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Eleanor Mawson
(she/her)
PhD, AFHEA
Teams and roles for Eleanor Mawson
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Research student
Overview
I am a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Cardiff University Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics researching common genetic risk variation in schizophrenia using statistical fine-mapping.
I was previously a PhD student in the Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute studying the effects of the neuropsychiatric risk gene CACNA1C as well as sex on hippocampal-dependent cogntiion and neurobiology.
Publication
2025
- Moon, A., Mawson, E., Gasalla, P., Wilkinson, L., Dwyer, D., Hall, J. and Thomas, K. 2025. Reduced gene dosage of the psychiatric risk gene Cacna1c is associated with impairments in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26(12), article number: 5547. (10.3390/ijms26125547)
2024
- Mawson, E. 2024. The role of the psychiatric risk-associated gene Cacna1c and sex in hippocampal dependent cognition. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2023
- Mawson, E. R. and Morris, B. J. 2023. A consideration of the increased risk of schizophrenia due to prenatal maternal stress, and the possible role of microglia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 125, article number: 110773. (10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110773)
Articles
- Moon, A., Mawson, E., Gasalla, P., Wilkinson, L., Dwyer, D., Hall, J. and Thomas, K. 2025. Reduced gene dosage of the psychiatric risk gene Cacna1c is associated with impairments in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26(12), article number: 5547. (10.3390/ijms26125547)
- Mawson, E. R. and Morris, B. J. 2023. A consideration of the increased risk of schizophrenia due to prenatal maternal stress, and the possible role of microglia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 125, article number: 110773. (10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110773)
Thesis
- Mawson, E. 2024. The role of the psychiatric risk-associated gene Cacna1c and sex in hippocampal dependent cognition. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Teaching
I have previously worked as a Statistics Tutor in the Cardiff University Maths Support Service and as a Graduate Tutor/Demonstrator supporting various undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules in the Cardiff Tutor School of Biosciences, with a particular interest in the teaching of Statistics and Bioinformatics.
Biography
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement - Newcastle University (2020)
MSc Brain Sciences - University of Glasgow (2021)
Academic positions
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Cardiff Unviersity School of Medicine, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience/Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics.
Graduate Tutor - Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff University School of Mathematics
Speaking engagements
- British Association of Psychopharmacology Annual Summer Meeting 2025 - "Sex differences in a rodent model of hippocampal dependent cognition".
- Pint of Science Cardiff 2025 - "Memory, maps and the mind: a guided tour of the hippocampus!"
Committees and reviewing
- 2022 - present: Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences Early Career Researcher Committee
- 2021 - present: Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Engagement
I am involved in the organisation of Cardiff Science Festival (2022 - present) and since 2024 have organised the Be A Brain Explorer event as part of the festival.
I helped to organise Pint of Science Cardiff 2024 and was a speaker at the 2025 event.
I have hosted In2STEM (formerly In2Science) placement students in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
I am a registered STEM Ambassador.
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Mental Health
- Psychiatric Genetics
- Applied statistics
- Neurosciences
- Psychosis