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Derek W. Morris

Derek W. Morris

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Genetics
Ireland
2026

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Genetics

D-Index
85
Citations
64298
World Ranking
1273
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Derek W. Morris is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway, in Ireland. Their research spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, contributing extensively to understanding psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their work focusses on specific subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The topics covered in their publications highlight several key research interests:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Derek W. Morris has published numerous articles, with recent papers including:

  • "Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia" (2022, Nature)
  • "Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia" (2021, eLife)
  • "Neuroharmony: A new tool for harmonizing volumetric MRI data from unseen scanners" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "A meta-analysis of deep brain structural shape and asymmetry abnormalities in 2,833 individuals with schizophrenia compared with 3,929 healthy volunteers via the ENIGMA Consortium" (2021, Human Brain Mapping)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Gary Donohoe
  • Aiden Corvin
  • Laurena Holleran
  • Declan P. McKernan
  • Colm McDonald

Their work appears in multiple scientific publication venues, some of the most common being:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries
  • Translational 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

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

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

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • 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

  • Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder

    Manuel A R Ferreira;Michael C O'Donovan;Yan A Meng;Ian R Jones

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

    Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Dense genotyping of immune-related susceptibility loci reveals new insights into the genetics of psoriatic arthritis

    John Bowes;Ashley Budu-Aggrey;Ulrike Huffmeier;Steffen Uebe

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

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

  • Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

    Michael C. O'Donovan;Nicholas Craddock;Nadine Norton;Hywel Williams

  • 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

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Donohoe
Gary Donohoe University of Galway
Aiden Corvin
Aiden Corvin Trinity College Dublin
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
Ole A. Andreassen
Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Dan Rujescu
Dan Rujescu Medical University of Vienna
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University

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