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Prof Grainne McAlonnan: no licensed photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Prof Grainne McAlonnan
professor at King's College London
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press citation on 1 topic since 17 Jan 2026 · last quoted 17 Jan 2026
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Prof Grainne McAlonnan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- professor at King's College London
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 17 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Prof Grainne McAlonnan sits on learning disability & autism
Ranked 58= of 386 voices quoted in the press on learning disability & autism, level with 328 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap Society17
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Professor Dame Uta FrithAcademicEmeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London8 - 3=Mel MerrittSector leaderHead of Policy and Influencing, National Autistic Society5
- 58=Carol PoveySector leaderformer director of the Centre for Autism at NAS1
- 58=Dr Erin BeestonAcademicParent/carer of autistic children and academic/activist1
- 58=Prof Grainne McAlonnanAcademicprofessor at King's College London1
- 58=Prof Ian DouglasAcademicprofessor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine1
- 58=Prof Jan HaavikClinicianmolecular neuroscientist and clinical psychiatrist at the University of Bergen1
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05 On the record · press
What Prof Grainne McAlonnan has said
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Where Prof Grainne McAlonnan has been quoted
- 01Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says study refuting Trump autism claimsbbc.com · 17 Jan 2026
Verbatim
“expectant mothers do not need the stress of questioning whether medicine most commonly used for a headache could have far reaching effects on their child's health”
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