Dr Amanda Hughes
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ERC Consolidator bid preparation: Stigma, obesity, and mental health.
Principal Investigator
Description
Activity to produce an application for an ERC Consolidator Grant in the months leading up to the December deadline.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2024 to 06/12/2024
ESRC NIRG: Improving understanding of weight stigma with causal inference methods and general population survey data
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2025
Publications
Recent publications
01/05/2024Demographic, socioeconomic and life-course risk factors for internalized weight stigma in adulthood
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
Genetic associations of risk behaviours and educational achievement
Communications Biology
Maternal depressive symptoms and young people's higher education participation and choice of university
Journal of Affective Disorders
Parental education and children’s depression, anxiety, and ADHD traits, a within-family study in MoBa
npj Science of Learning
Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies
Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies
Related people
Dr Tim Morris
Honorary Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor George Davey Smith
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Eleanor Sanderson
Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Laura Howe
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Gibran Hemani
Professor in Statistical Genetics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)