Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
My main area of research is linking neuroimaging techniques with underlying biology in a bottom-up approach in order to better understand debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders. My research focuses on how causal risk factors, such as genetic or environmental, contribute to disease in terms of impact on brain structure and function and on developmental trajectory.
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Keeping up with the kids: the value of co-production in the study of irritability in youth depression and its underlying neural circuitry
Macsweeney, N., Louvet, P., Zafar, S., Chan, S. W. Y., Kwong, A. S. F., Lawrie, S. M., Romaniuk, L. & Whalley, H. C., 15 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive Function in People With Familial Risk of Depression
Cullen, B., Gameroff, M. J., Ward, J., Bailey, M. E. S., Lyall, D. M., Lyall, L. M., MacSweeney, N., Murphy, E., Sangha, N., Shen, X., Strawbridge, R. J., Van Dijk, M., Zhu, X., Smith, D., Talati, A., Whalley, H., Cavanagh, J. & Weissman, M. M., 19 Apr 2023, In: JAMA Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Large-scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium
Schijven, D., Postema, M. C., Fukunaga, M., Matsumoto, J., Miura, K., de Zwarte, S. M. C., van Haren, N. E. M., Cahn, W., Hulshoff Pol, H. E., Kahn, R. S., Ayesa-Arriola, R., Ortiz-García de la Foz, V., Tordesillas-Gutierrez, D., Vázquez-Bourgon, J., Crespo-Facorro, B., Alnæs, D., Dahl, A., Westlye, L. T., Agartz, I., Andreassen, O. A., & 129 others, 4 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 14, p. e2213880120Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting sex, age, general cognition and mental health with machine learning on brain structural connectomes
Yeung, H. W., Stolicyn, A., Buchanan, C. R., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Bastin, M. E., Luz, S., McIntosh, A. M., Whalley, H. C., Cox, S. R. & Smith, K., 1 Apr 2023, In: Human Brain Mapping. 44, 5, p. 1913-1933 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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White matter, cognition and psychotic-like experiences in UK Biobank
Bosma, M. J., Cox, S. R., Ziermans, T., Buchanan, C. R., Shen, X., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Adams, M. J., Whalley, H. C. & Lawrie, S. M., Apr 2023, In: Psychological Medicine. 53, 6, p. 2370-2379 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Depression Detectives
Iona Beange (Organiser), Andrew McIntosh (Speaker), Heather Whalley (Speaker), Stella Chan (Speaker), Niamh MacSweeney (Speaker), Miruna Carmen Barbu (Speaker), Liana Romaniuk (Speaker), Stefan Ecks (Speaker), Mark Adams (Speaker), Charlotte Huggins (Speaker), Alex Kwong (Speaker), Daniel Smith (Speaker), Karen Goodall (Speaker), Rachel Happer (Speaker) & Matthew Iveson (Speaker)
2021 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Annual Scientific Meeting
Heather Whalley (Advisor) & Mark Adams (Advisor)
4 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Edinburgh International Science Festival
Andrew McIntosh (Advisor), Matthew Iveson (Contributor), Iona Beange (Organiser), Carys Pugh (Contributor), Mark Adams (Contributor), Elizabeth Kirkham (Contributor), Drew Altschul (Contributor), Julie Schoorl (Contributor), Toni-Kim Clarke (Contributor), Heather Whalley (Contributor), Anders Jespersen (Contributor), Laura De Nooij (Contributor) & Miruna Barbu (Contributor)
16 Apr 2019 → 18 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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Resilience Ceilidh
Heather Sibley (Contributor)
3 Feb 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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CCBS away day
Heather Sibley (Speaker)
1 Feb 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Prizes
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Good Research Practice Award
Beange, Iona (Recipient), McIntosh, Andrew (Recipient), Adams, Mark (Recipient), Whalley, Heather (Recipient), Kirkham, Elizabeth (Recipient), Iveson, Matthew (Recipient), Kwong, Alex (Recipient), Lewins, Melissa (Recipient), Chan, Stella (Recipient), MacSweeney, Niamh (Recipient), Barbu, Miruna (Recipient), Romaniuk, Liana (Recipient), Ecks, Stefan (Recipient), Higgins, Charlotte (Recipient), Smith, Daniel (Recipient), Campbell, Morag Allan (Recipient), Goodall, Karen (Recipient), Christie, Hope (Recipient), Happer, Rachel (Recipient) & Boynton, Petra M (Recipient), Dec 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Medical Research Council Data Pathfinder (Co-I)
Whalley, Heather (Recipient), 1 Apr 2018
Prize: Other distinctions
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Medical Research Scotland 4 year funded PhD Studentship (Co-I)
Whalley, Heather (Recipient), 1 Apr 2018
Prize: Other distinctions
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Mental Health Research UK PhD scholarship (Co-I).
Whalley, Heather (Recipient), 1 Apr 2018
Prize: Other distinctions
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Integrated gene and brain mapping of language and reading abilities
1/02/20 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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Wellcome Trust, INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT FUND: Early life determinants of neurodevelopment, cognition and mental health through data science
Boardman, J., Richardson, H., Bastin, M. & Whalley, H.
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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1 Pathway - focussed polygenic and gene expression risk scores for schizophrenia and impact on brain structure across the lifespan
Barbu, M. C., Lawrie, S. & Whalley, H.
1/06/22 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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The impact of pathway-focussed polygenic and gene expression risk scores for schizophrenia on brain structure across the lifespan
Barbu, M. C., Lawrie, S. & Whalley, H.
1/06/21 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
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Depression Detectives
Beange, I., McIntosh, A., Iveson, M., Kwong, A., Adams, M., Whalley, H., Kirkham, E., Smith, D., MacSweeney, N., Barbu, M. C. & Huggins, C.
20/02/21 → 8/09/21
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
Datasets
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STratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL): A depression-focused investigation of Generation Scotland, using detailed clinical, cognitive, and neuroimaging assessments
Adams, M. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Owner), Hawkins, E. (Data Manager), Habota, T. (Creator), Steele, J. D. (Creator), Whalley, H. (Creator), Porteous, D. (Project Leader), Deary, I. (Project Leader), Murray, A. (Creator) & Campbell, A. (Data Manager), Edinburgh DataVault, 2019
DOI: 10.7488/8f68f1ae-0329-4b73-b189-c7288ea844d7
Dataset
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Generation Scotland Age x Sex Epigenome Wide Association Study Summary Statistics
Boutin, T. (Creator), Morris, S. (Creator), Campbell, A. (Creator), Murray, A. (Creator), Whalley, H. (Creator), Hayward, C. (Creator), Evans, K. (Creator), Chandra, T. (Creator), Deary, I. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Yang, J. (Creator), Visscher, P. (Creator), McRae, A. (Creator), Marioni, R. (Creator), Porteous, D. (Creator), McCartney, D. (Creator), Zhang, F. (Creator), Hillary, R. (Creator), Zhang, Q. (Creator), Stevenson, A. (Creator), Walker, R. (Creator) & Bermingham, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 31 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2709
Dataset
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Associations between alcohol use and accelerated biological ageing
Wootton, R. E. (Creator), Clarke, T. (Creator), Cox, S. (Creator), Bostrand, S. (Creator), Vaher, K. (Creator), De Nooij, L. (Creator), Harris, M. A. (Creator), Cole, J. H. (Creator), Marioni, R. (Creator), Mccartney, D. (Creator), Walker, R. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Evans, K. (Creator) & Whalley, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 24 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2956
Dataset
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Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions
Howard, D. (Creator), Adams, M. (Creator), Clarke, T. (Creator), Hafferty, J. (Creator), Gibson, J. (Creator), Shirali, M. (Creator), Coleman, J. (Creator), Ward, J. (Creator), Wigmore, E. (Creator), Alloza, C. (Creator), Barbu, M. (Creator), Xu, E. (Creator), Whalley, H. (Creator), Marioni, R. (Creator), Porteous, D. (Creator), Davies, G. (Creator), Deary, I. (Creator), Hemani, G. (Creator), Tian, C. (Creator), Hinds, D. (Creator), Team, 2. R. (Creator), Consortium, M. D. D. W. G. O. T. P. G. (Creator), Trzaskowshi, M. (Creator), Byrne, E. (Creator), Ripke, S. (Creator), Smith, D. (Creator), Sullivan, P. (Creator), Wray, N. (Creator), Breen, G. (Creator), Shen, X. (Creator), Lewis, C. (Creator) & McIntosh, A. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 30 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2458
Dataset
Press/Media
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Research indicates the brain does not fully mature until you are at least 25
28/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press Release
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New Scientist: Comment on "Shared genetic features across psychiatric disorders"
17/02/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Heather Whalley claims that depression changes the structure of the brain
21/07/17 → 31/07/17
29 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Brain activity can highlight propensity to depression, finds Dr Heather Whalley
6/03/13
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Dr Heather Whalley uncovers genetic link between schizophrenia and form of depression
9/01/17
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research