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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"The languages that you know draw the boundary of your world": A thematic analysis of the experiences of autistic bilingual adults living in the United Kingdom
In:
Autism in Adulthood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0077
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Community views on medication use in fragile X syndrome
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1349758/v1
Research output: › Other contribution (Published) -
“A Group of Fellow Travellers Who Understand”: Interviews With Autistic People About Post-diagnostic Peer Support in Adulthood
In:
Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.831628
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
EEG as a translational biomarker and outcome measure in fragile X syndrome
In:
Translational Psychiatry, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01796-2
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A functional MRI facial emotion-processing study of autism in individuals with special educational needs.
In:
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, vol. 320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111426
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)