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
Mapping the risk and protective factors of depression
Supervisors
Childhood internalising problems
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
27/01/2025Editorial: The role of parent-child interactions in developmental psychopathology
Frontiers in Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Childhood trauma as a mediator between autistic traits and depression
Nature Mental Health
Depressive symptoms in adolescence and adult educational and employment outcomes
Psychological Medicine
Through each other's eyes
Frontiers in Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Direct and indirect genetic pathways between parental neuroticism and offspring emotional problems across development: evidence from 7 cohorts across 5 European nations
Direct and indirect genetic pathways between parental neuroticism and offspring emotional problems across development: evidence from 7 cohorts across 5 European nations
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
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Dr Hannah Sallis
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Dr Ilaria Costantini
Honorary Research Fellow
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