Professor Dheeraj Rai
MBBS, FRCPsych, PhD
Current positions
Professor of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
A PhD mini project, Assessing the associations between autism, autistic traits and multiple risk behaviours in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based birth cohort study;Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020
Thesis supervisions
Assessing causality of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring intellectual disability
Supervisors
Anti-seizure medication prescription during preconception period and pregnancy with risk of orofacial clefts in offspring
Supervisors
At the intersection of autism and psychosis
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
14/03/2025Immunological Drivers and Potential Novel Drug Targets for Major Psychiatric, Neurodevelopmental, and Neurodegenerative Conditions
Molecular Psychiatry
Obsessional thinking and autistic traits are each uniquely associated with greater traits of gender dysphoria in clinical and nonclinical adult samples
Molecular Autism
Psychotic experiences and disorders in adolescents and young adults with borderline intellectual functioning and intellectual disabilities
Psychological Medicine
Health Economics Analysis Plan (HEAP) for STRATA
STRATA: A multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial of SerTRaline for AnxieTy in adults with a diagnosis of Autism (STRATA)
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