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Overview

Vaughan J. Carr is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including psychology, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and general health professions.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child abuse and trauma, functional brain connectivity studies, schizophrenia research and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, homelessness and social issues, and genomics and rare diseases.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vaughan J. Carr include:

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • A Comparison of Ten Polygenic Score Methods for Psychiatric Disorders Applied Across Multiple Cohorts, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Brain ageing in schizophrenia: evidence from 26 international cohorts via the ENIGMA Schizophrenia consortium, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Vaughan J. Carr are:

  • Melissa J. Green
  • Kristin R. Laurens
  • Kimberlie Dean
  • Stacy Tzoumakis
  • Oliver J. Watkeys

Publication venues where Vaughan J. Carr has a significant presence include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach to mental health and neurobiological research, integrating genetics, brain imaging, and epidemiological methods. Carr's research methods and findings contribute to a broader understanding of psychiatric disorders, with particular attention to schizophrenia and developmental psychopathology.

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

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

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  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Cortical Brain Abnormalities in 4474 Individuals With Schizophrenia and 5098 Control Subjects via the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium

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  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

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

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

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • A proposal for construction project risk assessment using fuzzy logic

    Tah J.H.M.;V Carr

  • People living with psychotic illness in 2010: the second Australian national survey of psychosis.

    Vera A Morgan;Anna Waterreus;Assen Jablensky;Andrew Mackinnon

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in schizophrenia: a systematic review with meta-analysis

    M J Green;S L Matheson;A Shepherd;C S Weickert;C S Weickert

  • Psychotic disorders in urban areas: an overview of the Study on Low Prevalence Disorders

    Assen Jablensky;John McGrath;Helen Herrman;David Castle

  • A fuzzy approach to constuction project risk assessment and analysis: construction project risk management system

    V. Carr;J. H. M. Tah

  • Systematic meta-review and quality assessment of the structural brain alterations in schizophrenia

    Alana M. Shepherd;Kristin R. Laurens;Kristin R. Laurens;Sandra L. Matheson;Vaughan J. Carr

  • Patterns of Current and Lifetime Substance Use in Schizophrenia

    Ian L. Fowler;Vaughan J. Carr;Natalia T. Carter;Terry J. Lewin

  • Risk factors for transition to first episode psychosis among individuals with ‘at-risk mental states’

    Oliver Mason;Mike Startup;Sean Halpin;Ulrich Schall

  • The diagnostic interview for psychoses (DIP): development, reliability and applications.

    David Castle;Assen Jablensky;J.J. Mcgrath;V. Carr

  • Computer-based psychological treatment for comorbid depression and problematic alcohol and/or cannabis use: a randomized controlled trial of clinical efficacy

    Frances J. Kay‐Lambkin;Amanda L. Baker;Terry J. Lewin;Vaughan J. Carr

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa J. Green
Melissa J. Green University of New South Wales
Terry J. Lewin
Terry J. Lewin University of Newcastle Australia
Kristin R. Laurens
Kristin R. Laurens Queensland University of Technology
Ulrich Schall
Ulrich Schall University of Newcastle Australia
Rodney J. Scott
Rodney J. Scott University of Newcastle Australia
Assen Jablensky
Assen Jablensky University of Western Australia
Carmel M. Loughland
Carmel M. Loughland University of Newcastle Australia
Murray J. Cairns
Murray J. Cairns University of Newcastle Australia
Patricia T. Michie
Patricia T. Michie University of Newcastle Australia
Stanley V. Catts
Stanley V. Catts University of Queensland

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