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Katherine Gordon-Smith

Katherine Gordon-Smith

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
30582
World Ranking
5775
National Ranking
595

Overview

Katherine Gordon-Smith is affiliated with the University of Worcester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, particularly focusing on genetics and psychiatry. Their work prominently intersects clinical psychology, public health, and aspects of speech and hearing sciences.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study highlight concentrations in:

  • Genetics
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Speech and Hearing

Katherine Gordon-Smith's research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications in prominent journals and venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Phenomenology, Epidemiology and Aetiology of Postpartum Psychosis: A Review (2021, Brain Sciences)
  • Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder (2025, Nature)
  • Characterisation of age and polarity at onset in bipolar disorder (2021, The British Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Genome-wide association study of over 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Lisa Jones
  • Ian Jones
  • Arianna Di Florio
  • Nick Craddock
  • Lina Jönsson

Publication venues where this scientist has frequently contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • UNC Libraries

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The bipolar disorder risk allele at CACNA1C also confers risk of recurrent major depression and of schizophrenia

    EK Green;D Grozeva;I Jones;Lisa Jones

  • Genome wide significant associations in schizophrenia to ITIH3/4, CACNA1C and SDCCAG8, and extensive replication of associations reported by the Schizophrenia PGC

    Marian Lindsay Hamshere;James Tynan Rhys Walters;Rhodri Smith;Alexander Richards

  • Perinatal Episodes Across the Mood Disorder Spectrum

    Arianna Di Florio;Liz Forty;Katherine Gordon-Smith;Jess Heron

  • Operation of the Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene, Neuregulin 1, Across Traditional Diagnostic Boundaries to Increase Risk for Bipolar Disorder

    Elaine Karen Green;Rachel Raybould;Stuart Macgregor;Katherine Mary Gordon-Smith

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.

    Y. Liu;D. H. Blackwood;S. Caesar;E. J.C. De Geus

  • Evidence For Genetic Heterogeneity Between Clinical Subtypes of Bipolar Disorder

    A. W. Charney;D. M. Ruderfer;E. A. Stahl;J. L. Moran

  • Clinical differences between bipolar and unipolar depression

    Liz Forty;Daniel Smith;Lisa Jones;Ian Jones

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas John Craddock
Nicholas John Craddock Cardiff University
Liz Forty
Liz Forty Cardiff University
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Marian L. Hamshere
Marian L. Hamshere Cardiff University
George Kirov
George Kirov Cardiff University
Peter Holmans
Peter Holmans Cardiff University
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School
Allan H. Young
Allan H. Young King's College London
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

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