Mr Alex Kwong
BA(R'dg), MSc(Bristol)
Expertise
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Psychiatric Epidemiology, Multilevel Modelling, Genetics, Environment, Anxiety, Depression,
Publications
Recent publications
03/02/2026Genome-wide association study of major anxiety disorders in 122,341 European-ancestry cases identifies 58 loci and highlights GABAergic signaling
Nature Genetics
Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient
Nature Human Behaviour
Genome-wide association study of adolescent-onset depression
medRxiv
Immunometabolic Blood Biomarkers of Developmental Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms
Molecular Psychiatry
Insights from a methylome-wide association study of antidepressant exposure
Nature Communications
Thesis
Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms
Supervisors
Award date
23/01/2020
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