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Dr Eilidh Fenner
(she/her)
BSc, PhD
Teams and roles for Eilidh Fenner
Research Associate, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Overview
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Psychosis research group within the Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics. My work primarily focusses on rare genetic variation associated with schizophrenia and related outcomes.
Postgraduate Education
PhD Integrative Neuroscience, Cardiff University
Undergraduate Education
BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences Specialising in Neuroscience, University of York
Publication
2026
- Fenner, E. et al. 2026. Analysis of rare coding variants in schizophrenia-associated genes and generalised cognition in the UK Biobank. Molecular Psychiatry 31 , pp.5104-5113. (10.1038/s41380-026-03601-8)
- Smart, S. E. et al. 2026. Genetics to Improve Outcomes in Schizophrenia (GENios): A within-case molecular genetic study protocol. PLoS ONE 21 (2) e0340584. (10.1371/journal.pone.0340584)
- Kendall, K. M. et al. 2026. The relationship between schizophrenia polygenic scores, blood-based proteins and psychosis diagnosis in the UK Biobank. Schizophrenia 12 24. (10.1038/s41537-025-00725-8)
2025
- Richards, A. L. et al. 2025. Effects of shared and nonshared schizophrenia and bipolar disorder alleles on cognition and educational attainment in the UK Biobank. Biological Society: Global Open Science 5 (6) 100601. (10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100601)
- Smart, S. E. et al. 2025. The role of SLC39A8.p.( Ala391Thr ) in schizophrenia symptom severity and cognitive ability: cross‐sectional studies of schizophrenia and the general UK population. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 198 (7), pp.135-146. (10.1002/ajmg.b.33037)
2024
- Kappel, D. et al. 2024. Rare variants in pharmacogenes influence clozapine metabolism in individuals with schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology 80 , pp.47-54. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.12.007)
2023
- Fenner, E. 2023. Discovery and impact of schizophrenia rare genetic variation using next generation sequencing. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2022
- Wadon, M. et al. 2022. Clinical and genotypic analysis in determining dystonia non-motor phenotypic heterogeneity: a UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology 269 , pp.6436-6451. (10.1007/s00415-022-11307-4)
Articles
- Fenner, E. et al. 2026. Analysis of rare coding variants in schizophrenia-associated genes and generalised cognition in the UK Biobank. Molecular Psychiatry 31 , pp.5104-5113. (10.1038/s41380-026-03601-8)
- Smart, S. E. et al. 2026. Genetics to Improve Outcomes in Schizophrenia (GENios): A within-case molecular genetic study protocol. PLoS ONE 21 (2) e0340584. (10.1371/journal.pone.0340584)
- Kendall, K. M. et al. 2026. The relationship between schizophrenia polygenic scores, blood-based proteins and psychosis diagnosis in the UK Biobank. Schizophrenia 12 24. (10.1038/s41537-025-00725-8)
- Richards, A. L. et al. 2025. Effects of shared and nonshared schizophrenia and bipolar disorder alleles on cognition and educational attainment in the UK Biobank. Biological Society: Global Open Science 5 (6) 100601. (10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100601)
- Smart, S. E. et al. 2025. The role of SLC39A8.p.( Ala391Thr ) in schizophrenia symptom severity and cognitive ability: cross‐sectional studies of schizophrenia and the general UK population. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 198 (7), pp.135-146. (10.1002/ajmg.b.33037)
- Kappel, D. et al. 2024. Rare variants in pharmacogenes influence clozapine metabolism in individuals with schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology 80 , pp.47-54. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.12.007)
- Wadon, M. et al. 2022. Clinical and genotypic analysis in determining dystonia non-motor phenotypic heterogeneity: a UK Biobank study. Journal of Neurology 269 , pp.6436-6451. (10.1007/s00415-022-11307-4)
Thesis
- Fenner, E. 2023. Discovery and impact of schizophrenia rare genetic variation using next generation sequencing. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.