Dr Andrew Stanfield

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Division of Psychiatry)
Patrick Wild Centre

Tel: 0131 537 6265
Email: andrew.stanfield@ed.ac.uk

Biography

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

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.

Publications

Facilitating individuals and families affected by fragile X syndrome to participate in medication trials (11 pages) 21 Sep 2020 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 7 Aug 2020 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 17 Jul 2020 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) 19 May 2020 In: British Journal of Psychiatry Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2020.30
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published)
The Never-Changing Face of Fragile X? 27 Apr 2020 In: The Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30127-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published)

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This article was published on 3 Mar, 2021