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Christel M. Middeldorp

Christel M. Middeldorp

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Psychology

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68
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26816
World Ranking
2437
National Ranking
118

Overview

Christel M. Middeldorp is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research concentrates primarily in the field of Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Speech and Hearing, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics related to child and adolescent development, genetic associations, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Key research areas include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Middeldorp's publication record includes contributions to journals frequently publishing their work, such as:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Attention Disorders

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Middeldorp are:

  • "Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia" (2020, Journal of Attention Disorders)
  • "Parental characteristics and offspring mental health and related outcomes: a systematic review of genetically informative literature" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression" (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)

Middeldorp has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among whom are Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Meike Bartels, Enda M. Byrne, Dorret I. Boomsma, and Naomi R. Wray, marked by multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Research Review: Polygenic methods and their application to psychiatric traits

    Naomi R. Wray;Sang Hong Lee;Divya Mehta;Anna A.E. Vinkhuyzen

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders.

    T. Otowa;T. Otowa;K. Hek;M. Lee;E. M. Byrne;E. M. Byrne

  • Genome-wide association study of major depressive disorder: new results, meta-analysis, and lessons learned

    N. R. Wray;M. L. Pergadia;D. H.R. Blackwood;B. W.J.H. Penninx

  • The co-morbidity of anxiety and depression in the perspective of genetic epidemiology. A review of twin and family studies.

    C. M. Middeldorp;D. C. Cath;R. Van Dyck;D. I. Boomsma

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.

    Janine F. Felix;Jonathan P. Bradfield;Claire Monnereau;Ralf J P Van Der Valk

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • Joint Analysis of Psychiatric Disorders Increases Accuracy of Risk Prediction for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder

    Robert Maier;Gerhard Moser;Guo-Bo Chen;Stephan Ripke

  • Genome-wide association for major depression through age at onset stratification: Major depressive disorder working group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

    Robert A. Power;Katherine E. Tansey;Henriette Nørmølle Buttenschøn;Sarah Cohen-Woods

  • Stability in symptoms of anxiety and depression as a function of genotype and environment: a longitudinal twin study from ages 3 to 63 years.

    M. G. Nivard;C. V. Dolan;K. S. Kendler;K.-J. Kan

  • The Young Netherlands Twin Register (YNTR): Longitudinal Twin and Family Studies in Over 70,000 Children

    Catharina E.M. Van Beijsterveldt;Maria Groen-Blokhuis;Jouke Jan Hottenga;Sanja Franić

  • A Genome-Wide Approach to Children's Aggressive Behavior: The EAGLE consortium

    Irene Pappa;Beate St Pourcain;Kelly Benke;Alana Cavadino;Alana Cavadino

  • Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia

    S. H. Witt;F. Streit;M. Jungkunz;J. Frank

  • The Genetics of the Mood Disorder Spectrum: Genome-wide Association Analyses of More Than 185,000 Cases and 439,000 Controls

    Jonathan R I Coleman;Héléna A Gaspar;Julien Bryois

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Anxiety Disorders

    Nick Martin;Takeshi Otowa;Minyoung Lee;Catharina Hartman

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

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

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Jouke-Jan Hottenga Hamad bin Khalifa University
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Naomi R. Wray
Naomi R. Wray University of Queensland
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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