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Overview

Marcus R. Munafò is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on genetics, public health, physiology, health toxicology, and clinical psychology.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Clinical Psychology

Munafò's main research topics include genetic associations and epidemiology, smoking behavior and cessation, health environments and cognitive aging, obesity, physical activity and diet, behavioral health interventions, birth and developmental health, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

These topics are reflected in their publication record, which includes the following recent papers:

  • "Mendelian randomization," 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Human handedness: A meta-analysis," 2020, Psychological Bulletin
  • "Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Tobacco Control
  • "Causal inference with observational data: the need for triangulation of evidence," 2021, Psychological Medicine
  • "Gene-environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry

Munafò frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Addiction, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Psychological Medicine, and European Neuropsychopharmacology.

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their academic activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hannah Sallis
  • George Davey Smith
  • Robyn E. Wootton
  • Jasmine Khouja
  • Ian S. Penton-Voak

Best Publications

  • Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

    Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge

  • Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience

    Katherine S. Button;John P. A. Ioannidis;Claire Mokrysz;Brian A. Nosek

  • A manifesto for reproducible science

    Marcus R. Munafò;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek;Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Katherine S. Button

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • Socioeconomic status and smoking: a review

    Rosemary Hiscock;Linda Bauld;Amanda Amos;Jennifer A. Fidler

  • Scanning the horizon: towards transparent and reproducible neuroimaging research

    Russell A. Poldrack;Chris I. Baker;Joke Durnez;Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski

  • The Association of Cigarette Smoking with Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

    Meg E Fluharty;Amy E Taylor;Meryem Grabski;Marcus R Munafò

  • Delayed reward discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis

    James MacKillop;James MacKillop;Michael T. Amlung;Lauren R. Few;Lara A. Ray

  • Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

    Nancy A Rigotti;Carole Clair;Carole Clair;Marcus R Munafò;Lindsay F Stead

  • 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

  • Structural neuroimaging studies in major depressive disorder. Meta-analysis and comparison with bipolar disorder

    Matthew J Kempton;Zainab Salvador;Marcus R Munafò;John R Geddes

  • Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

    Marcus R Munafò;Kate Tilling;Amy E Taylor;David M Evans

  • Serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and amygdala activation: a meta-analysis.

    Marcus R. Munafò;Sarah M. Brown;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationship Between Attentional Bias and Subjective Craving in Substance Abuse

    Matt Field;Marcus R. Munafò;Ingmar H. A. Franken

  • Robust research needs many lines of evidence

    Marcus R Munafò;George Davey Smith

  • Meta-analysis of genetic association studies

    Marcus R. Munafò;Jonathan Flint

  • Gene X environment interactions at the serotonin transporter locus.

    Marcus R. Munafò;Caroline Durrant;Glyn Lewis;Jonathan Flint

  • Evidence for causal effects of lifetime smoking on risk for depression and schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Robyn E Wootton;Rebecca C Richmond;Bobby G Stuijfzand;Rebecca B Lawn

  • Magnetic resonance imaging studies in unipolar depression: Systematic review and meta-regression analyses

    D. Arnone;A. M. McIntosh;K. P. Ebmeier;Marcus R Munafo

  • Gamification of Cognitive Assessment and Cognitive Training: A Systematic Review of Applications and Efficacy

    Jim A Lumsden;Elizabeth A. Edwards;Natalia S. Lawrence;David Coyle

  • The endophenotype concept in psychiatric genetics

    Jonathan Flint;Marcus R. Munafò

  • Erratum: Power failure: Why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience (Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2013) 14 (365-376))

    Katherine S. Button;John P.A. Ioannidis;Claire Mokrysz;Brian A. Nosek

Frequent Co-Authors

George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Ian S. Penton-Voak
Ian S. Penton-Voak University of Bristol
Jonathan Flint
Jonathan Flint University of California, Los Angeles
Jon Heron
Jon Heron University of Bristol
Matthew Hickman
Matthew Hickman University of Bristol
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Stanley Zammit
Stanley Zammit University of Bristol
Neil M Davies
Neil M Davies University College London
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

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