Dr Rebecca Pearson
BSc(Wales)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Psychiatric Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
My research objectives are to understand the mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of mental health and to translate this into preventative interventions. In order to investigate this area I take a multidisciplinary approach combining detailed neuro-psychological and developmental investigations with large scale epidemiological studies and health care research. I am currently leading an ERC funded program of work in this area including partnerships in South Africa and Brazil.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Intergenerational transmission of mental health
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project initially aims to investigate the role of genetic mechanisms in explaining the associations between parental and child mental health. Several cohorts have been identified that have relevant genetic…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
04/02/2020 to 31/07/2020
Mental health and educational achievement in UK adolescents
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Educational achievement at the end of compulsory education has strong links with important aspects of adult life such as employment, health, and social functioning worldwide. In the UK, a recent…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2017 to 01/03/2019
Secondary Data Analysis
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2017 to 31/03/2019
Conduct disorders, executive function and parenting in South African children
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2016 to 31/08/2019
8074 H2020 MHINT 758813
Principal Investigator
Description
This study, entitled ‘Genetic, behavioural and cognitive mechanisms underpinning the association between mother and offspring mental health problems: mental (M) health (H) intergenerational transmission (INT) -(MHINT)’ is funded by a…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/08/2016
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
22/02/2023Childhood trajectories of internalising and externalising problems associated with a polygenic risk score for neuroticism in a UK birth cohort study
JCPP Advances
Culture and causal inference
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Father absence and trajectories of offspring mental health across adolescence and young adulthood
Journal of Affective Disorders
Maternal postnatal depression and offspring emotional and behavioural development at age 7 years in a UK-birth cohort
Developmental Psychobiology
Antenatal depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
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