Biography
- PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2021-2024.
- MSc Developmental Psychology and Psychiatry, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2020-2021.
- Undergraduate Research Assistant Placement Student, EDIT Lab, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2018-2019.
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Surrey, 2016-2020
Research interests:
I’m interested in the associations between both depression and anxiety and environmental factors, such as the home environment and stressful life events. I’m using the twin design to investigate the role of genetic and environmental factors in these associations, as well as how this changes across development. I am also interested in implementing genetically sensitive designs to explore the direction of these effects and to estimate their magnitudes.
I am supervised by Prof. Thalia Eley and Prof. Robert Plomin.
Awards:
- 1+3 King’s-ESRC Multidisciplinary PhD Studentship awarded by the MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, 2020-2024
- Surrey Top Achievers Recognised and Supported Award, University of Surrey, 2017-2018.
Publications:
McGregor, T., Purves, K. L., Constantinou, E., Baas, J. M. P., Barry, T. J., Carr, E., Craske, M.G., Lester, K. J., Palaiologou, E., Breen, G., Young, K. S., & Eley, T. C. (2021). Large-scale remote fear conditioning: Demonstration of associations with anxiety using the FLARe smartphone app. Depression and Anxiety, 1 - 12. doi
Davies, M.,… Palaiologou, E.,…Eley, T.C., Breen, G. (2019). The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study: Online recruitment into the largest recontactable study of depression and anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy. doi
Research
The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab
The EDIT lab is led by Prof Thalia Eley and consists of post doctoral researchers, PhD students, and both undergraduate and masters students. We study genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression. We are based at the SGDP Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.
TEDS: Twins Early Development Study
The Twin Early Development Study (TEDS) is one of the leading large-scale twin studies in the world. Starting in 1994, it has followed twins born in England and Wales throughout their childhood and adolescence and has now continued into early adulthood.
FLARe: Fear Learning and Anxiety Response
FLARe aims to model the processes underlying the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders, and post-treatment relapse.
Project status: Ongoing
Research
The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab
The EDIT lab is led by Prof Thalia Eley and consists of post doctoral researchers, PhD students, and both undergraduate and masters students. We study genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression. We are based at the SGDP Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.
TEDS: Twins Early Development Study
The Twin Early Development Study (TEDS) is one of the leading large-scale twin studies in the world. Starting in 1994, it has followed twins born in England and Wales throughout their childhood and adolescence and has now continued into early adulthood.
FLARe: Fear Learning and Anxiety Response
FLARe aims to model the processes underlying the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders, and post-treatment relapse.
Project status: Ongoing