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<strong>PhD Projects</strong><br/><br/>1. Identifying genetic and environmental risk factors for depression<br/><br/>2. Identifying the heterogeneity underlying depressive illnesses<br/><br/>3. Studying the longitudinal changes before and after the onset of depression<br/><br/>4. Identifying the mechanisms of psychological resilience

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Biography

Andrew McIntosh is Professor of Biological Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the UKRI Mental Health Platform. He qualified in Medicine from Aberdeen before completing postgraduate training in Edinburgh. He is involved in several genetic consortia, including ENIGMA and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC). He co-chairs to Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the PGC.

My research in a nutshell

Professor McIntosh’s aims to better understand the causes and consequences of depression and other related psychiatric disorders. He currently works with large population-based studies of depression, such as Generation Scotland and UK Biobank in the UK, and DepGenAfrica and others, globally.

Research Interests

  • The genetic and environmental causes of major depressive disorder
  • The mechanisms and causal consequences of depression 
  • Public enagagement around the use of mental health data in research

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Science, Applied Statistics, Edinburgh Napier University

Award Date: 1 Jan 2004

Doctor of Medicine, Commonalities and differences between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jan 2004

Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Anatomy of the functional psychoses, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jan 2000

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Robert Gordon University

Award Date: 1 Jan 1995

Bachelor of Science, Close coupling of mRNA synthesis to amino acid metabolism, Robert Gordon University

Award Date: 1 Jan 1992

Keywords

  • RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry

Research Themes and Networks

  • Edinburgh Mental Health Network

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