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
22/03/2025Prenatal exposure to adverse life events and autism and autistic-like traits in children in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
JCCP Advances
Lifecourse Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis Refines the Critical Life Stages for the Influence of Adiposity on Breast Cancer
Lifecourse Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis Refines the Critical Life Stages for the Influence of Adiposity on Breast Cancer
Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies
Demographic, 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
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Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Dr Eleanor Sanderson
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Professor Laura Howe
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
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Professor Gibran Hemani
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