Dr Heather Whalley
Senior Research Fellow
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine
Contact details
- Email: heather.whalley@ed.ac.uk
Background
Dr Whalley graduated in neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently completed an MSc by Research (with distinction) along with her PhD in the field of neuroimaging at the Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences.
She previously held a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin fellowship and a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh JMAS SIM fellowship and is currently an ESAT Fellow at the University.
Research summary
Dr Whalley's main area of research interest is to link neuroimaging techniques with underlying biology in a bottom-up approach in order to better understand debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly in adolescence. Her research therefore focuses on how causal risk factors contribute to disease in terms of their impact on brain structure and function.
Related links
Psychiatric disorders research at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
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Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3–90 years
In:
Human Brain Mapping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25320
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Grey and white matter associations of psychotic-like experiences in a general population sample (UK Biobank)
In:
Translational Psychiatry, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01131-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Brain structural correlates of insomnia severity in 1053 individuals with major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA MDD Working Group
In:
Translational Psychiatry, vol. 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01109-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Three major dimensions of human brain cortical ageing in relation to cognitive decline across the 8th decade of life
In:
Molecular Psychiatry
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Structural brain correlates of serum and epigenetic markers of inflammation in major depressive disorder
In:
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.11.024
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder—A mega‐analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through
Meta‐Analysis
Bipolar Disorder Working Group
In:
Human Brain Mapping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25249
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan
In:
Human Brain Mapping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25204
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Intelligence, educational attainment, and brain structure in those at familial high‐risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
In:
Human Brain Mapping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25206
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
It's Not Just About Sad Songs: The Effect of Depression on Posting Lyrics and Quotes
(9 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60975-7_5
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Conference contribution (Published) -
Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders
In:
JAMA Psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2694
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)