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  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian Jones is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and is an active contributor to research within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research covers primary topics such as:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact

Ian Jones has published extensively, with recent significant papers including:

  • "Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry" (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Cell-type-specific 3D epigenomes in the developing human cortex" (2020, Nature)
  • "Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder" (2024, Nature Genetics)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Jones include:

  • Lisa Jones
  • Arianna Di Florio
  • James Walters
  • Katherine Gordon-Smith
  • Andrew M. McIntosh

Their research is published frequently in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Ian Jones has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom. This distinction is recorded without a specified award year.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • 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

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • 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

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

    G. M. Goodwin;P. M. Haddad;I. N. Ferrier;J. K. Aronson

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

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

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

  • Family-based association study of 76 candidate genes in bipolar disorder: BDNF is a potential risk locus

    P. Sklar;P. Sklar;S. B. Gabriel;M. G. McInnis;P. Bennett

  • Genetics of bipolar disorder

    Nicholas John Craddock;Ian Richard Jones

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Bipolar disorder, affective psychosis, and schizophrenia in pregnancy and the post-partum period

    Ian Richard Jones;Prabha S. Chandra;Paola Dazzan;Louise M. Howard

  • 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

Nicholas John Craddock
Nicholas John Craddock Cardiff University
Lisa Jones
Lisa Jones University of Worcester
Katherine Gordon-Smith
Katherine Gordon-Smith University of Worcester
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Liz Forty
Liz Forty Cardiff University
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Peter McGuffin
Peter McGuffin King's College London
George Kirov
George Kirov Cardiff University
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Anne Farmer
Anne Farmer King's College London

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