Supervisors
Professor Angelica Ronald
Dr Emma Meaburn
Research interests
My PhD looks at the genetic and environmental influences on psychotic experiences and negative symptom traits (PENS) across the lifespan. I will use a range of genetic and phenotypic analytic methods to explore age-specific and cross-age effects, analysing both twin data and genotype data from unrelated individuals. The project will characterise negative symptoms in adolescence and in adulthood, it will explore how different manifestations of PENS relate to psychiatric disorders in adulthood, and it will investigate continuity and discontinuity in PENS at different life stages. I am supported by an ESRC funded 1+3 studentship with enhanced AQM funding
Education
PhD Psychology and Genetics
Birkbeck, University of London
Current
MSc Psychological Research Methods
Birkbeck, University of London
2016
BSc Psychology
Birkbeck, University of London
2014
Publications
Havers, L., Taylor, M. J., & Ronald, A. (2019). Genetic and environmental influences on the stability of psychotic experiences and negative symptoms in adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60(7), 784–792. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13045
Contact
Email: lhaver01@mail.bbk.ac.uk