
Dr Kayleigh Easey
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
Dr Easey's research focuses on the intergenerational impact of various perinatal health behaviours and health behaviour change in and around pregnancy. Focusing on the potential impact of perinatal behaviour change on mothers, fathers/partners, and developing offspring.
This research is conducted using traditional observational epidemiology and causal inference methods, as well as laboratory based interventions.
She has a particular interest in women’s health, and improving reproductive outcomes and well-being.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Rework of Prenatal influences on childhood health: what role for mums and dads? (IEU)
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
What are we investigating and why?
We urgently need better evidence about how our experiences before birth might influence our long-term health. Most research in this area has focused on…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
03/06/2019 to 30/09/2022
Publications
Recent publications
17/07/2024A novel hypothesis-generating approach for detecting phenotypic associations using epigenetic data
Epigenomics
Antidepressant use during pregnancy and birth outcomes
JAMA Network Open
Challenges in using data on fathers/partners to study prenatal exposures and offspring health
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Thesis
Investigating Offspring Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Maternal Prenatal Alcohol Use
Supervisors
Award date
23/01/2020