Isabella Willcocks
Research Associate, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- willcocksir@cardiff.ac.uk
- Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
Research Associate working in the psychosis group of the Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, focussing on common genetic variation in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and how it differs from non-treatment resistant schizophrenia
Biography
After completing my undergraduate degree in neuroscience and a masters in molecular neuroscience at the University of Bristol, I began my PhD in 2018 funded by the MRC in the Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics. After a series of mini projects, I completed my PhD under the supervision of Professor James Walters and Dr Antonio Pardiñas. My PhD focussed on the genomic stratification of schizophrenia, and how separating research participants into more homogenous patient subgroups could facilitate a more personalised medicine approach in the treatment of schizophrenia
My work now focuses on common genetic variation in treatment-resistant schizophrenia as part of Psych-STRATA, a multi-centre international project funded by Horizon Europe
Honours and awards
WCPG 2022: Early Career Investigator Program Poster Finalist
Publications
We are currently unable to retrieve the list of publications. Visit our institutional repository.I have worked extensively with the schizophrenia working group of the PGC as a registered analyst. I am now working as part of Psych-STRATA, a multi-centre international project funded by Horizon Europe looking at treatment response in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression