Dr Zoe Reed
BSc
Current positions
Research Fellow
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
Dr Reed's work spans both epidemiological and intervention development research, with a translational approach. Her interests are in autism, mental health and substance use. Her work includes 1) using genetically informed methods to better understand the relationship between risk factors and consequences of both physical and mental health; 2) developing an emotion recognition intervention for autistic children.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8073 MRC IEU - Olly Bastiani consumables
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
18/09/2023 to 31/08/2027
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2025Exploring pleiotropy in Mendelian randomisation analyses
Genetic Epidemiology
Investigating whether smoking and alcohol behaviours influence risk of type 2 diabetes using a Mendelian randomisation study
Scientific Reports
Maternal Cannabis Use in Pregnancy, Perinatal Outcomes, and Cognitive Development in Offspring
European Journal of Epidemiology
Triangulated evidence provides no support for bidirectional causal pathways between diet/physical activity and depression/anxiety
Psychological Medicine
Mapping associations of polygenic scores with autistic and ADHD traits in a single city region
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Thesis
Geographical gene-environment interaction and correlation for mental health in the UK and Sweden
Supervisors
Award date
23/01/2020
Related people
Professor Marcus Munafo
Professor of Biological Psychology and MRC Investigator
School of Psychological Science
Professor George Davey Smith
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Angela Attwood
Professor of Psychological Science
School of Psychological Science
Dr Oliver Davis
Reader in Statistical Genetics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Robyn Wootton
Lecturer
School of Psychological Science