Biography
- PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2021-2024.
- MSc Developmental Psychology and Psychiatry, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2020-2021.
- Undergraduate Research Assistant Placement Student, EDIT Lab, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2018-2019.
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Surrey, 2016-2020
Research interests:
I’m interested in the associations between both depression and anxiety and environmental factors, such as the home environment and stressful life events. I’m using the twin design to investigate the role of genetic and environmental factors in these associations, as well as how this changes across development. I am also interested in implementing genetically sensitive designs to explore the direction of these effects and to estimate their magnitudes.
I am supervised by Prof. Thalia Eley and Prof. Robert Plomin.
Awards:
- 1+3 King’s-ESRC Multidisciplinary PhD Studentship awarded by the MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2020-2024
- Surrey Top Achievers Recognised and Supported Award, University of Surrey, 2017-2018.
Publications:
McGregor, T., Purves, K. L., Constantinou, E., Baas, J. M. P., Barry, T. J., Carr, E., Craske, M.G., Lester, K. J., Palaiologou, E., Breen, G., Young, K. S., & Eley, T. C. (2021). Large-scale remote fear conditioning: Demonstration of associations with anxiety using the FLARe smartphone app. Depression and Anxiety, 1 - 12. doi
Davies, M.,… Palaiologou, E.,…Eley, T.C., Breen, G. (2019). The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study: Online recruitment into the largest recontactable study of depression and anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy. doi
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.
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.
FLARe: Fear Learning and Anxiety Response
FLARe aims to model the processes underlying the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders, and post-treatment relapse.
Project status: Ongoing
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.
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.
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.
FLARe: Fear Learning and Anxiety Response
FLARe aims to model the processes underlying the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders, and post-treatment relapse.
Project status: Ongoing
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.