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Professor Marianne van den Bree
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- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Marianne van den Bree
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Overview
I am a Professor of Psychological Medicine within the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute at Cardiff University.
My research focuses on the characterisation of the genetic and environmental factors that play a role in the development of mental health disorders. This includes understanding the complex developmental relationships across the lifespan between mental health disorders and other health-related conditions.
My background is in psychology, human genetics and epidemiology/methodology.
I am interested in the wide-ranging developmental, behavioural, cognitive and psychiatric and physical health manifestations that can be experienced by people with rare genomic variants, including chromosomal microdeletions and duplications known as Copy Number Variants (CNVs).
I have extensive experience playing lead roles in international consortia studying CNV and mental health.
A key aim is also to communicate mental health research findings widely and strive for societal benefit.
Publication
2025
- Ali, N. M. et al. 2025. Comparison of autism domains across thirty rare variant genotypes. EBioMedicine 112 105521. (10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105521)
- Gur, R. C. et al., 2025. Neurocognitive profiles of 22q11.2 and 16p11.2 deletions and duplications. Molecular Psychiatry 30 , pp.379-387. (10.1038/s41380-024-02661-y)
- Huremagic, B. et al., 2025. MINDDS-connect: a federated data platform integrating biobanks for meta cohort building and analysis. European Journal of Human Genetics 33 , pp.1539-1546. (10.1038/s41431-025-01927-5)
- Katzourou, I. et al. 2025. Contributions of common and rare genetic variation to different measures of mood and anxiety disorder in UK Biobank. BJPsych Open 11 (3) e97. (10.1192/bjo.2025.43)
- Lee, I. et al., 2025. Inequalities of the waiting time for education health and care plan provision for pupils with intellectual developmental disabilities: a brief report. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 69 (11), pp.1325-1336. (10.1111/jir.13239)
- Rammos, A. et al., 2025. Copy number variants and their implications for developmental and behavioural problems in cleft lip and/or palate. Human Molecular Genetics 34 (18), pp.1563-1574. (10.1093/hmg/ddaf115)
- Silva, A. et al. 2025. Penetrance of neurodevelopmental copy number variants is associated with variations in cortical morphology. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 10 (10), pp.1093-1106. (10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.05.010)
- Singh, T. et al., 2025. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia with 1q21.1 deletion and duplication exhibit aberrant inflammatory response. Genes & diseases (10.1016/j.gendis.2025.101923)
2024
- Benger, L. et al. 2024. Adverse childhood experiences and multimorbidity of internalising and cardiometabolic conditions in an older-age population. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference Chicago, USA 15-18 September 2025. Conference Proceedings for International Population Data Linkage Conference. Vol. 9.Vol. 5. Swansea University. , pp.133. (10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2617)
- Boen, R. et al., 2024. Beyond the global brain differences: Intra-individual variability differences in 1q21.1 distal and 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 deletion carriers. Biological Psychiatry 95 (2), pp.147-160. (10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.08.018)
- Butter, C. E. et al., 2024. Experiences and concerns of parents of children with a 16p11.2 deletion or duplication diagnosis: a reflexive thematic analysis. BMC Psychology 12 137. (10.1186/s40359-024-01609-9)
- Doherty, J. L. et al. 2024. Atypical cortical networks in children at high-genetic risk of psychiatric and eurodevelopmental disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 49 , pp.368-376. (10.1038/s41386-023-01628-x)
- Ge, R. et al., 2024. Source‐based morphometry reveals structural brain pattern abnormalities in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Human Brain Mapping 45 (1) e26553. (10.1002/hbm.26553)
- Hall, J. H. et al. 2024. Irritability in young people with copy number variants associated with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND-CNVs). Translational Psychiatry 14 (1) 259. (10.1038/s41398-024-02975-z)
- Kopal, J. et al., 2024. Using rare genetic mutations to revisit structural brain asymmetry. Nature Communications 15 (1) 2639. (10.1038/s41467-024-46784-w)
- Lee, I. O. et al., 2024. The inequity of education, health and care plan provision for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 68 (10), pp.1167-1183. (10.1111/jir.13139)
2023
- Adams, R. L. et al. 2023. Psychopathology in adults with copy number variants. Psychological Medicine 53 (7), pp.3142-3149. (10.1017/S0033291721005201)
- Chawner, S. J. R. A. et al. 2023. Sleep disturbance as a transdiagnostic marker of psychiatric risk in children with neurodevelopmental risk genetic conditions. Translational Psychiatry 13 7. (10.1038/s41398-022-02296-z)
- Chawner, S. J. et al. 2023. Neurodevelopmental dimensional assessment of young children at high genomic risk of neuropsychiatric conditions. JCPP Advances 3 (2) e12162. (10.1002/jcv2.12162)
- Donnelly, N. et al., 2023. Identifying the neurodevelopmental and psychiatric signatures of genomic disorders associated with intellectual disability: a machine learning approach. Molecular Autism 14 (1) 19. (10.1186/s13229-023-00549-2)
- Kopal, J. et al., 2023. Rare CNVs and phenome-wide profiling highlight brain structural divergence and phenotypical convergence. Nature Human Behaviour 7 , pp.1001-1017. (10.1038/s41562-023-01541-9)
- Kumar, K. et al., 2023. Subcortical brain alterations in carriers of genomic copy number variants. The American Journal of Psychiatry 180 (9), pp.685-698. (10.1176/appi.ajp.20220304)
- Lin, J. et al., 2023. Rare coding variants as risk modifiers of the 22q11.2 deletion implicate postnatal cortical development in syndromic schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 28 , pp.2071-2080. (10.1038/s41380-023-02009-y)
- Lynham, A. J. et al. 2023. DRAGON-Data: A platform and protocol for integrating genomic and phenotypic data across large psychiatric cohorts. BJPsych Open 9 (2) e32. (10.1192/bjo.2022.636)
- Moreau, C. A. et al., 2023. Genetic heterogeneity shapes brain connectivity in psychiatry. Biological Psychiatry 93 (1), pp.45-58. (10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.024)
- Moreau, C. A. et al., 2023. Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions. Brain 146 (4), pp.1686-1696. (10.1093/brain/awac315)
- Niarchou, M. et al., 2023. Psychopathology in mothers of children with pathogenic copy number variants. Journal of Medical Genetics 60 , pp.706-711. (10.1136/jmg-2022-108752)
- Raven, E. et al. 2023. In vivo evidence of microstructural hypo-connectivity of brain white matter in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Molecular Psychiatry 28 , pp.4342-4352. (10.1038/s41380-023-02178-w)
- Rogdaki, M. et al., 2023. Striatal dopaminergic alterations in individuals with copy number variants at the 22q11.2 genetic locus and their implications for psychosis risk: a [18F]-DOPA PET study. Molecular Psychiatry 28 , pp.1995-2006. (10.1038/s41380-021-01108-y)
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2023. Mental health impact of autism on families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities of genetic origin. JCPP Advances e12128. (10.1002/jcv2.12128)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2023. Chromatin regulators in the TBX1 network confer risk for conotruncal heart defects in 22q11.2DS. npj Genomic Medicine 8 (1) 17. (10.1038/s41525-023-00363-y)
2022
- Alsaqati, M. et al. 2022. NRSF/REST lies at the intersection between epigenetic regulation, miRNA-mediated gene control and neurodevelopmental pathways associated with Intellectual disability (ID) and Schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry 12 438. (10.1038/s41398-022-02199-z)
- Chapman, G. et al. 2022. Using induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate human neuronal phenotypes in 1q21.1 deletion and duplication syndrome. Molecular Psychiatry 27 , pp.819-830. (10.1038/s41380-021-01182-2)
- Cunningham, A. C. et al. 2022. Assessment of emotions and behaviour by the Developmental Behaviour Checklist in young people with neurodevelopmental CNVs. Psychological Medicine 52 (3), pp.574-586. (10.1017/S0033291720002330)
- Donnelly, N. A. et al., 2022. Sleep EEG in young people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A cross-sectional study of slow-waves, spindles and correlations with memory and neurodevelopmental symptoms. eLife 11 e75482. (10.7554/elife.75482)
- Egger, J. et al., 2022. Editorial: Treatment of psychopathological and neurocognitive disorders in genetic syndromes: In need of multidisciplinary phenotyping and treatment design. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13 1009376. (10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1009376)
- Fiksinski, A. M. et al., 2022. A normative chart for cognitive development in a genetically selected population. Neuropsychopharmacology 47 (7), pp.1379–1386. (10.1038/s41386-021-00988-6)
- Jacquemont, S. et al., 2022. Genes To Mental Health (G2MH): A framework to map the combined effects of rare and common variants on dimensions of cognition and psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry 179 (3), pp.189-203. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21040432)
- Jones, R. et al. 2022. The relationship between the Big Five personality factors, anger-hostility, and alcohol and violence in men and women: A nationally representative cohort of 15,701 young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37 , pp.11-12. (10.1177/0886260520978178)
- Sønderby, I. et al., 2022. Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA Working Groups on CNVs. Human Brain Mapping 43 (1), pp.300-328. (10.1002/hbm.25354)
- White, L. K. et al., 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on worry and medical disruptions reported by individuals with chromosome 22q11.2 copy number variants and their caregivers. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 66 (4), pp.313-322. (10.1111/jir.12918)
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2022. Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE - The UK National Cohort Study. [Online].papers.SSRN.com: Elsevier. (10.2139/ssrn.4028542)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4028542.
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2022. Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE, a UK national cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry 9 (9), pp.715-724. (10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00207-3)
2021
- Chamberland, M. et al. 2021. Detecting microstructural deviations in individuals with deep diffusion MRI tractometry. Nature Computational Science 1 , pp.598-606. (10.1038/s43588-021-00126-8)
- Chawner, S. et al. 2021. A genetics-first approach to dissecting the heterogeneity of autism: phenotypic comparison of autism risk copy number variants. American Journal of Psychiatry 178 (1), pp.77-86. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20010015)
- Cleynen, I. et al., 2021. Genetic contributors to risk of schizophrenia in the presence of a 22q11.2 deletion. Molecular Psychiatry , pp.4496-4510. (10.1038/s41380-020-0654-3)
- Cunningham, A. et al. 2021. Coordination difficulties, IQ and psychopathology in children with high-risk Copy Number Variants. Psychological Medicine 51 (2), pp.290-299. (10.1017/S0033291719003210)
- Forsyth, J. K. et al., 2021. Prioritizing genetic contributors to cortical alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome using imaging transcriptomics. Cerebral Cortex 31 (7), pp.3285-3298. (10.1093/cercor/bhab008)
- Linden, S. C. et al. 2021. The psychiatric phenotypes of 1q21 distal deletion and duplication. Translational Psychiatry 11 105. (10.1038/s41398-021-01226-9)
- Modenato, C. et al., 2021. Effects of eight neuropsychiatric copy number variants on human brain structure. Translational Psychiatry 11 (1) 399. (10.1038/s41398-021-01490-9)
- Sønderby, I. E. et al., 2021. 1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans. Translational Psychiatry 11 182. (10.1038/s41398-021-01213-0)
2020
- Chamberland, M. et al. 2020. Tractometry-based anomaly detection for single-subject white matter analysis. Presented at: Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL 2020) Montréal, Canada 6-9 July 2020.
- Chawner, S. J. R. A. et al. 2020. Pan-European landscape of research into neurodevelopmental copy number variants: a survey by the MINDDS consortium. European Journal of Medical Genetics 63 (12) 104093. (10.1016/j.ejmg.2020.104093)
- Ching, C. R. et al., 2020. Mapping subcortical brain alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: effects of seletion size and convergence with idiopathic neuropsychiatric illness. American Journal of Psychiatry 177 (7), pp.589-600. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19060583)
- Cunningham, A. et al. 2020. Movement disorder phenotypes in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Movement Disorders 35 (7), pp.1272-1274. (10.1002/mds.28078)
- Davies, R. et al., 2020. Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Nature Medicine 26 , pp.1912-1918. (10.1038/s41591-020-1103-1)
- Dima, D. C. et al. 2020. Electrophysiological network alterations in adults with copy number variants associated with high neurodevelopmental risk. Translational Psychiatry 10 324. (10.1038/s41398-020-00998-w)
- Drakulic, D. et al., 2020. Copy number variants (CNVs): a powerful tool for iPSC-based modelling of ASD. Molecular Autism 11 (1) 42. (10.1186/s13229-020-00343-4)
- Eaton, C. B. et al. 2020. Response to letter to editor: 'Knowing when and how to use epilepsy screening questionnaires'. Epilepsia 61 (4), pp.826-827. (10.1111/epi.16463)
- Jones, R. et al., 2020. Change in the relationship between drinking alcohol and risk of violence among adolescents and young adults: a nationally representative longitudinal study. Alcohol and Alcoholism 55 (4), pp.439-447. (10.1093/alcalc/agaa020)
- Morrison, S. et al. 2020. Cognitive deficits in childhood, adolescence and adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and association with psychopathology. Translational Psychiatry 10 53. (10.1038/s41398-020-0736-7)
- Moulding, H. et al. 2020. Sleep problems and associations with psychopathology and cognition in young people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS). Psychological Medicine 50 , pp.1191-1202. (10.1017/S0033291719001119)
- Rizzo, R. et al. 2020. Co-creating a knowledge base in the “22q11.2 deletion syndrome” community. Journal of Community Genetics 11 (1), pp.101-111. (10.1007/s12687-019-00425-8)
- Sun, D. et al., 2020. Large-scale mapping of cortical alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: Convergence with idiopathic psychosis and effects of deletion size. Molecular Psychiatry 25 , pp.1822-1834. (10.1038/s41380-018-0078-5)
- van der Meer, D. et al., 2020. Association of copy number variation of the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 region with cortical and subcortical morphology and cognition. JAMA Psychiatry 77 (4), pp.420-430. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.3779)
- Villalon-Reina, J. et al., 2020. Altered white matter microstructure in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a multi-site diffusion tensor imaging study. Molecular Psychiatry 25 , pp.2818-2831. (10.1038/s41380-019-0450-0)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2020. Complete sequence of the 22q11.2 allele in 1,053 subjects with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome reveals modifiers of conotruncal heart defects. American Journal of Human Genetics 106 (1), pp.26-40. (10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.11.010)
2019
- Chawner, S. et al. 2019. Genotype-phenotype relationships in children with copy number variants associated with high neuropsychiatric risk: Findings from the Intellectual Disability & Mental Health: Assessing the Genomic Impact on Neurodevelopment (IMAGINE-ID) study.. [Online].BioRxiv. (10.1101/535708)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/535708.
- Chawner, S. J. R. A. et al. 2019. Genotype–phenotype associations in children with copy number variants associated with high neuropsychiatric risk in the UK (IMAGINE-ID): a case-control cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry 6 (6), pp.493 - 505. (10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30123-3)
- Cunningham, A. et al. 2019. Using kinematic analyses to explore sensorimotor control impairments in children with 22q11.2 deletion Syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 11 8. (10.1186/s11689-019-9271-3)
- Drakesmith, M. et al. 2019. Genetic risk for schizophrenia and developmental delay is associated with shape and microstructure of midline white-matter structures. Translational Psychiatry 9 (1) 102. (10.1038/s41398-019-0440-7)
- Eaton, C. B. et al. 2019. Prevalence and aetiology of epileptic seizures in young people with 22Q11.2 Deletion syndrome and relationships with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Presented at: SSBP 22nd Educational Day and Research Symposium 2019 Birmingham, England 4-6 September 2019. Vol. 63.Vol. 9. Wiley. , pp.1080. (10.1111/jir.12676)
- Eaton, C. et al. 2019. Epilepsy and seizures in young people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: prevalence and links with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Epilepsia 60 (5), pp.818-829. (10.1111/epi.14722)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2019. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms as antecedents of later psychotic outcomes in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Schizophrenia Research 204 , pp.320-325. (10.1016/j.schres.2018.07.044)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2019. Psychiatric disorders in children with 16p11.2 deletion and duplication. Translational Psychiatry (10.1038/s41398-018-0339-8)
- Srinivasan, R. et al. 2019. Mental health and behavioural problems in children with XXYY: a comparison with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 63 (5), pp.477-488. (10.1111/jir.12607)
- Underwood, J. et al. 2019. Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in adults: phenotype and genotype findings from a clinically derived cohort. British Journal of Psychiatry 215 (5), pp.647-653. (10.1192/bjp.2019.30)
2018
- Brieva, J. et al., 2018. Alternative diffusion anisotropy measures for the investigation of white matter alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Presented at: 14th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, Mazatlán, Mexico 24-26 October 2018. Published in: Romero, E. , Lepore, N. and Brieva, J. eds. 14th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis. Vol. 10975.Proceedings of SPIE Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. , pp.51. (10.1117/12.2513788)
- Chawner, S. J. et al. 2018. The emergence of psychotic experiences in the early adolescence of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Journal of Psychiatric Research 109 , pp.10-17. (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.11.002)
- Cunningham, A. C. et al. 2018. Developmental coordination disorder, psychopathology and IQ in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry 212 (1), pp.27-33. (10.1192/bjp.2017.6)
- Morrison, S. et al. 2018. Vulnerable periods for cognitive development in individuals at high genomic risk of schizophrenia [Conference Abstract]. Schizophrenia Bulletin 44 (suppl), pp.S86. (10.1093/schbul/sby015.214)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2018. Variance of IQ is partially dependent on deletion type among 1,427 22q11.2 deletion syndrome subjects. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 176 (10), pp.2172-2181. (10.1002/ajmg.a.40359)
2017
- Bassett, A. S. et al., 2017. Rare genome-wide copy number variation and expression of schizophrenia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. American Journal of Psychiatry 174 (11), pp.1054-1063. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16121417)
- Chawner, S. et al. 2017. Childhood cognitive development in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: case–control study. British Journal of Psychiatry 211 (4), pp.223-230. (10.1192/bjp.bp.116.195651)
- Demaerel, W. et al., 2017. Nested inversion polymorphisms predispose chromosome 22q11.2 to meiotic rearrangements [RETRACTED]. American Journal of Human Genetics 101 (4), pp.616-622. (10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.002)
- Gur, R. et al., 2017. A neurogenetic model for the study of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: The International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Brain Behavior Consortium. Molecular Psychiatry 22 , pp.1664-1672.
- Johnston, H. R. et al., 2017. PEMapper and PECaller provide a simplified approach to whole-genome sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (10), pp.E1923-E1932. (10.1073/pnas.1618065114)
- Weisman, O. et al., 2017. Lithium use in pregnancy and the risk of cardiac malformations. New England Journal of Medicine 377 (9), pp.893-894. (10.1056/NEJMc1708919)
- Weisman, O. et al., 2017. Subthreshold psychosis in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: multisite naturalistic study. Schizophrenia Bulletin 43 (5), pp.1079-1089. (10.1093/schbul/sbx005)
2016
- D'Angelo, D. et al., 2016. Defining the Effect of the 16p11.2 Duplication on Cognition, Behavior, and Medical Comorbidities. JAMA Psychiatry 73 (1), pp.20-30. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2123)
- Johnston, J. , Linden, D. E. J. and Van Den Bree, M. B. 2016. Combining stress and dopamine based models of addiction: towards a psycho-neuro-endocrinological theory of addiction. Current Drug Abuse Reviews 9 (1), pp.61-74. (10.2174/1874473709666151209113913)
2015
- Hodgson, K. , Shelton, K. H. and van den Bree, M. B. 2015. Psychopathology among young homeless people: Longitudinal mental health outcomes for different subgroups. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 54 (3), pp.307-325. (10.1111/bjc.12075)
- Maillard, A. M. et al., 2015. 16p11.2 Locus modulates response to satiety before the onset of obesity. International Journal of Obesity 40 (5), pp.870-876. (10.1038/ijo.2015.247)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2015. The clinical presentation of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 168 (8), pp.730-738. (10.1002/ajmg.b.32378)
- Pesola, F. et al. 2015. The developmental relationship between depressive symptoms in adolescence and harmful drinking in emerging adulthood: the role of peers and parents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44 (9), pp.1752-66. (10.1007/s10964-015-0295-z)
- Pesola, F. et al. 2015. The mediating role of deviant peers on the link between depressed mood and harmful drinking. Journal of Adolescent Health 56 (2), pp.153-159. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.10.268)
- Vorstman, J. A. S. et al., 2015. Cognitive decline preceding the onset of psychosis in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. JAMA Psychiatry 72 (4), pp.377-385. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.2671)
2014
- Di Florio, A. , Craddock, N. J. and van den Bree, M. B. 2014. Alcohol misuse in bipolar disorder. A systematic review and meta-analysis of comorbidity rates. European Psychiatry 29 (3), pp.117-24. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.07.004)
- Hodgson, K. , Shelton, K. and Van Den Bree, M. 2014. Mental health problems in young people with experiences of homelessness and the relationship with health service use: a follow-up study. Evidence-Based Mental Health 17 (3), pp.76-80. (10.1136/eb-2014-101810)
- Monks, S. et al., 2014. Further evidence for high rates of schizophrenia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Schizophrenia Research 153 (1-3), pp.231-236. (10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.020)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2014. Exploring the indirect effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotype on psychotic experiences through cognitive function and anxiety disorders in a large birth cohort of children. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 165 (5), pp.410-420. (10.1002/ajmg.b.32245)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2014. Psychopathology and cognition in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry 204 (1), pp.46-54. (10.1192/bjp.bp.113.132324)
- Pesola, F. , Shelton, K. H. and van den Bree, M. B. M. 2014. Sexual orientation and alcohol problem use among UK adolescents: an indirect link through depressed mood. Addiction 109 (7), pp.1072-1080. (10.1111/add.12528)
- Schneider, M. et al., 2014. Psychiatric disorders from childhood to adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: Results from the International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. American Journal of Psychiatry 171 (6), pp.627-639. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13070864)
2013
- Delio, M. et al., 2013. Enhanced maternal origin of the 22q11.2 deletion in velocardiofacial and DiGeorge syndromes. American Journal of Human Genetics 92 (3), pp.439-447. (10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.01.018)
- Hodgson, K. et al. 2013. Psychopathology in young people experiencing homelessness: A systematic review. American Journal of Public Health 103 (6), pp.e24-e37. (10.2105/AJPH.2013.301318)
- Hummel, A. et al. 2013. A systematic review of the relationships between family functioning, pubertal timing and adolescent substance use. Addiction 108 (3), pp.487-496. (10.1111/add.12055)
- Moore, S. C. et al. 2013. A feasibility study of short message service text messaging as a surveillance tool for alcohol consumption and vehicle for interventions in University students. BMC Public Health 13 1011. (10.1186/1471-2458-13-1011)
- Niarchou, M. et al. 2013. Defective processing speed and nonclinical psychotic experiences in children: longitudinal analyses in a large birth cohort. American Journal of Psychiatry 170 (5), pp.550-557. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12060792)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 2013. The internet is parents' main source of information about psychiatric manifestations of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS). European Journal of Medical Genetics 56 (8), pp.439-441. (10.1016/j.ejmg.2013.05.001)
2012
- Saraceno, L. et al. 2012. The relationship between childhood depressive symptoms and problem alcohol use in early adolescence: findings from a large longitudinal population-based study. Addiction 107 (3), pp.567-577. (10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03662.x)
- Shelton, K. H. et al. 2012. Opening doors for all American youth? Evidence for Federal homelessness policy. Housing Policy Debate 22 (3), pp.483-504. (10.1080/10511482.2012.683034)
- Taberner, J. et al., 2012. Familial predictors of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions (contamination/cleaning and symmetry/ordering) in a nonclinical sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology 68 (12), pp.1266-1275. (10.1002/jclp.21861)
- Ware, J. J. , van den Bree, M. B. and Munafo, M. R. 2012. From men to mice: CHRNA5/CHRNA3, smoking behavior and disease. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 14 (11), pp.1291-1299. (10.1093/ntr/nts106)
2011
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- van den Bree, M. B. , Eaves, L. J. and Dwyer, J. T. 1999. Genetic and environmental influences on eating patterns of twins aged >/=50 y. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70 (4), pp.456-465.
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 1998. Genetic analysis of diagnostic systems of alcoholism in males. Biological psychiatry 43 (2), pp.139-145. (10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00225-4)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 1998. Genetic and environmental influences on drug use and abuse/dependence in male and female twins. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 52 (3), pp.231-241. (10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00101-X)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 2013. The internet is parents' main source of information about psychiatric manifestations of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS). European Journal of Medical Genetics 56 (8), pp.439-441. (10.1016/j.ejmg.2013.05.001)
- van den Bree, M. B. and Owen, M. J. 2003. The future of psychiatric genetics. Annals of Medicine 35 (2), pp.122-134. (10.1080/07853890310010023)
- van den Bree, M. B. , Passchier, J. and Emmen, H. 1990. Influence of Quality of Life and Stress Coping Behaviour on Headaches in Adolescent Male Students: an Explorative Study. Headache 30 (3), pp.165-168. (10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3003165.x)
- van den Bree, M. B. and Pickworth, W. B. 2005. Risk factors predicting changes in marijuana involvement in teenagers. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (3), pp.311-319. (10.1001/archpsyc.62.3.311)
- van den Bree, M. B. , Przybeck, T. R. and Robert Cloninger, C. 2006. Diet and personality: Associations in a population-based sample. Appetite 46 (2), pp.177-188. (10.1016/j.appet.2005.12.004)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 2007. The Cardiff Study of All Wales and North West of England Twins (CaStANET): A longitudinal research program of child and adolescent development. Twin Research and Human Genetics 10 (01), pp.13-23. (10.1375/twin.10.1.13)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 1996. Genetic regulation of hemodynamic variables during dynamic exercise. The MCV twin study. Circulation 94 (8), pp.1864-1869. (10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1864)
- van den Bree, M. B. et al. 2009. A longitudinal population-based study of factors in adolescence predicting homelessness in young adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health 45 (6), pp.571-578. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.027)
- van den Bree, M. B. , Svikis, D. S. and Pickens, R. W. 1998. Genetic influences in antisocial personality and drug use disorders. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 49 (3), pp.177-187. (10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00012-X)
- van den Bree, M. B. , Whitmer, M. D. and Pickworth, W. B. 2004. Predictors of smoking development in a population-based sample of adolescents: A prospective study. Journal of Adolescent Health 35 (3), pp.172-181. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.09.021)
- van der Meer, D. et al., 2020. Association of copy number variation of the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 region with cortical and subcortical morphology and cognition. JAMA Psychiatry 77 (4), pp.420-430. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.3779)
- Villalon-Reina, J. et al., 2020. Altered white matter microstructure in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a multi-site diffusion tensor imaging study. Molecular Psychiatry 25 , pp.2818-2831. (10.1038/s41380-019-0450-0)
- Vorstman, J. A. S. et al., 2015. Cognitive decline preceding the onset of psychosis in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. JAMA Psychiatry 72 (4), pp.377-385. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.2671)
- Ware, J. J. , van den Bree, M. B. and Munafo, M. R. 2011. Association of the CHRNA5-A3-B4 gene cluster with heaviness of smoking: a meta-analysis. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 13 (12), pp.1167-1175. (10.1093/ntr/ntr118)
- Ware, J. J. , van den Bree, M. B. and Munafo, M. R. 2012. From men to mice: CHRNA5/CHRNA3, smoking behavior and disease. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 14 (11), pp.1291-1299. (10.1093/ntr/nts106)
- Weisman, O. et al., 2017. Lithium use in pregnancy and the risk of cardiac malformations. New England Journal of Medicine 377 (9), pp.893-894. (10.1056/NEJMc1708919)
- Weisman, O. et al., 2017. Subthreshold psychosis in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: multisite naturalistic study. Schizophrenia Bulletin 43 (5), pp.1079-1089. (10.1093/schbul/sbx005)
- White, L. K. et al., 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on worry and medical disruptions reported by individuals with chromosome 22q11.2 copy number variants and their caregivers. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 66 (4), pp.313-322. (10.1111/jir.12918)
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2023. Mental health impact of autism on families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities of genetic origin. JCPP Advances e12128. (10.1002/jcv2.12128)
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2022. Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE, a UK national cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry 9 (9), pp.715-724. (10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00207-3)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2020. Complete sequence of the 22q11.2 allele in 1,053 subjects with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome reveals modifiers of conotruncal heart defects. American Journal of Human Genetics 106 (1), pp.26-40. (10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.11.010)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2018. Variance of IQ is partially dependent on deletion type among 1,427 22q11.2 deletion syndrome subjects. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 176 (10), pp.2172-2181. (10.1002/ajmg.a.40359)
- Zhao, Y. et al., 2023. Chromatin regulators in the TBX1 network confer risk for conotruncal heart defects in 22q11.2DS. npj Genomic Medicine 8 (1) 17. (10.1038/s41525-023-00363-y)
Conferences
- Benger, L. et al. 2024. Adverse childhood experiences and multimorbidity of internalising and cardiometabolic conditions in an older-age population. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference Chicago, USA 15-18 September 2025. Conference Proceedings for International Population Data Linkage Conference. Vol. 9.Vol. 5. Swansea University. , pp.133. (10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2617)
- Brieva, J. et al., 2018. Alternative diffusion anisotropy measures for the investigation of white matter alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Presented at: 14th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, Mazatlán, Mexico 24-26 October 2018. Published in: Romero, E. , Lepore, N. and Brieva, J. eds. 14th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis. Vol. 10975.Proceedings of SPIE Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. , pp.51. (10.1117/12.2513788)
- Chamberland, M. et al. 2020. Tractometry-based anomaly detection for single-subject white matter analysis. Presented at: Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL 2020) Montréal, Canada 6-9 July 2020.
- Eaton, C. B. et al. 2019. Prevalence and aetiology of epileptic seizures in young people with 22Q11.2 Deletion syndrome and relationships with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Presented at: SSBP 22nd Educational Day and Research Symposium 2019 Birmingham, England 4-6 September 2019. Vol. 63.Vol. 9. Wiley. , pp.1080. (10.1111/jir.12676)
Websites
- Chawner, S. et al. 2019. Genotype-phenotype relationships in children with copy number variants associated with high neuropsychiatric risk: Findings from the Intellectual Disability & Mental Health: Assessing the Genomic Impact on Neurodevelopment (IMAGINE-ID) study.. [Online].BioRxiv. (10.1101/535708)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/535708.
- Wolstencroft, J. et al., 2022. Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE - The UK National Cohort Study. [Online].papers.SSRN.com: Elsevier. (10.2139/ssrn.4028542)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4028542.
Research
Lead roles
LIfespaN multimorbidity research Collaborative (LINC)
I lead the LINC programme grant, bringing together researchers from Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, Queen Mary London, and Exeter Universities and the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK as well as Roskilde University in Denmark. LINC studies the development of physical and mental health multimorbidity across the lifespan. The programme involves analysis of eight large longitudinal cohorts (combined sample size ~7 million) to evaluate the role of genetic and environmental factors on risk of multimorbidity development.
Cardiff ExperieCes of people witH rare genOmic variants (ECHO) Research Programme
I initiated and lead a large-scale longitudinal research programme which studies mental and physical health in people with a range of rare genomic variants linked with increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorder. Participants are recruited through UK Medical Genetics clinics and their family members also take part. This programme combines detailed wide-ranging phenotyping with genetic, cellular, pharmacological and brain imaging studies.
IMAGINE-ID
Cardiff Lead Investigator of the Assessing Genomic Impact on Neurodevelopment (IMAGINE-ID) study (collaboration with D. Skuse (University College London)).
Medical Research Council (MRC)-funded.
Web page: https://imagine-id.org/
Genes to Mental Health (G2MH) Network
Principal Investigator of one of a cluster of nine NIMH RO1 grants studying the mental health and neurocognitive profiles of individuals with 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 deletion or duplication (collaboration with R. Gur (University of Pennsylvania), including Universities of California (at Los Angeles and San Diego) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the USA, universities of Toronto and Montreal in Canada, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and Maastricht University in The Netherlands.
National Institute of Mental Health USA (NIMH)-funded.
Website: genes2mentalhealth.com
Biomarkers for intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in deletion and duplication of 16p11.2
Phenotyping Work Package Lead of a research programme studying signalling pathways in individuals with 16p11.2 deletion or duplication (collaboration with R. Brambilla (Cardiff University)).
MRC-funded.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Partnership with support charity CEREBRA to improve mental health for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities linked with CNV.
Innovate UK and CEREBRA funded.
Website: https://cerebra.org.uk/what-we-do/research/our-research-partners/cardiff-university/
Experience playing lead roles in international consortia:
- International Genes to Mental Health Consortium (G2MH)(Site Lead)
- Physical and mental health multimobidity across the lifespan (LIfespaN multimorbidity research Collaborative (LINC))(Lead)
- Mental Health NIMH Rare Genetic Disease Network (MHRGDN) Steering Committee (Member)
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome International Brain and Behavior Consortium (IBBC)(Coordinator of half of EU sites)
- Pan-EU MINDDS Consortium (Work Package Lead)
Other memberships:
- Wales Kidney Research Unit at Cardiff University
- Principal Collaborator Born in Bradford Age of Wonder Programme at the University of Leeds
- Academic Partner Cleft Collective Cohort at Bristol University
Selected recent Funding:
The Waterloo Foundation, Developing Minds. PI J. Hall. My role: Co-I: £1,250,512.
Health and Care Research Wales Sustainability Award. Wales Kidney Research Unit. PI: D. Fraser. My role: Co-I, £2.984,527.
Wellcome Trust. Characterising the clinical heterogeneity and aetiology of avoidant restrictive food intake. PI: S. Chawner. My role: Co-I. £3,965,962
Wellcome Trust. Deep microstructural phenotyping of the developing mind (BEAM study). PI: D. Jones. My role: Co-PI. £5,987,599
Wellcome Trust. The Sleep Detectives: Sleep stratification in young people at high risk of psychosis. PI: M. Jones. My role: Co-I. £932,252.
MRC. The impact of schizophrenia-associated Copy Number Variants on cortical network dynamics (CONVERGE study). PI: J. Hall. My role: Co-I. £2,449,454.
MRC, ESRC, NIHR. Physical and mental health multimorbidity across the lifespan (LIfespaN multimorbidity research Collaborative: LINC). My role: PI. £3,631,451
MRC. Improving mental health outcomes in children born with orofacial cleft: Identifying children at most risk to target clinical provision. PI: E. Stergiakouli. My role: Co-I. £748,523
MRC, ESCR, NIHR. Investigating five large population-based cohort studies to understand the precursors of multimorbidity risk. My role: PI. £74,363.78
MRF. The relationship between the 16p11.2 locus and eating disorders: novel insights from rare genetic conditions. PI: S. Chawner. My role: Co-I. £288,106.
MRC. IMAGINE-2: Stratifying Genomic Causes of Intellectual Disability by Mental Health Outcomes in Childhood and Adolescence. PI: D. Skuse. My role: Co-I, Lead of Work Package 2 (face-to-face phenotyping). £1,999,599.26
Wellcome Trust ISSF. Using genomics to understand the early developmental origins of psychiatric conditions. PI: S. Chawner. Role: My role: Research sponsor. £69,443.
NIMH. Supplement to 7/9: Dissecting the effects of genomic variants on neurobehavioral dimensions in CNVs enriched for neuropsychiatric disorders. Subcontract to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). My role: PI: $41,833.80
MRC. Targeting ERK signalling to ameliorate intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder associated with chromosomal rearrangements at 16p11.2. PI: R. Brambilla. My role Co-I, Lead of Work Package 1 (face-to-face phenotyping). £1,181,767.
NIMH. RO1(7) is: 7/9 Dissecting the effects of genomic variants on neurobehavioral dimensions in CNVs enriched for neuropsychiatric disorders. PI: R. Gur. My role: PI. $6,000,000 ($1,477,560 to Cardiff directly).
Baily Thomas Charitable Trust. Pilot study to develop and instrument to capture broad-ranging neurodevelopmental problems in children with a genetic diagnosis of intellectual disability. My role: PI. £48,502.
Takeda. To establish a scalable set of assay platforms against which the phenotype consequences of manipulating the identified exclusive targets can be screened and effects the drug compounds assessed to develop therapeutics for schizophrenia. PI: L. Wilkinson. My role: Co-I. £2,960,749.
Innovate UK, CEREBRA. Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). Improving mental health for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities: A Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Cerebra and Cardiff University. My role: PI. £216,320.
European Union Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Maximising Impact of research in Neuro-Developmental DisorderS (MINDDS). PI: A. Harwood. My role: Management Committee Member and Leader of Working Group 2.
MRC. Intellectual disability and mental health: assessing genomic impact on neurodevelopment (IMAGINE study). Pi: D. Skuse. My role: Co-PI. £3,127,715.
Teaching
Teaching experiences include:
The epidemiology and biology of substance misuse (medical students at Cardiff University).
CNVs and mental health risk (PhD students).
I have led the medical intercalated degree of Psychology and Medicine at Cardiff University
Biography
Education:
- BSc Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
- MSc Experimental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
- PhD, Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Awards:
- RCUK Societal Impact Award, KTP 40th Anniversary Awards (2015)
- Cardiff University Social Innovation Award (2015)
- Research project ‘Improving mental health services for homeless people’ received highest grade of "Outstanding" by the KTP Grading Panel for achievement in meeting KTP's Objectives (2014)
- European Research Advisory Board Publication Award (2013)
Academic positions:
- Impact Lead Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- School of Medicine REF Management Group Member
Supervisions
I have thus far successfully supervised 14 PhD students Primary Supervisor) and clinical fellows.
You are welcome to contact me if you are looking to do a PhD in a vibrant research group and you are interested in:
- Genetics
- Mental Health
- Cognition
- Rare genetic syndromes
- Mental and physical health multimorbidity
- Epidemiology
- Longitudinal research
Current supervision
Engagement
UKRI SKey Note Presentations:
- Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes (SSBP), Amsterdam, Netherlands (2025)
- International Congress Royal College of Psychiatrists, Newport (2025)
- Launch Paediatric Mental Health Sceince Centre, UCL, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London (2025)
- Rare Disase Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (2025)
- Lectio Magistralis at the Festival Della Scienza, Genoa, Italy (2020).
- CEREBRA lecture, Cardiff (2019)
- International Medical Advisory Group (IMAG) conference, Amsterdam (2014)
- Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry Annual Conference 2012, Cardiff (2012)
- International Medical Advisory Group (IMAG) conference, Frascati, Italy (2010)
- Inter Celtic Congress, St Malo, France (2007).
- Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Glasgow, Scotland (2006)
Selected Other Presentations:
- Multiple Long-Term Conditions conference organised by NIHR and UKRI, Birmingham (2025)
- Multiple Long-Term Conditions Symposium for analysis of multimorbidity research, Leicester (2025)
- Launch Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff (2023)
- Neurodevelopmental disorders: from molecular mechanisms to social inclusion. 7th Bordeaux Neurocampus Conference. Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France (2023)
- Future MINDDS: Recent advances and future directions for resereach of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with pathogenic Copy Number Variants, Cardiff (2022)
- COST Enhancing Psychiatric Genetic Counslling, Testing and Training in Europe (EnGagE) Consortium meeting (online)
- Welsh paediatric Society meeting, Cardiff (2021)
- ‘What I know best’ congress, lectures Medical Geneticists, Rome, Italy (2020).
- Cleft Collective Cohort Studies, Bristol (2019)
- Panel Member at the 10-year celebration event of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff (2019)
- European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) congress, Vienna, Austria (2019)
- Waterloo Foundation "Changing Minds" symposium, Cardiff (2019)
- 22q Northern Ireland charity family and clinician day, Belfast (2019)
- Centre for Genomic Medicine clinical meeting, Manchester (2018).
- NMHRI Centre Neurodevelopmental Disorder Research Day at to celebrate the opening of the new Child Development Centre, Cardiff (2018)
- Presentation to Belgium Ambassador in the UK, Ambassador Rudolf Huygelen, Cardiff (2017)
- 16p11.2 family day, Cardiff (2016)
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics External Advisory Board, Cardiff (2016)
- Medical Genetics Regional Genetics Centres, London (2016).
- Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference, London (2016)
- National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH), Cardiff (2016).
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome family meeting. MaxAppeal! (2015)
- European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Amsterdam (2015)
- Waterloo Foundation - Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Therapies Event, Cardiff (2015)
- Genetics Update for Paediatricians meeting, Cardiff (2014)
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome family meeting. MaxAppeal!, Stourbridge (2015)
- Guys Hospital, London (2014)
- South West of Britain Clinical Genetics Group meeting, Cardiff (2013)
- Fourth Cardiff Symposium on Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics “Current Trends in Diagnosis and Therapy of Inherited Cardiovascular Disorders”, Cardiff (2013)
- Open University Symposium on Psychosis. UK Research Highlights Session. Brain and Behavioural Sciences series, Milton Keynes (2013)
- South East Dysmorphology group (Kleefstra Syndrome Meeting), Guy’s Hospital, London (2013).
Selected Other Engagement:
- Presentation about ECHO Research Programme for Unique charity (https://youtu.be/H84NXBO5hyA)
- Contribution to Department for Education publication 'Genomics: Implications for education (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/genomics-in-education)
- Contribution to Child of the North government publication (https://www.n8research.org.uk/research-focus/child-of-the-north/2024-campaign/#:~:text=make%20this%20happen.-,Report%20Series,is%20crucial%20to%20Britain's%20future.)
- Contribution to Child of the North government publication (https://www.n8research.org.uk/research-focus/child-of-the-north/2024-campaign/physical-activity-nutrition/)
- Contribution to Child of the North Government publication (https://assets-global.website-files.com/65b6b3c3bd2e7d160db2dbc0/65bc1bdd54ebfddc4e9a82f0_COYL.pdf)
- Organisation ESRC Festival of Social Sciences event for secondary school students on healthy living (https://x.com/CNGGcardiff/status/1737080020349129085?s=20)
- Publsihed guide for parents and caregivers about mental health in children with rare genetic conditions (https://cerebra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mental-health-in-children-with-rare-gentic-conditions.pdf) and (https://t.co/lCZpVy5lzj" / X)
- Author on report 'Child of the North All Party Parliamentary Group (UK Parliament) 'Improving health through education (https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/09/APPG-REPORT-SEPT-23.pdf)
- https://cerebra.org.uk/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzE0OSwiNDYzMWU1MTA5MTg0Iiw5MTI5NywiM2J3NzQwM2Ewcnk4ODBrY2NjNG9vb3Nrd3MwODBvNDgiLDQ1MTc4LDBd
- Contribution to children’s book "My experience: what has mental health got to do with the brain?" to the book "What is mental health? Where does it come from? And other big questions" by Lucy Maddox, Wayland (2019)(https://www.worldbookday.com/2020/05/best-books-for-8-12-year-olds-for-mental-health-awareness-week/).
- NCMH podcast about 22q11.2DS (https://www.ncmh.info/videos-and-podcasts/podcast/episode-6-22q11-2-deletion-syndrome/
- Highlighted as part of International Women's Day celebrations (https://cerebra.org.uk/research/championing-mental-health-iwd21/)
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Rare Disease interview: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-events/support-our-campaigns/rare-disease-day-2018/echo-study.htm
- BBC Wales radio (https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1726668-sleep-problems-in-children-with-genetic-condition-linked-to-mental-health-issues,-clumsiness-and-impaired-planning-ability,-experts-say).
- Rare disease day (https://animoto.com/play/baR6a8NMV7Z6QiNbdlcrfg)
- The Conversation (https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/deletion-duplication-chromosome-16-segment-may-confer-autism-risk/)
- BBC breakfast show: (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46292480)(http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1371274-awareness-of-22q)
- Youtube Film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k-Njq95yp0)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Psychiatric Genetics
- Multimorbidity
- longitudinal research
