Publications

  • Badger, J. R., Howarth, B. C., Svirko, E., & Mellanby, J. (2022). Underachievement at school relative to potential: links between reasoning, phonological decoding, short-term memory, and complex grammar. Educ Psychol, 42(8), 952-971. doi: 10.1080/01443410.2022.2115978.

  • Svirko, E., Gabbott, E., Badger, J., & Mellanby, J. (2019). Does acquisition of hypothetical conditional sentences contribute to understanding the principles of scientific enquiry?. Cogn Dev, 51, 46-57. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.05.008

  • Svirko, E., & Mellanby, J. (2019). What can conditional sentence grammar acquisition tell us about modularization of development? JCLAD, 7(4), 110-138. https://jclad.science-res.com/archives_full_issu/Vol_7_issue_4/JCLAD_FULL_ISSUE_7_4.pdf

  • Cavallaro, A., Veglia, M., Svirko, E., Vannuccini, S., Volpe, G., & Impey, L. (2018). Using fetal abdominal circumference growth velocity in the prediction of adverse outcome in near-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 52(4), 494-500. doi:10.1002/uog.18988

  • Knutzen, L., Anderson‐Knight, H., Svirko, E., & Impey, L. (2018). Umbilical cord arterial base deficit and arterial pH as predictors of adverse outcomes among term neonates. Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 142(1), 66-70. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12502

  • Knutzen, L., Aye, C., Anderson-Knight, H., Svirko, E., & Impey, L. (2018). Arteriovenous differences in cord blood gas analysis and the prediction of adverse neonatal outcome. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 97(6), 688–693. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13340

  • Cavallaro, A., Veglia, M., Svirko, E., Vannuccini, S., Volpe, G., & Impey, L. (2018). Using fetal abdominal circumference growth velocity in the prediction of adverse outcome in near-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. Oct;52(4):494-500. doi: 10.1002/uog.18988. PMID: 29266519.

  • Svirko, E., & Mellanby, J. (2017). Teaching neuroanatomy using computer-aided learning: What makes for successful outcomes?. Anat Sci Educ, 10(6), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1694

  • Knutzen, L., Anderson-Knight, H., Svirko, E., & Impey, L. (2017, March). Adverse neonatal outcome and arterial cord blood gases: Is base deficit a predictor? In BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY (Vol. 124, pp. 7-7). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

  • Cavallaro, A., Veglia, M., Svirko, E., Black, R., & Impey, L. (2017, March). Fetal abdominal circumference growth velocity and cerebroplacental ratio as predictors of perinatal outcome in small-for-gestational-age fetuses. In BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY (Vol. 124, pp. 32-32). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

  • Lachish, S., Svirko, E., Goldacre, M.J. et al. (2016). Factors associated with less-than-full-time working in medical practice: results of surveys of five cohorts of UK doctors, 10 years after graduation. Hum Resour Health, 14, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0162-3

  • Svirko, E., Lambert, T., & Goldacre, M.J. (2015). Influence of training changes on the stability of specialty choices of UK medical graduates: surveys of the graduates of 2002 and 2008. JRSM, 108(1):17-27. doi: 10.1177/0141076814555937.

  • Knutzen, L., Svirko, E., & Impey, L. (2015). The significance of base deficit in acidemic term neonates. AJOG, 213(3): 373.e1–373.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2015.03.051

  • Svirko, E., Lambert, T., & Goldacre, M.J. (2014). Career progression of men and women doctors in the UK NHS: a questionnaire study of the UK medical qualifiers of 1993 in 2010/11. JRSM Open, 5(11):2054270414554050. doi: 10.1177/2054270414554050.

  • Svirko, E., Lambert, T., & Goldacre, M.J. (2014). Gender, ethnicity and graduate status, and junior doctors’ self-reported preparedness for clinical practice: national questionnaire surveys. J R Soc Med, 107(2), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813502956

  • Svirko, E., Lambert, T., & Goldacre, M.J. (2013). Career choices and career progression in emergency medicine in the UK: national surveys. Lancet, 382, S94. doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-202460

  • Svirko, E., Lambert, T., Brand, L., & Goldacre, M.J. Career choices for emergency medicine: national surveys of graduates of 1993-2009 from all UK medical schools [online first]. Emerg Med J Published Online First: 11 April 2013. doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-202460.

  • Svirko, E., Goldacre, M. J., & Lambert, T. (2013). Career choices of the United Kingdom medical graduates of 2005, 2008 and 2009: Questionnaire surveys. Med Teach, 35(5), 365-375. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2012.746450

  • Goldacre, M.J., Lambert, T. & Svirko, E. Foundation doctors’ views on whether their medical school prepared them well for work: UK graduates of 2008 and 2009 [online first]. Postgrad Med J Published Online First: 8 December 2012. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131321.

  • Svirko, E. Individual Differences in Complex Grammar Acquisition: Causes and Consequences. [PhD thesis] Oxford: Oxford University; 2011.

  • Svirko, E., Mellanby, J., & Impey, L. (2008). The association between cord pH at birth and intellectual function in childhood. Early Hum Dev, 84, 37-41. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.02.002

  • Svirko, E., & Mellanby, J. (2008). Attitudes to e-learning, learning style, and achievement in learning neuroanatomy by medical students. Med Teach, 30, e219–e227. doi:10.1080/01421590802334275

  • Svirko, E., & Hawton, K. (2007) Self-injurious behavior and eating disorders: The extent and nature of the association. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 37, 409-421. doi:10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.409

Conference Presentations

  • Different types of learning in research and education. St Hilda’s Medical Society Life Stages: A Conference in Memory of Dr Jane Mellanby, Oxford University, Oxford, 30th September 2023 [oral presentation]

  • Does language comprehension help with learning mathematics: specific example of comparative sentences and arithmetic? Society for Research in Child Development 2017 Biennial Meeting, Austin, 8th April 2017 [poster presentation]

  • Children’s acquisition of complex “if” sentences in primary school and its influences on learning. Society for Research in Child Development 2017 Biennial Meeting, Austin, 8th April 2017 [poster presentation]

  • Can language development help the understanding of scientific reasoning? Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Developmental Sections, Amsterdam, Netherlands,4th September 2014 [poster presentation]

  • Triggers for children’s logic development: holding information online versus talking about it. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Developmental Sections, Amsterdam, Netherlands,3rd September 2014 [poster presentation]

  • Emergency Medicine: career choices of doctors in a specialty in crisis. Nuffield Department of Population Health Inaugural Symposium, 2014, Oxford University, Oxford, 14th January 2014 [poster presentation]

  • Junior doctors’ views on whether their medical school prepared them well for work: national surveys of UK graduates. Nuffield Department of Population Health Inaugural Symposium, 2014, Oxford University, Oxford, 14th January 2014 [poster presentation]

  • Career choices and career progression in emergency medicine in the UK: national surveys. Public Health Science Conference 2013, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, 29th November 2013 [poster presentation]

  • Domain-general cognitive constraints on grammar acquisition. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Cognitive and Developmental Sections, Reading University, UK, 6th September 2013 [oral presentation]

  • The association between native grammar acquisition and arithmetic learning. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting 2011, Oxford University, UK, 13th April 2011 [poster presentation]

  • Approach to learning and enjoyment as factors in learning from an online course. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference 2010, Ulm University, Germany, 30th August 2010 [oral presentation]

  • Grammar and arithmetic: is there a connection? PsyPAG Annual Conference 2010, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield UK, 22nd July 2010 [oral presentation]

  • Individual differences in complex grammar acquisition. Hilda’s Education Network Conference, St Hilda’s College, Oxford University, UK, 28th March 2009 [oral presentation]

Research Seminars

  • Learning about grammar development from the acquisition of conditional sentences. Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK, 5th June 2013 [work-in-progress seminar]

  • The association between cord pH at birth and intellectual function in childhood. Hilda’s Education Network Conference, St Hilda’s College, Oxford University, UK, 16th February 2007 [work-in-progress seminar]