Dr Alex Kwong (BA (Hons), MSc, PhD)
Research Fellow
- Division of Psychiatry
Contact details
- Email: akwong@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Google Scholar
- Web: ORCid
Address
- Street
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Division of Psychiatry
University of Edinburgh
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Edinburgh
EH10 5HF - City
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Background
Dr Alex Kwong is a Research Fellow at the Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences.
Dr Kwong completed his PhD in Advanced Quantitative Methods at the University of Bristol in 2019. He joined Psychiatry as a Research Fellow shortly after, working under Professor Andrew McIntosh. Dr Kwong was awarded an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2020 examining bio-psycho-social mechanisms underpinning adolescent depression & awarded a Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize to develop a digital tool for examining trajectories of mental health across development.
CV
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Qualifications
PhD in Advanced Quantitative Methods - University of Bristol (2019)
MSc by Research - University of Bristol (2015)
BA (Hons) - University of Reading (2013)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
I would be happy to supervise any students looking at the causes and consequences of adolescent mental health or risk factors for poorer mental health in the general population.
Current PhD students supervised
Melissa Lewins (PhD - UoE)
Holly Fraser (PhD - UoB)
Reesha Zahir (PhD - UoE)
Poppy Grimes (PhD - UoE)
Boyang Yu (MSc by Research - UoE)
Past PhD students supervised
Melisa Chuong (PhD - UoE)
Niamh MacSweeney (PhD - UoE)
Research summary
Dr Kwong is interested in the genetic and environmental risk factors that underlie depression and how it changes across development and what this means for downstream wellbeing. He uses a number of methods including: growth curve models, structural equation modelling, genetic/omic and longitudinal analysis.
Dr Kwong is also involved in work related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.
Current research interests
Genetic and environmental risk factors for depression. Risk factors for change in adolescent depression. Intergenerational transmission of depression. Consequences of mental health.Current project grants
Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize (2022-)
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute next Steps Mental Health Grant (2022-2023)
Past project grants
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020-2021)
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute and RoseTrees Trust Mental Health Grant (2020-2021)