CBS Seminar: Cathryn Lewis joint with SEGEG meeting- Unravelling the Complexity of Psychiatric Disorders: The Role of Polygenic Score

This will be a hybrid seminar with the speaker presenting live in-person in the Xfi Lecture Theatre on the Streatham Campus. There is also the option join virtually – a Zoom joining link and full details to sign in can be found below. A drinks reception with non-alcoholic drinks and nibbles will also be provided at the seminar. Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues and networks.  

Event: Monday 1^st July 13:30- 14:30 Xfi Lecture Theatre

Title: Unravelling the Complexity of Psychiatric Disorders: The Role of Polygenic Score

Bio: Cathryn Lewis is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology & Statistics at King’s College London, where she leads the Statistical Genetics Unit. Her academic training is in mathematics and statistics, and she has been involved in genetic studies since her PhD. She co-chairs the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Major Depressive Disorder Working group and is Co-Deputy Lead of the Trials, Genomics and Prediction theme at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. Her multi-disciplinary research group identifies and characterises genetic variants conferring risk of disease, including depression, schizophrenia, and stroke. A major focus is a risk assessment, determining how the polygenic component of mental health disorders can be measured accurately and used in clinical care.