Dr Andrew Stanfield
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Division of Psychiatry)
- Patrick Wild Centre
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 537 6265
- Email: andrew.stanfield@ed.ac.uk
Background
Following completion of his basic specialist training in psychiatry, Dr Stanfield took up a position as a clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Within this post he obtained a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship to examine the relationship between the autism and schizophrenia spectrums.
Following this, he was appointed as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry and Co-director of the Patrick Wild Centre.
He undertakes clinical work as an honorary consultant psychiatrist for NHS Lothian Learning Disability Services, including sessions for the Regional Autism Spectrum Disorders Consultancy Service.
He is also a founding board member of Tailor Ed Foundation, a lottery funded charity which provides behavioural interventions to children with autism.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Co-director of the Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X Syndrome & Intellectual Disabilities
Member of the Scottish Government Autism Reference Group
Member of the Executive Committee of the Academic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Board member, Tailor Ed Foundation
Research summary
Dr Stanfield’s research interests primarily relate to the autism spectrum, intellectual disabilities and related neurodevelopmental disorders. While our understanding of these conditions has increased dramatically in recent years, in many cases this has yet to be translated into meaningful clinical benefits for individuals affected by them. His research is aimed at bridging this gap.
Related links
Neurodevelopmental conditions & neurodiversity research at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Psychiatric disorders research at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
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Glutamate and functional connectivity - support for the excitatory-inhibitory imbalance hypothesis in autism spectrum disorders
In:
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, vol. 313
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111302
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Facilitating individuals and families affected by fragile X syndrome to participate in medication trials
(11 pages)
In:
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12779
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Categorical and Dimensional Approaches to Examining the Joint Effect of Autism and Schizotypal Personality Disorder on Sustained Attention
In:
Frontiers in psychiatry, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00798
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Bilingualism in autism: Language learning profiles and social experiences
In:
Autism, pp. 136236132093784
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320937845
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Demystifying neuroscience laboratory techniques used to investigate single-gene disorders
(11 pages)
In:
BJPsych Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2020.30
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published)