Email: Miranda.Wong@warwick.ac.uk

Research Group: Lifespan Health and Wellbeing

Research Profile

Experienced researcher with over ten years of experience investigating how early life experiences shape developmental, behavioural, and psychosocial outcomes across the life course. My current PhD examines the long-term consequences of very preterm birth as an early life biological adversity, drawing on longitudinal cohort data and evolutionary perspectives, with a particular interest in reproductive success, partnering, and parenting during the life course and across generations.

Previously, I conducted extensive research with neurodivergent children, designing and evaluating technology-assisted behavioural interventions, behavioural and cognitive assessments, and experimental studies. I have substantial expertise in longitudinal and mixed-methods research, participant recruitment, behavioural assessment, intervention design and evaluation, and multidisciplinary collaborative research. My work has resulted in a strong publication record spanning developmental psychology, autism, and epidemiology. I am committed to conducting rigorous, inclusive, and impactful research that informs interventions, policy, and practice to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.

Supervisors

Prof Dieter Wolke

Selected Publications

Wong, M. K. Y., Mendonca, M., Tsalacopoulos, N., Bartmann, P., Darlow, B. A., John Horwood, L., Harris, S. L., Kajantie, E., Nosarti, C., Indredavik, M. S., Evensen, K. A. I., Raikkonen, K., Heinonen, K., van der Pal, S., & Wolke, D. (2025). Fertility of young adults born very preterm/very low birth weight: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Annals of Epidemiology, 106, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.04.006
Wong, M. K. Y., Tsalacopoulos, N., Bartmann, P., & Wolke, D. (2025). Fertility of adults born very preterm or with very low birth weight. JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e251164-e251164. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1164
Wong, M. K. Y., Sum, E. S. W., & Yip, A. Y. T. (2024). Fraction concepts manifest in gestures via storytelling in mathematics teaching. International Journal of Psychology, 59(S1), 551-578. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13198
Sum, E. S. W., Wong, M. K. Y., Yip, A. Y. T., & Seah, W. T. (2023). Using storytelling to develop fraction concepts with culturally and linguistically diverse learners. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 22(3), 633-655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-023-10388-5
Wong, M. K. Y., & So, W. C. (2023). Developing a scale measuring children’s creativity in their storytelling. International Journal of Psychology, 58(S1), 95. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12978
Huang, Y., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, W. Y., Cheng, C. H., & So, W. C. (2022). What affects gestural learning in children with and without Autism? The role of prior knowledge and imitation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 129, 104305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104305
Huang, Y., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, W. Y., Cheng, C. H., & So, W. C. (2020). Gestures in Storytelling by preschool Chinese-speaking children with and without autism. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 573212. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573212
So, W. C., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, W. Y., Cheng, C. H., Ku, S. Y., Lam, K. Y., Huang, Y., & Wong, W. L. (2019). Who is a better teacher for children with autism? Comparison of learning outcomes between robot-based and human-based interventions in gestural production and recognition. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 86, 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.01.002
So, W. C., & Wong, M. K. Y. (2018). Tracing the development of spatially-modulated gestures in the manual modality in non-signing Chinese-speaking children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(3), 527-544. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716417000510
So, W. C., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, K. Y, Lam, W. Y., Chui T. F., Lee, T. L., Ng, H. M., Chan, C. H., Fok, C. W. (2018). Using a social robot to teach gestural recognition and production in children with autism spectrum disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13(6), 527-539. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2017.1344886
So, W. C., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, W. Y., Cheng, C. H., Yang, J. H., Huang, Y., Ng, P., Wong, W. L., Ho, C. L., Yeung, K. L., & Lee, C. C. (2018). Robot-based intervention may reduce delay in the production of intransitive gestures in Chinese-speaking preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Molecular Autism, 9(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-018-0217-5
Wong, M. K. Y., & So, W. C. (2018). Absence of delay in spontaneous use of gestures in spoken narratives among children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 72, 128–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.11.004
Wong, M. K. Y., & Chow, B. W. Y. (2016). The effects of academic and recreational reading behaviours on reading self-efficacy in Chinese as a first language and English as a second language. International Journal of Psychology, 51(S1), 814. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12329
Wong, M. K. Y., & So, W. C. (2016). Spoken narrative assessment: A supplementary measure of children's creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 28(4), 471–477. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2016.1229989
So, W, C., & Wong, M. K. Y. (2016). I use my space not yours: Use of gesture space for referential identification among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 26, 33–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.03.005

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