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Andrew M. McIntosh is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, with significant contributions across Genetics, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Health, Environment, and Cognitive Aging, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Health disparities and outcomes, and Birth, Development, and Health.

Andrew M. McIntosh has published frequently in notable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Wellcome Open Research

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Mark J. Adams, Heather C. Whalley, Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, and Kathryn L. Evans.

Some recent prominent papers include:

  • "Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia" (2022, Nature)
  • "Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts" (2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis" (2020, BJPsych Open)
  • "A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

    David M. Howard;Mark J. Adams;Toni Kim Clarke;Jonathan D. Hafferty

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium

    T. G M van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • Erratum: Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium (Molecular Psychiatry (2015) DOI:10.1038/mp.2015.63)

    T. G.M. Van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Lawrie
Stephen M. Lawrie University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Heather C. Whalley
Heather C. Whalley University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Toni-Kim Clarke
Toni-Kim Clarke University of Edinburgh
Riccardo E. Marioni
Riccardo E. Marioni University of Edinburgh
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Archie Campbell
Archie Campbell University of Edinburgh

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