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.
Research Themes and Networks
- Edinburgh Mental Health Network
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Psychosis MRI Shared Data Resource (Psy-ShareD)
Allen, P., Zurita, M., Easmin, R., Bucci, S., Kempton, M. J., Rogers, J., Mehta, U. M., Mcguire, P. K., Lawrie, S. M., Whalley, H., Gadelha, A., Murray, G. K., Garrison, J. R., Frangou, S., Upthegrove, R., Evans, S. L., Kumari, V. & the Psy-ShareD Partnership, 21 Feb 2025, In: Human Brain Mapping. 46, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-production in sleep research: A scoping review of current practices and future directions
Gale, E. L., Manrai, R., Caddick, L., Murray, A. L., Whalley, H., Smith, D. & Gardani, M., 9 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of sleep research. p. 1-19 19 p., e14476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations between IL-6 and trajectories of depressive symptoms across the life course: Evidence from ALSPAC and UK Biobank cohorts
Edmondson-Stait, A. J., Davyson, E., Shen, X., Adams, M. J., Khandaker, G. M., Miron, V. E., McIntosh, A. M., Lawrie, S. M., Kwong, A. S. F. & Whalley, H. C., 27 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Psychiatry. p. 1-54 54 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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White matter microstructure in obesity and bipolar disorders: an ENIGMA bipolar disorder working group study in 2186 individuals
Dietze, L. M. F., Mcwhinney, S. R., Favre, P., Abé, C., Alexander, N., Barkhau, C., Benedetti, F., Berk, M., Bøen, E., Boye, B., Brosch, K., Canales-Rodríguez, E. J., Cannon, D. M., Carruthers, S. P., Corkum, E. L. V., Dannlowski, U., Díaz-Zuluaga, A. M., Dohm, K., Elvsåshagen, T., Flinkenflügel, K., & 63 others, 5 Nov 2024, In: Molecular Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of birthweight, socioeconomic status, and adult health on brain volumes during aging
McNeil, C. J., Habota, T., Sandu, A-L., Waiter, G., Whalley, H. & Murray, A. D., 14 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neuroepidemiology. p. 1-18 18 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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Hub For Metabolic Psychiatry
Smith, D., McIntosh, A., Whalley, H., Lawrie, S. & Campbell, I.
1/04/24 → 31/03/29
Project: Research
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Acquiring Rich Longitudinal Passive Sleep Data Across Childhood And Adolescence (8-18yrs)-the AMBIENT Sleep Study
1/07/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Preterm birth, Neurodevelopment and Cognition in Children: Causal Evidence and Mechanisms
Boardman, J., Cox, S., Marioni, R., Reynolds, R., Richardson, H., Tsanas, T. & Whalley, H.
1/11/22 → 31/10/27
Project: Research
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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Scottish Family Mental Health (SFMH) Study Dataset
Cooper, A. (Creator), Blackwood, D. (Creator), Lawrie, S. (Creator), McIntosh, A. (Creator), Romaniuk, L. (Creator), Semple, S. (Creator), Duff, B. (Creator) & Whalley, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataVault, 10 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.7488/7f08e5f1-b300-4a32-bd18-ef511f82c390
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
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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
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