PhD Student
Contact Details
Email: ahollo02@student.bbk.ac.uk
Twitter: @AnjaHollowell
Bluesky: @anjahollowell.bsky.social
Supervisors
Prof Angelica Ronald
Prof Mark Johnson
Prof Iroise Dumontheil
Research Interests
My PhD project, titled Large-scale cognitive and genetic investigations into the relationship between infant temperament and later mental health outcomes will use data from a number of different pregnancy and birth cohorts from the EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology consortium (https://www.eagle-consortium.org/) to map the common genetic architecture of infant temperament traits. The project will also look into the role of infant temperament on lifespan development at behavioural and cognitive levels using longitudinal research designs. It is part of the Genetics of Early Milestones and Skills project (GEMS).
Funding
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) +3 studentship
Education
PhD Psychology – Birkbeck, University of London (2021-2024)
MSc (distinction) Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology – Birkbeck, University of London (2016 – 2018)
BSc (2:1) Natural Sciences (Major: Biochemistry and Genetics Minor: Statistics) – Lancaster University (2012 – 2015)
Publications
2. GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES OF INFANT TEMPERAMENT REVEAL GENETIC LINKS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
W61. PILOT STUDY TO INVESTIGATE COMMON GENETIC BASIS OF DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER USING POLYGENIC SCORES
Investigation of Genetic Architecture of Autism and ADHD Using New Age at Onset of Walking GWAS Results Indicates Possible Distinct Developmental Pathways
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants of European ancestry
Genome-Wide Association Study of Age at Onset of Walking
Conferences and Presentations
‘Preliminary results from a genome-wide association study of infant fussiness including a phenotypic harmonisation approach to account for measurement heterogeneity’ London Genetics Network Annual Meeting, ECR flash talk, December 2022
‘Mapping the common genetic architecture of early temperament: First-look results from genome-wide association analyses of infant cohorts’ – World Congress for Psychiatric Genetics, Poster, September 2022