News
08/04/2019
Giving access to medical records: What this means and why it’s useful:
EDIT lab placement students Anna, Beth and Bronte explain why researchers might ask to access data from medical records and how this data can be used.
01/04/2019
What we can (and cannot) do with your DNA sample
Chris [EDIT Lab PhD Student] and Joni [Post Doc at the SGDP Centre] tackle what happens (and what doesn’t) to your DNA
05/02/2019
The Emotional Stress of Gender Dysphoria and How to Help
Following on from April’s stress awareness month, Megan [Edit Lab placement student] discusses stress in the context of gender dysphoria, and provides information on how to help those that may be suffering.
07/12/2018
Environmental risk for obsessive-compulsive symptoms: findings from a recent genetically-informative study
Georgina [clinical psychologist and PhD student in our group] walks us through a recent study with implications for understanding OCD and its’ development.
05/08/2018
Angry or Anxious?
A genetic overlap in predisposition to anger and anxiety has been proposed in terms of a sensitivity to threat or stressors (Barlow, 2002), however, most genetic studies have focused on aggressive tendencies rather than the emotional aspects of anger.