aetiology of Eating Disorders, the transgenerational pattern of transmission of eating disorders, as well as the role of feeding problems as precursors or risk factors for eating disorders. I have worked on a retrospective study investigating the role of childhood feeding problems and obstetric complications in sisters discordant for anorexia and bulimia nervosa and on a follow-up of premature infants and their risk for developing eating Disorders. I am currently working on a project focusing on growth, psychological development and eating and feeding habits of children born to mothers with Eating Disorders in the ALSPAC cohort. I am also collaborating with research centres outside the UK. My past research experience includes research in virology and other aspects of Child psychiatry.

Committee Membership

I have been a member of the Organising Committee of the “Maudsley European Forum” since Sept 2002. I have also been a member of the Public Affairs Council, Academy of Eating Disorders, since Sept 2005.

teaching activities

Undergraduate Teaching

Since September 2005, I have been organising and coordinating the medical students’ teaching at Guy’s Campus for GKT (with Professor Simonoff). This involves planning the taught sessions and tutorials for each term, as well as sitting on the year 4 Curriculum Committee and the CHDA Committee. I have also taught some seminars. I am currently supervising a student during a BSc intercalated degree in Abnormal Psychology at GKT; this involves supervising her research project. In collaboration with FIE I have coordinated and supervised two foreign (medicine and psychology) undergraduate students during their 3-month placements in the department. This entailed coordinating and organising their clinical and research experience as well as supervising them. I also organised, co-ordinated and participated in teaching a six-monthly, three-day course for Senior House Officers starting their Child Psychiatry clinical placements in the Trust between March 03 and Sept 2005. During the past year, I have also taught the session on “Physical Examination” on the same course.

Postgraduate Teaching

Since March 2003, I have been involved, on a yearly basis, in the Departmental Teaching Programme at the Deptartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry. This involves teaching students enrolled in the Diploma and MSc in Child Psychiatry courses. This mainly entails teaching in small groups and one-to-one tutorials. In addition, I have been the academic tutor for one MSc student, during 2003-2004, supervising her MSc dissertation project. Also, for four months I have been the academic tutor for an MSc student in this current academic year. I regularly carry out informal teaching sessions on Psychopathology in C&A Psychiatry to SHOs as their SpR during their placement.

publications

Publications:

Stewart, J.P., Micali, N., Usherwood, E.J., Bonina, L. and Nash, A.A. Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 glycoprotein 150 protects against virus induced mononucleosis: A model system for Gamma-herpesvirus vaccination. 1999. Vaccine, 17 (2), 152-157.

Lacaille, F., Micali, N., Lachaux, A., Morali, A., Sarles, J., Rieu, D., Chouraqui, J.P., Maurage, C., Gottrand, F. Traitement de l’hepatite chronique C par l’interferon chez l’enfant. Arch Pediatr. 2002 Mar; 9(3):339-40.

Micali, N., Chakrabarti, S., and Fombonne E. The broad autistic phenotype in relatives: Findings from an epidemiological survey. 2004 Autism. Vol.8(1): 21-37.

Micali, N. “Childhood risk factors: Longitudinal continuities and Eating disorders”. Journal of Mental health, 2005 Dec: 14(6): 1 – 8.
Micali, N. and Heyman, I. “Comorbidity of Anxiety with Eating Disorders: letter to the editor”. American journal of psychiatry, 2006 Feb.
Micali, N. “Eating disorders: Identifying and managing young people in primary care”. Accepted in Child and adolescent mental health in primary care.


Book Chapters:

Micali, N., Webster P., and Treasure, J. L. Eating disorders in adolescence. In “Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology”, Cambridge University Press. 2002

Micali, N., Schmidt, U. “Un dilemma di sopravvivenza. Un caso di evoluzione dalla Bulimia nervosa all’Anoressia nervosa”. In “Imparare dagli insuccessi nel trattamento dei disturbi alimentari”; Ed.: Todisco P. Mc Graw-Hill. 2003.
Micali N., Schmidt, U. “Management of eating disorders in pregnancy and the puerperium”. In “Psychiatric Disorders and Pregnancy- Obstetric and Psychiatric care”; Eds: V O’Keane, T Seneviratne, and M Marsh. Taylor & francis . 2006
Talks and Presentations:

“Eating disorders in children and adolescents: Epidemiology, detection and differential diagnosis”, lecture given to Dept. of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Italy. July 2001.

“The possible effects of mothers with Anorexia nervosa underfeeding their children”, lecture given at “Eating Disorders: recent developments”, University of Southampton. September 2002
Abstracts:

“The broad autistic phenotype in relatives: Findings from an epidemiological survey”. Micali, N., Chakrabarti, S., and Fombonne E. Poster Presented at the International Meeting for Research on Autism, San Diego, 9th-10th November 2001.
“Overactive disorder associated with mental retardation and stereotyped movements, is it just a definition?”. Micali, N., Taylor, E. Poster presented at the International Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, New Delhi, 29th October-2nd November 2002.

“Hyperactivity in a cohort of preterm adolescents: brain morphological abnormalities”. Micali, N., Giouroukou E., Nosarti C., Rifkin L., Murray R.M. Poster presented at the “Organisation of Human brain Mapping” meeting, New York, USA, June 2003.

“Relationship between language function and brain damage in preterm adolescents”. Giouroukou E., Micali, N., Nosarti C., Rifkin L., Murray R.M. Poster presented at the “Organisation of Human brain Mapping” meeting, New York, USA, June 2003.

“Brain Damage associated with Uncomplicated Periventricular Haemorrhage or Lateral Ventricles Dilatation in Preterm Adolescents.” Micali, N., Giouroukou E., Nosarti C., Chitnis X., Stewart A.L., Rifkin L., Murray R.M. Poster presented at the “European Society for Child and Adolescent psychiatry” Congress, Paris, France, Sept. 2003.

“Infant and childhood feeding difficulties as risk factors for Anorexia nervosa: a study of discordant siblings”. Micali, N., Holliday, J., Karwautz, A., Haidvogl, M., Wagner, G., Fernandez-Aranda, F., Badia, A., Gimenez, L, Solano, R., Brecelj-Anderluh, M., Collier, D., Treasure J. Oral communication at the “Eating Disorders research Society” meeting, Ravello, Italy, Oct. 2003.

“Developmental risk factors in eating disorders - childhood feeding and weight: a discordant sister-pairs comparison”. Micali, N., Holliday, J., Karwautz, A., Haidvogl, M., Wagner, G., Fernandez-Aranda, F., Badia, A., Gimenez, L, Solano, R., Brecelj-Anderluh, M., Collier, D., Treasure J. Oral communication at the “Royal college of Psychiatrists Child Psychiatry Faculty residential meeting”, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Sept. 04

“Risk of Low birth-weight and prematurity in offsprings of women with Eating Disorders”. Micali, N., Simonoff, E., Treasure, J. and the ALSPAC Study team. Oral communication at the the “Eating Disorders research Society” meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Oct. 2004.

“Babies of women with Eating Disorders: are they at risk of prematurity and low-birth weight?” Micali, N., Simonoff, E., Treasure, J. and the ALSPAC Study team. Oral communication at the “International London Conference on Eating Disorders, London, UK, April 2005.

“Eating disorders behaviours during pregnancy: results from a longitudinal cohort study”. Oral communication at the “International ED conference”, Montreal, Canada, April 2005

last updated: Wednesday, March 15, 2006