Andrew McIntosh (Affiliate)
Using genetic discoveries to identify the mechanisms of mental illness and resilience
Research in a Nutshell
Professor McIntosh’s uses genetic variants as instruments to better understand the mechanisms of mood disorders, cognitive ability, resilience and related traits. He collaborates with others and uses a number of methods, including NHS data linkage, clinical and psychometric assessment, brain imaging and studies of human cell lines derived from induced pluripotent stem cells.
People |
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| Prof Andrew McIntosh | Group Leader |
| Mark Adams | Research Fellow |
| Matthew Iverson | Senior Data Scientist |
| Carys Pugh | Research Fellow |
| Alex Kwong | Research Fellow |
| Elizabeth Kirkham | Research Fellow |
| Iona Beange | Knowledge Exchange Officer |
| Emma Hawkins | Data Administrator |
| Shen Xueyi | PhD Student |
| Dominic Sykes | PhD Student |
| Anders Jespersen | PhD Student |
| Melissa Lewins | PhD Student |
| Melisa Chuong | PhD Student (With Chris Haley) |
Contact
Collaborations
- Professor Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Kathryn Evans, University of Edinburgh
- Professor David Glahn, Yale University
- Professor Daniel Smith, University of Glasgow
- The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Partners and Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institutes of Health
- European Union
- UKRI MRC
Scientific Themes
Psychiatric genetics and genomics, brain imaging, data science, stem cells
Technology Expertise
Clinical psychiatric assessment, statistics