Dr Donald MacIntyre
Honorary Reader
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Division of Psychiatry
- NHS Lothian
Contact details
- Email: d.macintyre@ed.ac.uk
Background
Donald is an NHS consultant general psychiatrist, currently seconded to NHS 24 as Associate Medical Director, a post which he combines with clinical research. He graduated in Edinburgh in 1996, worked in London as a casualty officer, and started psychiatric training in 1999. He has combined research and clinical practice throughout his career. He was fortunate to be involved in the family and population-based biobank, Generation Scotland, and its extension, STRADL, led by Prof Andrew McIntosh.
Donald was awarded MD in 2013, an NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Fellowship in 2014 and was promoted to Honorary Reader in 2017.
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Associate member of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology
- Advisor to the MRC Sudden Death Brain Bank
Research summary
Donald is interested in exploring the validity of psychiatric diagnoses using novel methods of phenotyping and using technological innovations, routine measurement and record linkage to improve mental health care and treatment.
Funding Sources
- Chief Scientist Office
- Digital Health Institute
- Scottish Mental Health Research Network
- Scottish Government
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Language function following preterm birth: prediction using machine learning
In:
Pediatric Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01779-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry: A Genome-Wide Association Study
In:
JAMA Psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2099
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors
In:
Biological Psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.029
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology
In:
Nature Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00857-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A loss of mature microglial markers without immune activation in schizophrenia
In:
Glia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23962
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)