I am a clinical academic. With respect to research, I primarily work on identifying genetic risk/protective factors for psychiatric disorders with the aim of improving diagnosis and progressing the development of biologically informed interventions. My particular focus is the identification of DNA variants relevant to neurodevelopmental multi-morbidity. I am also involved in dementia related research including health professional/patient/carer communication, multimodal interventions for mild cognitive impairment and genetic effects on cognitive outcomes in alcohol dependence.