Biography
Dr Elham Assary is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. She joined King's in 2022, after working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at Queen Mary University of London (2019 - 2022)
Dr Assary obtained her PhD at the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (2014 - 2019). She has an MSc in Genes, Environment & Development at the SGDP Centre (2013 - 2014), and a BSc in Psychology at Birkbeck University of London (2009 -2013).
Dr Assary is interested in understanding the factors that contribute to individual differences in mental health and disorder. The focus of her research is to examine how genes and the environment influence the development of psychopathology or resilience to it. She takes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing this question by using behavioural genetic and genomic approaches, and data from twin and large cohort studies.
In her latest project, she used the MZ differences design to investigate genetic influences that are associated with greater sensitivity to environmental influences for a range of psychopathologies and subjective wellbeing.
Research interests
- Individual differences in mental health and disorder
- How genes and the environment influence the development of psychopathology or resilience to it
- Behavioural genetics and genomics
- Twin studies
- Large cohort studies
Expertise and public engagement
- International Conference travel grant, Guarantors of Brain, Cambridge University, UK (2017)
- PsyPAG international conference travel grant, UK (2016)
- Fragile Families travel award, Columbia University, US (2015)
Research
Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab
The EDIT lab studoes genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression.
Statistical and Computational Genetics and Genomics (SCGG) RIG
The SCGG Group brings together researchers at King’s who are developing and working with innovative quantitative and computational approaches for genomic discovery and its impact on human health.
TEDS: Twins Early Development Study
The Twin Early Development Study is one of the leading large-scale twin studies in the world. Starting in 1994, it has followed twins born in England and Wales throughout their childhood and adolescence and has now continued into early adulthood.
News
Largest twin study explores whether the environment affects people differently depending on their genes
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, University College London, Queen Mary University of...
Research
Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab
The EDIT lab studoes genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression.
Statistical and Computational Genetics and Genomics (SCGG) RIG
The SCGG Group brings together researchers at King’s who are developing and working with innovative quantitative and computational approaches for genomic discovery and its impact on human health.
TEDS: Twins Early Development Study
The Twin Early Development Study is one of the leading large-scale twin studies in the world. Starting in 1994, it has followed twins born in England and Wales throughout their childhood and adolescence and has now continued into early adulthood.
News
Largest twin study explores whether the environment affects people differently depending on their genes
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, University College London, Queen Mary University of...