Master of Science in Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Social Genetic and Dev Psychiatry Centre
Abstract
TBC when student commences PhD in 16/17
People |
ORCID iD |
| Kirstin Purves (Student) |
Publications
Purves K
(2017)
A Major Role for Common Genetic Variation in Anxiety Disorders
Cheesman R
(2018)
Extracting stability increases the SNP heritability of emotional problems in young people.
in Translational psychiatry
Hübel C
(2019)
Genomics of body fat percentage may contribute to sex bias in anorexia nervosa.
in American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
Cheesman R
(2019)
Familial influences on Neuroticism and Education in the UK Biobank
Purves KL
(2019)
Validating the use of a smartphone app for remote administration of a fear conditioning paradigm.
in Behaviour research and therapy
Watson HJ
(2019)
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa.
in Nature genetics
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR/P501979/1 | 30/09/2015 | 29/03/2021 | |||
| 1668713 | Studentship | MR/P501979/1 | 20/09/2015 | 29/09/2019 | Kirstin Purves |
| Title | Smartphone app for the collection of fear conditioning data |
| Description | The Fear Learning and Anxiety Response (FLARe) app is a flexible research tool that collects data on a behavioural task called fear conditioning, a cross-species model for fear disorder development and exposure treatment response. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Several notable collaborations have arisen with international instutions |
| Description | Craske Lab UCLA |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Development of novel research method for large data collection in experimental psychology. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expert experimental psychology advice and support. Comparison methodology for validation of tool |
| Impact | Papers in process |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Feasibility study of measuring mechanisms influencing trauma |
| Organisation | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I consult on the application of the FLARe smartphone app to collect fear conditioning data in a sample of longitudinally assessed trauma-exposed individuals in the united states |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have designed, coordinated and run the study |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Pilot study investigating longitudinal predictors of relapse and recovery from eating disorders using a novel fear based treatment. |
| Organisation | University of Louisville |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am a co-investigator on a grant application for a pilot study which will involve remote data collection to identify predictors of treatment response and relapse following a novel exposure-based treatment for fear in the eating disorders. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are clinicians who have designed and will deliver this novel treatment whilst assessing a multitude of potential predictors and contributors to recovery and relapse processes. |
| Impact | If the grant is funded there will be manuscripts in the future. Currently, no output has resulted. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Pilot study of fear mechanisms associated with eating disorders |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have consulted on the implementation, data cleaning, data analysis and interpretation of the first pilot work characterising fear conditioning in individuals who have received acute inpatient treatment for eating disorders. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners collect the data and perform primary analyses. They have designed the study and are clinicians with access to a difficult to recruit and important sample. |
| Impact | A manuscript is in preparation |
| Start Year | 2018 |