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Dr Liz Forty
(she/her)
BA(Hons), MSc, PhD, C Psychol, PFHEA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Liz Forty
Director My Medic Learning Development Unit; Reader in Medical Education
Overview
I am Director of My Medic Learning Development Unit and Lead on Student Support and Student Health and Wellbeing within the School of Medicine.
https://intranet.cardiff.ac.uk/students/health-and-wellbeing/support-for-medicine-students
I am a Chartered Psychologist, Principal Fellow of Advance HE, member of the MSC Welfare Group, and trustee of the Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry (AUTP).
I am an active educator, researcher, supervisor, internal and external examiner.
I completed my PhD in Psychological Medicine and MSc in Medical Education.
Publication
2025
- O'Brian, J. and Forty, E. 2025. Medical students’ experiences of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at a UK medical school. The British Student Doctor Journal 8(1) (10.18573/bsdj.379)
- O'Connell, K. S. et al. 2025. Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder. Nature 639, pp. 968-975. (10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9)
- Marshall, E. et al. 2025. Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol. BMJ Open 15(2), article number: e098413. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098413)
2024
- Long, R., Forty, L. and Field, J. 2024. Resilience in oral health professional education: a scoping review. European Journal of Dental Education 28(4), pp. 978-994. (10.1111/eje.13034)
- Koromina, M. et al. 2024. Fine-mapping genomic loci refines bipolar disorder risk genes. [Online]. medRxiv: OpenRxiv. (10.1101/2024.02.12.24302716) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.12.24302716
- Hatch, S., Fitzgibbon, J., Tonks, A. J. and Forty, L. 2024. Diversity in patient and public involvement in healthcare research and education—Realising the potential. Health Expectations 27(1), article number: e13896. (10.1111/hex.13896)
2023
- Silver, C., Williams, S. and Forty, L. 2023. Cultural competency and mental health training for medical students: Learning from refugees and asylum seekers. Health Education Journal 82(6), pp. 708-721. (10.1177/00178969231182104)
- Charman, O., Hassoulas, A. and Forty, E. 2023. Medical students observing a primary care consultation: does student gender affect patient consent?. Education for Primary Care 34(1), pp. 40-43. (10.1080/14739879.2022.2161073)
2021
- Allen, J. et al. 2021. Submission to Welsh Government Consultation regarding an Anti Racist Wales. Documentation. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: https://cf.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/MEDICStudentRaceEqualityTaskGroup/EeCAc5vENyJMrz6KQUbzjaABhYNt-lHjociOqHA7b3GHmw?e=ESRuG1
- Mullins, N. et al. 2021. Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology. Nature Genetics 53, pp. 817-829. (10.1038/s41588-021-00857-4)
- Forty, L. 2021. How early childhood events impact upon adults health. In: Short, E. ed. A Prescription for Healthy Living: A Guide to Lifestyle Medicine.. Elsevier, pp. 17-29., (10.1016/B978-0-12-821573-9.00002-3)
2020
- Soda, T. et al. 2020. International consortium on the genetics of electroconvulsive therapy and severe depressive disorders (Gen-ECT-ic). European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 270, pp. 921-932. (10.1007/s00406-019-01087-w)
- Akingbuwa, W. A. et al. 2020. Genetic associations between childhood psychopathology and adult depression and associated traits in 42 998 individuals. JAMA Psychiatry 77(7), pp. 715-728. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0527)
- Lewis, K. J. et al. 2020. Comparison of genetic liability for sleep traits among individuals with Bipolar Disorder I or II and control participants. JAMA Psychiatry 77(3), pp. 303-310. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.4079)
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2020. Symptom profile of postpartum and non-postpartum manic episodes in bipolar I disorder: a within-subjects study. Psychiatry Research 284, article number: 112748. (10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112748)
2019
- Lee, P. H. et al. 2019. Genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders. Cell 179(7), pp. 1469-1482.e11. (10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.020)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2019. Stratification of the risk of bipolar disorder recurrences in pregnancy and postpartum. British Journal of Psychiatry 213(3), pp. 542-547. (10.1192/bjp.2018.92)
- Romagnoni, A. et al. 2019. Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data. Scientific Reports 9(1), pp. -., article number: 10351. (10.1038/s41598-019-46649-z)
- Charney, A. W. et al. 2019. Contribution of rare copy number variants to bipolar disorder risk Is limited to schizoaffective cases. Biological Psychiatry 86(2), pp. 110-119. (10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.12.009)
- Stahl, E. A. et al. 2019. Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder. Nature Genetics 51, pp. 793-803. (10.1038/s41588-019-0397-8)
2018
- Ellis, N. C., Quraishy, M., Hoskins, M., Walters, J., Riley, S. and Forty, L. 2018. Medical student attitudes to mental health and psychiatry: the use of a patient-experience short film. The British Student Doctor Journal 2(1), pp. 3-10. (10.18573/bsdj.37)
- Allardyce, J. et al. 2018. Association between schizophrenia-related polygenic liability and the occurrence and level of mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 75(1), pp. 28-35. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3485)
- Lewis, K. et al. 2018. Mania triggered by sleep loss and risk of postpartum psychosis in women with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 225, pp. 624-629. (10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.054)
2017
- Green, E. K. et al. 2017. Genome-wide significant locus for Research Diagnostic Criteria Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar type. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 174(8), pp. 767-771. (10.1002/ajmg.b.32572)
- Lewis, K., Gordon-Smith, K., Forty, L., Di Florio, A., Craddock, N., Jones, L. and Jones, I. 2017. Sleep loss as a trigger of mood episodes in bipolar disorder: individual differences based on diagnostic subtype and gender. British Journal of Psychiatry 211(3), pp. 169-174. (10.1192/bjp.bp.117.202259)
- Leonenko, G. et al. 2017. Investigation of relationships between bipolar disorder phenotypes and genome-wide significant loci from PGC2 schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology 27(S3), pp. S383-S384. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.09.416)
- Witt, S. H. et al. 2017. Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with the bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression. Translational Psychiatry 7, article number: e1155.
- Hassoulas, A., Forty, E., Hoskins, M., Walters, J. and Riley, S. 2017. A case-based medical curriculum for the 21st century: The use of innovative approaches in designing and developing a case on mental health. Medical Teacher 39(5), pp. 505-511. (10.1080/0142159X.2017.1296564)
- Abu-Akel, A. et al. 2017. Autistic and schizotypal traits and global functioning in bipolar I disorder. Journal of affective disorders 207, pp. 268-275. (10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.059)
2016
- Perry, A., Gordon-Smith, K., Di Florio, A., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J., Jones, L. and Jones, I. R. 2016. Adverse childhood life events and postpartum psychosis in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 205, pp. 69-72. (10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.061)
- Song, J. et al. 2016. Genome-wide association study identifies SESTD1 as a novel risk gene for lithium-responsive bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, pp. 1290-1297. (10.1038/mp.2015.165)
- Marwaha, S. et al. 2016. Affective instability, childhood trauma and major affective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders 190, pp. 764-771. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.11.024)
2015
- Knott, S., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J. and Thomas, R. H. 2015. Epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Epilepsy & Behavior 52, pp. 267-274. (10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.003)
- Singh, S. et al. 2015. Affective temperaments and concomitant alcohol use disorders in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 186, pp. 226-231. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.07.027)
- Di Florio, A., Morgan, H., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2015. Smoking and postpartum psychosis. Bipolar Disorders 17(5), pp. 572-573. (10.1111/bdi.12314)
- Forty, E. and Craddock, N. J. 2015. Authors' reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 206(6), pp. 523-523. (10.1192/bjp.206.6.523)
- Castro, V. M. et al. 2015. Validation of electronic health record phenotyping of bipolar disorder cases and controls. American Journal of Psychiatry 172(4), pp. 363-372. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030423)
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2015. Rapid cycling as a feature of bipolar disorder and comorbid migraine. Journal of Affective Disorders 175, pp. 320. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.024)
- Upthegrove, R. et al. 2015. Adverse childhood events and psychosis in bipolar affective disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry 206(3), pp. 191-197. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152611)
- Di Florio, A., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2015. Bipolar disorder, miscarriage, and termination. Bipolar Disorders 17(1), pp. 102-105. (10.1111/bdi.12217)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2015. Copy number variation in bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 21(1), pp. 89-93. (10.1038/mp.2014.174)
2014
- Forty, E. et al. 2014. Comorbid medical illness in bipolar disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry 205(6), pp. 465-472. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152249)
- Di Florio, A., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2014. Postpartum bipolar depression in a clinical sample of 1721 parous women with mood disorders [Conference Abstract]. Bipolar Disorders 16(S1), pp. 62-62. (10.1111/bdi.12188)
- Court, H. et al. 2014. Improving the psychometric utility of the hypomania checklist (HCL-32): A Rasch analysis approach. Journal of affective disorders 152-15, pp. 448-53. (10.1016/j.jad.2013.10.014)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2014. Mood disorders and parity - A clue to the aetiology of the postpartum trigger. Journal of affective disorders 152-15, pp. 334-339. (10.1016/j.jad.2013.09.034)
2013
- Green, E. K. et al. 2013. Replication of bipolar disorder susceptibility alleles and identification of two novel genome-wide significant associations in a new bipolar disorder case-control sample. Molecular Psychiatry 18(12), pp. 1302-1307. (10.1038/mp.2012.142)
- Hamshere, M. L. et al. 2013. Genome-wide significant associations in schizophrenia to ITIH3/4, CACNA1C and SDCCAG8, and extensive replication of associations reported by the Schizophrenia PGC. Molecular Psychiatry 18(6), pp. 708-712. (10.1038/mp.2012.67)
- Kronenberg, F. et al. 2013. Novel Loci Associated with Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Context of Coronary Artery Disease [Article]. PLoS ONE 8(4), pp. e59905. (10.1371/journal.pone.0059905)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2013. Perinatal episodes across the mood disorder spectrum. JAMA Psychiatry 70(2), pp. 168-175. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.279)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2013. Association at SYNE1 in both bipolar disorder and recurrent major depression. Molecular Psychiatry 18, pp. 614-617. (10.1038/mp.2012.48)
2012
- Cooper, J. D. et al. 2012. Seven newly identified loci for autoimmune thyroid disease. Human Molecular Genetics 21(23), pp. 5202-5208. (10.1093/hmg/dds357)
- Jostins, L. et al. 2012. Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease. Nature 491(7422), pp. 119-124. (10.1038/nature11582)
- Thomas, R. H., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2012. MP 1 Epilepsy in adults with bipolar disorder [Conference Abstract]. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 83(10), pp. e1-e1. (10.1136/jnnp-2012-303538.5)
2011
- Green, E. K. et al. 2011. DISC1 exon 11 rare variants found more commonly in schizoaffective spectrum cases than controls. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 156B(4), pp. 490-492. (10.1002/ajmg.b.31187)
2010
- Green, E. K. et al. 2010. The bipolar disorder risk allele at CACNA1C also confers risk of recurrent major depression and of schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 15(10), pp. 1016-1022. (10.1038/mp.2009.49)
- Craddock, N. J. et al. 2010. Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature 464(7289), pp. 713-720. (10.1038/nature08979)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2010. Variation at the GABAA receptor gene, Rho 1 (GABRR1) associated with susceptibility to bipolar schizoaffective disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 153B(7), pp. 1347-1349. (10.1002/ajmg.b.31108)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2010. Affective temperaments across the bipolar-unipolar spectrum: examination of the TEMPS-A in 927 patients and controls. Journal of affective disorders 123(1-3), pp. 42-51. (10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.020)
- Forty, E. et al. 2010. Reducing the hypomania checklist (HCL-32) to a 16-item version. Journal of affective disorders 124(3), pp. 351-356. (10.1016/j.jad.2010.01.004)
- Jones, L. et al. 2010. Cognitive style, personality and vulnerability to postnatal depression. British Journal of Psychiatry 196(3), pp. 200-205. (10.1192/bjp.bp.109.064683)
2009
- Smith, D. J. et al. 2009. Sub-threshold manic symptoms in recurrent major depressive disorder are a marker for poor outcome. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 119(4), pp. 325-329. (10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01324.x)
- Forty, L. 2009. Phenotypic dissection of mood disorder. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Clinical characteristics of unipolar disorder and bipolar disorder according to the lifetime presence of recurrent panic attacks. Bipolar Disorders 11(3), pp. 307-315. (10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00676.x)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Polarity at illness onset in bipolar I disorder and clinical course of illness. Bipolar Disorders 11(1), pp. 82-88. (10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00654.x)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2009. P2RX7: A bipolar and unipolar disorder candidate susceptibility gene?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 150B(8), pp. 1063-1069. (10.1002/ajmg.b.30931)
- Hamshere, M. L. et al. 2009. Age-at-onset in bipolar-I disorder: mixture analysis of 1369 cases identifies three distinct clinical sub-groups. Journal of affective disorders 116(1-2), pp. 23-29. (10.1016/j.jad.2008.10.021)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Identifying hypomanic features in major depressive disorder using the hypomania checklist (HCL-32). Journal of Affective Disorders 114(1-3), pp. 68-73. (10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.017)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Is depression severity the sole cause of psychotic symptoms during an episode of unipolar major depression? A study both between and within subjects. Journal of Affective Disorders 114(1-3), pp. 103-109. (10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.012)
2008
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Re: Symptoms do not helpfully distinguish unipolar and bipolar depression [eLetter]. The British Journal of Psychiatry (10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045294)
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Authors' reply [Letter]. British Journal of Psychiatry 193(5), pp. 426-427. (10.1192/bjp.193.5.427)
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Clinical differences between bipolar and unipolar depression. The British Journal of Psychiatry 192(5), pp. 388-389. (10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045294)
- Forty, L., Zammit, S. and Craddock, N. 2008. Genetic risk and familial transmission of depression. In: Dobson, K. S. and Dozois, D. J. eds. Risk Factors for Depression. Elsevier, pp. 19-35., (10.1016/B978-0-08-045078-0.00002-2)
- Smith, D. J. et al. 2008. Differences in depressive symptom profile between males and females. Journal of Affective Disorders 108(3), pp. 279-284. (10.1016/j.jad.2007.10.001)
2006
- Craddock, N. J. and Forty, E. 2006. Genetics of affective (mood) disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics 14(6), pp. 660-668. (10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201549)
- Forty, E. et al. 2006. Familiality of postpartum depression in unipolar disorder: results of a family study. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(9), pp. 1549-1553. (10.1176/appi.ajp.163.9.1549)
Articles
- O'Brian, J. and Forty, E. 2025. Medical students’ experiences of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at a UK medical school. The British Student Doctor Journal 8(1) (10.18573/bsdj.379)
- O'Connell, K. S. et al. 2025. Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder. Nature 639, pp. 968-975. (10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9)
- Marshall, E. et al. 2025. Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol. BMJ Open 15(2), article number: e098413. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098413)
- Long, R., Forty, L. and Field, J. 2024. Resilience in oral health professional education: a scoping review. European Journal of Dental Education 28(4), pp. 978-994. (10.1111/eje.13034)
- Hatch, S., Fitzgibbon, J., Tonks, A. J. and Forty, L. 2024. Diversity in patient and public involvement in healthcare research and education—Realising the potential. Health Expectations 27(1), article number: e13896. (10.1111/hex.13896)
- Silver, C., Williams, S. and Forty, L. 2023. Cultural competency and mental health training for medical students: Learning from refugees and asylum seekers. Health Education Journal 82(6), pp. 708-721. (10.1177/00178969231182104)
- Charman, O., Hassoulas, A. and Forty, E. 2023. Medical students observing a primary care consultation: does student gender affect patient consent?. Education for Primary Care 34(1), pp. 40-43. (10.1080/14739879.2022.2161073)
- Mullins, N. et al. 2021. Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology. Nature Genetics 53, pp. 817-829. (10.1038/s41588-021-00857-4)
- Soda, T. et al. 2020. International consortium on the genetics of electroconvulsive therapy and severe depressive disorders (Gen-ECT-ic). European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 270, pp. 921-932. (10.1007/s00406-019-01087-w)
- Akingbuwa, W. A. et al. 2020. Genetic associations between childhood psychopathology and adult depression and associated traits in 42 998 individuals. JAMA Psychiatry 77(7), pp. 715-728. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0527)
- Lewis, K. J. et al. 2020. Comparison of genetic liability for sleep traits among individuals with Bipolar Disorder I or II and control participants. JAMA Psychiatry 77(3), pp. 303-310. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.4079)
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2020. Symptom profile of postpartum and non-postpartum manic episodes in bipolar I disorder: a within-subjects study. Psychiatry Research 284, article number: 112748. (10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112748)
- Lee, P. H. et al. 2019. Genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders. Cell 179(7), pp. 1469-1482.e11. (10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.020)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2019. Stratification of the risk of bipolar disorder recurrences in pregnancy and postpartum. British Journal of Psychiatry 213(3), pp. 542-547. (10.1192/bjp.2018.92)
- Romagnoni, A. et al. 2019. Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data. Scientific Reports 9(1), pp. -., article number: 10351. (10.1038/s41598-019-46649-z)
- Charney, A. W. et al. 2019. Contribution of rare copy number variants to bipolar disorder risk Is limited to schizoaffective cases. Biological Psychiatry 86(2), pp. 110-119. (10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.12.009)
- Stahl, E. A. et al. 2019. Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder. Nature Genetics 51, pp. 793-803. (10.1038/s41588-019-0397-8)
- Ellis, N. C., Quraishy, M., Hoskins, M., Walters, J., Riley, S. and Forty, L. 2018. Medical student attitudes to mental health and psychiatry: the use of a patient-experience short film. The British Student Doctor Journal 2(1), pp. 3-10. (10.18573/bsdj.37)
- Allardyce, J. et al. 2018. Association between schizophrenia-related polygenic liability and the occurrence and level of mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 75(1), pp. 28-35. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3485)
- Lewis, K. et al. 2018. Mania triggered by sleep loss and risk of postpartum psychosis in women with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 225, pp. 624-629. (10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.054)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2017. Genome-wide significant locus for Research Diagnostic Criteria Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar type. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 174(8), pp. 767-771. (10.1002/ajmg.b.32572)
- Lewis, K., Gordon-Smith, K., Forty, L., Di Florio, A., Craddock, N., Jones, L. and Jones, I. 2017. Sleep loss as a trigger of mood episodes in bipolar disorder: individual differences based on diagnostic subtype and gender. British Journal of Psychiatry 211(3), pp. 169-174. (10.1192/bjp.bp.117.202259)
- Leonenko, G. et al. 2017. Investigation of relationships between bipolar disorder phenotypes and genome-wide significant loci from PGC2 schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology 27(S3), pp. S383-S384. (10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.09.416)
- Witt, S. H. et al. 2017. Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with the bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression. Translational Psychiatry 7, article number: e1155.
- Hassoulas, A., Forty, E., Hoskins, M., Walters, J. and Riley, S. 2017. A case-based medical curriculum for the 21st century: The use of innovative approaches in designing and developing a case on mental health. Medical Teacher 39(5), pp. 505-511. (10.1080/0142159X.2017.1296564)
- Abu-Akel, A. et al. 2017. Autistic and schizotypal traits and global functioning in bipolar I disorder. Journal of affective disorders 207, pp. 268-275. (10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.059)
- Perry, A., Gordon-Smith, K., Di Florio, A., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J., Jones, L. and Jones, I. R. 2016. Adverse childhood life events and postpartum psychosis in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 205, pp. 69-72. (10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.061)
- Song, J. et al. 2016. Genome-wide association study identifies SESTD1 as a novel risk gene for lithium-responsive bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, pp. 1290-1297. (10.1038/mp.2015.165)
- Marwaha, S. et al. 2016. Affective instability, childhood trauma and major affective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders 190, pp. 764-771. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.11.024)
- Knott, S., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J. and Thomas, R. H. 2015. Epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Epilepsy & Behavior 52, pp. 267-274. (10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.003)
- Singh, S. et al. 2015. Affective temperaments and concomitant alcohol use disorders in bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders 186, pp. 226-231. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.07.027)
- Di Florio, A., Morgan, H., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2015. Smoking and postpartum psychosis. Bipolar Disorders 17(5), pp. 572-573. (10.1111/bdi.12314)
- Forty, E. and Craddock, N. J. 2015. Authors' reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 206(6), pp. 523-523. (10.1192/bjp.206.6.523)
- Castro, V. M. et al. 2015. Validation of electronic health record phenotyping of bipolar disorder cases and controls. American Journal of Psychiatry 172(4), pp. 363-372. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030423)
- Gordon-Smith, K. et al. 2015. Rapid cycling as a feature of bipolar disorder and comorbid migraine. Journal of Affective Disorders 175, pp. 320. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.024)
- Upthegrove, R. et al. 2015. Adverse childhood events and psychosis in bipolar affective disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry 206(3), pp. 191-197. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152611)
- Di Florio, A., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2015. Bipolar disorder, miscarriage, and termination. Bipolar Disorders 17(1), pp. 102-105. (10.1111/bdi.12217)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2015. Copy number variation in bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 21(1), pp. 89-93. (10.1038/mp.2014.174)
- Forty, E. et al. 2014. Comorbid medical illness in bipolar disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry 205(6), pp. 465-472. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152249)
- Di Florio, A., Jones, L., Forty, E., Gordon-Smith, K., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2014. Postpartum bipolar depression in a clinical sample of 1721 parous women with mood disorders [Conference Abstract]. Bipolar Disorders 16(S1), pp. 62-62. (10.1111/bdi.12188)
- Court, H. et al. 2014. Improving the psychometric utility of the hypomania checklist (HCL-32): A Rasch analysis approach. Journal of affective disorders 152-15, pp. 448-53. (10.1016/j.jad.2013.10.014)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2014. Mood disorders and parity - A clue to the aetiology of the postpartum trigger. Journal of affective disorders 152-15, pp. 334-339. (10.1016/j.jad.2013.09.034)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2013. Replication of bipolar disorder susceptibility alleles and identification of two novel genome-wide significant associations in a new bipolar disorder case-control sample. Molecular Psychiatry 18(12), pp. 1302-1307. (10.1038/mp.2012.142)
- Hamshere, M. L. et al. 2013. Genome-wide significant associations in schizophrenia to ITIH3/4, CACNA1C and SDCCAG8, and extensive replication of associations reported by the Schizophrenia PGC. Molecular Psychiatry 18(6), pp. 708-712. (10.1038/mp.2012.67)
- Kronenberg, F. et al. 2013. Novel Loci Associated with Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Context of Coronary Artery Disease [Article]. PLoS ONE 8(4), pp. e59905. (10.1371/journal.pone.0059905)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2013. Perinatal episodes across the mood disorder spectrum. JAMA Psychiatry 70(2), pp. 168-175. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.279)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2013. Association at SYNE1 in both bipolar disorder and recurrent major depression. Molecular Psychiatry 18, pp. 614-617. (10.1038/mp.2012.48)
- Cooper, J. D. et al. 2012. Seven newly identified loci for autoimmune thyroid disease. Human Molecular Genetics 21(23), pp. 5202-5208. (10.1093/hmg/dds357)
- Jostins, L. et al. 2012. Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease. Nature 491(7422), pp. 119-124. (10.1038/nature11582)
- Thomas, R. H., Forty, E., Craddock, N. J. and Jones, I. R. 2012. MP 1 Epilepsy in adults with bipolar disorder [Conference Abstract]. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 83(10), pp. e1-e1. (10.1136/jnnp-2012-303538.5)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2011. DISC1 exon 11 rare variants found more commonly in schizoaffective spectrum cases than controls. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 156B(4), pp. 490-492. (10.1002/ajmg.b.31187)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2010. The bipolar disorder risk allele at CACNA1C also confers risk of recurrent major depression and of schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 15(10), pp. 1016-1022. (10.1038/mp.2009.49)
- Craddock, N. J. et al. 2010. Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature 464(7289), pp. 713-720. (10.1038/nature08979)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2010. Variation at the GABAA receptor gene, Rho 1 (GABRR1) associated with susceptibility to bipolar schizoaffective disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 153B(7), pp. 1347-1349. (10.1002/ajmg.b.31108)
- Di Florio, A. et al. 2010. Affective temperaments across the bipolar-unipolar spectrum: examination of the TEMPS-A in 927 patients and controls. Journal of affective disorders 123(1-3), pp. 42-51. (10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.020)
- Forty, E. et al. 2010. Reducing the hypomania checklist (HCL-32) to a 16-item version. Journal of affective disorders 124(3), pp. 351-356. (10.1016/j.jad.2010.01.004)
- Jones, L. et al. 2010. Cognitive style, personality and vulnerability to postnatal depression. British Journal of Psychiatry 196(3), pp. 200-205. (10.1192/bjp.bp.109.064683)
- Smith, D. J. et al. 2009. Sub-threshold manic symptoms in recurrent major depressive disorder are a marker for poor outcome. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 119(4), pp. 325-329. (10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01324.x)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Clinical characteristics of unipolar disorder and bipolar disorder according to the lifetime presence of recurrent panic attacks. Bipolar Disorders 11(3), pp. 307-315. (10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00676.x)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Polarity at illness onset in bipolar I disorder and clinical course of illness. Bipolar Disorders 11(1), pp. 82-88. (10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00654.x)
- Green, E. K. et al. 2009. P2RX7: A bipolar and unipolar disorder candidate susceptibility gene?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 150B(8), pp. 1063-1069. (10.1002/ajmg.b.30931)
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- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Identifying hypomanic features in major depressive disorder using the hypomania checklist (HCL-32). Journal of Affective Disorders 114(1-3), pp. 68-73. (10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.017)
- Forty, E. et al. 2009. Is depression severity the sole cause of psychotic symptoms during an episode of unipolar major depression? A study both between and within subjects. Journal of Affective Disorders 114(1-3), pp. 103-109. (10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.012)
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Re: Symptoms do not helpfully distinguish unipolar and bipolar depression [eLetter]. The British Journal of Psychiatry (10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045294)
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Authors' reply [Letter]. British Journal of Psychiatry 193(5), pp. 426-427. (10.1192/bjp.193.5.427)
- Forty, E. et al. 2008. Clinical differences between bipolar and unipolar depression. The British Journal of Psychiatry 192(5), pp. 388-389. (10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045294)
- Smith, D. J. et al. 2008. Differences in depressive symptom profile between males and females. Journal of Affective Disorders 108(3), pp. 279-284. (10.1016/j.jad.2007.10.001)
- Craddock, N. J. and Forty, E. 2006. Genetics of affective (mood) disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics 14(6), pp. 660-668. (10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201549)
- Forty, E. et al. 2006. Familiality of postpartum depression in unipolar disorder: results of a family study. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(9), pp. 1549-1553. (10.1176/appi.ajp.163.9.1549)
Book sections
- Forty, L. 2021. How early childhood events impact upon adults health. In: Short, E. ed. A Prescription for Healthy Living: A Guide to Lifestyle Medicine.. Elsevier, pp. 17-29., (10.1016/B978-0-12-821573-9.00002-3)
- Forty, L., Zammit, S. and Craddock, N. 2008. Genetic risk and familial transmission of depression. In: Dobson, K. S. and Dozois, D. J. eds. Risk Factors for Depression. Elsevier, pp. 19-35., (10.1016/B978-0-08-045078-0.00002-2)
Monographs
- Allen, J. et al. 2021. Submission to Welsh Government Consultation regarding an Anti Racist Wales. Documentation. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: https://cf.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/MEDICStudentRaceEqualityTaskGroup/EeCAc5vENyJMrz6KQUbzjaABhYNt-lHjociOqHA7b3GHmw?e=ESRuG1
Thesis
- Forty, L. 2009. Phenotypic dissection of mood disorder. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Websites
- Koromina, M. et al. 2024. Fine-mapping genomic loci refines bipolar disorder risk genes. [Online]. medRxiv: OpenRxiv. (10.1101/2024.02.12.24302716) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.12.24302716
Research
My research focuses on student mental health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on students in the healthcare professions, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
I am Co-investigator for Nurture-U, a national research project that is finding better ways to support university students with their wellbeing and mental health. We are partnered with the U-Flourish project based at Queen's University, Canada.
I lead the Student Mental Health Cohort as part of the Health and Care Research Wales funded National Centre for Mental Health, a research centre established to learn more about the causes of mental health problems, with the aim of developing better diagnosis, treatment and support for the future.
I am one of the co-founders of the Bipolar Disorder Research Network (BDRN), a group of researchers, clinicians and research participants in the UK involved in investigating the underlying causes of bipolar disorder. With over 7500 participants, we have collected the largest cohort of people with bipolar disorder in the world, and through international collaborations, have made important contributions to the understanding of the genetic susceptibility underpinning the disorder.
Teaching
Director My Medic Learning Development Unit
As Director of Student Support and Health and Wellbeing, I lead strategically on the Medical School's approach to enhancing student wellbeing, accessibilty and inclusion, mental health and safeguarding.
https://intranet.cardiff.ac.uk/students/health-and-wellbeing/support-for-medicine-students
I am a Designated Safeguarding Officer and sit on the University's Safeguarding Committee.
I am a research supervisor for UG and PGT/PGR students, as well as an internal and external examiner.
Biography
Prior to my appointment as Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at Cardiff University in 2013 [promoted to Senior Lecturer 2018, Reader 2023], I worked as a post doctoral researcher within the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University. I completed an MSc in Medical Education in 2016 and I completed my PhD in Psychological Medicine at Cardiff in 2009. My thesis focused on dissecting the clinical phenotype of bipolar and unipolar affective disorders. Prior to starting my PhD studies in Cardiff, I worked as researcher at the University of Birmingham on large scale genetic studies of mood disorders.
Career Overview
- 2024: Principal Fellow Advance HE
- 2023: Reader in Medical Education, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2022: Trustee AUTP (Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry)
- 2022: Mind Health for Medical Students Charity Advisor
- 2021: Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society
- 2019: Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
- 2018: Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2016: MSc in Medical Education (Merit)
- 2016: Member of the Higher Education Academy
- 2015: Member of the Academy of Medical Educators
- 2014: Member of AUTP (Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry)
- 2013: Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University, School of Medicine.
- 2008-2013: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences.
- 2005-2009: PhD Student, Cardiff University, School of Medince, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences.
- 2005: Diploma in Research Methods (Distinction)
- 2002-2005: Research Associate, University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry.
- 2001: BA Psychology and Sociology (Joint Hons)
Honours and awards
- Finalist - Enriching Student Life Awards 2025: Professional Support Service of the Year
- Finalist - Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Wales Bronze Award, Outstanding Impact in Education 2023
- Medic Star Award for contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity 2019
- BMA/BMJ Innovations in Teaching Award 2016
- Cardiff University School of Medicine Innovations in Teaching Award 2015
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award 2011
- Eli Lily International Young Investigators Fellowship in Bipolar Disorder 2009
Professional memberships
- Principal Fellow of Advance HE
- Member International Association of Heathcare Professions Education
- Member NHS Wales Expert Reference Group - Learning Standards Suicide and Self-harm Prevention
- Member HEIW 'Speaking Up Safely' Group
- Member of the MSCs Welfare Leads Group
- Trustee of the Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry
- Member Royal College of Psychaitrists Undergraduate Education Forum
- Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists In Wales Executive
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Academy of Medical Educators
Supervisions
I supervise intercalated BSc Medical Education and Psychological Medicine student dissertations, as well as MSc in psychiatry dissertations.
I have supervised two PhD students (Sarah Knott 2017; Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy and Migraine: Katie Lewis 2018; Bipolar Disorder and Sleep) and an MPhil student (Naomi Marfell 2019; Student mental health and wellbeing) to completion.
I am currently co-supervising PhD student Ruby Long (Resilience in Dental Students).
Engagement
I work with the National Centre for Mental Health and third sector charities and organisations to support the involvement of people with personal or family experience of mental illness in the development and delivery of the mental health components of the undergraduate medicine programme (MBBCh).
I am also working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales in relation to recruitment and retention in Psychiatry, and the importance of promoting psychiatry within the undergraduate student population.
I was Director of the Annual Cardiff University Undergraduate Winter School in Psychiatry (2014-2020)
I am one of the trustees of the Association of University Teachers in Psychiatry https://www.autp.org/ and Advisor to Mind Health for Medical Students Charity https://www.mindhealthuk.org/
Contact Details
FortyL@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29206 88416
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 5, Room 519C, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
+44 29206 88416
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 5, Room 519C, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS