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Overview

Martin Preisig is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and focuses primarily on research in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in Preisig's research include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Preisig's recent publications reflect these interests and include the following papers:

  • Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Converging patterns of aging-associated brain volume loss and tissue microstructure differences, 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea and 5-year cognitive decline in the elderly, 2023, European Respiratory Journal
  • Obesity and atypical depression symptoms: findings from Mendelian randomization in two European cohorts, 2021, Translational Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Preisig include:

  • Marie-Pierre F. Strippoli
  • Péter Vollenweider
  • Pedro Marques-Vidal
  • Armin von Gunten
  • Enrique Castelao

Preisig commonly publishes in several academic venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    H.U. Wittchen;F. Jacobi;J. Rehm;J. Rehm;Anders Gustavsson

  • 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

  • Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

    R Heinzer;S Vat;P Marques-Vidal;H Marti-Soler

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • 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

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Familial Transmission of Substance Use Disorders

    Kathleen R. Merikangas;Marilyn Stolar;Denise E. Stevens;Joseph Goulet

  • The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome.

    Mathieu Firmann;Vladimir Mayor;Pedro Marques Vidal;Murielle Bochud

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

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

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

  • Diagnostic interview for genetic studies (DIGS): inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the French version.

    M. Preisig;Brenda T. Fenton;Marie-Louise Matthey;Alexandre Berney

  • Impaired glutathione synthesis in schizophrenia: Convergent genetic and functional evidence

    René Gysin;Rudolf Kraftsik;Julie Sandell;Pierre Bovet

  • The NoSAS score for screening of sleep-disordered breathing: a derivation and validation study.

    Helena Marti-Soler;Camila Hirotsu;Pedro Marques-Vidal;Peter Vollenweider

  • Genome-wide association study of recurrent major depressive disorder in two European case–control cohorts

    P. Muglia;F. Tozzi;N. W. Galwey;Clyde Francks;Clyde Francks

  • Age at onset in bipolar I affective disorder: further evidence for three subgroups.

    Frank Bellivier;Jean Louis Golmard;Marcella Rietschel;Thomas G. Schulze

  • The PsyCoLaus study: methodology and characteristics of the sample of a population-based survey on psychiatric disorders and their association with genetic and cardiovascular risk factors

    Martin Preisig;Gérard Waeber;Peter Vollenweider;Pascal Bovet

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • 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

Peter Vollenweider
Peter Vollenweider University of Lausanne
Gérard Waeber
Gérard Waeber University of Lausanne
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Pedro Marques-Vidal University of Lausanne
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Wulf Rössler
Wulf Rössler University of Zurich
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society

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