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Dr Michelle Kamp

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Biography

Dr Michelle Kamp is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Antidepressant Medications: Biology, Exposure & Response (AMBER) project in Professor Cathryn Lewis' team at the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre.

Her academic journey began with undergraduate training in Molecular Cell Biology (BSc) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Here, she also pursued postgraduate degrees in Human Genetics (MSc and PhD).

Dr Kamp's PhD research explored the predictive utility of genetic and non-genetic predictors of cardiovascular diseases and associated traits in populations of African ancestry, specifically within the Africa-Wits INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Research (AWI-Gen) cohort. Currently, Dr Kamp's project investigates the genetics of antidepressant response.

Research interests

  • Complex trait genetics
  • Prediction modelling
  • Polygenic scores
  • Genomic diversity
  • Psychiatric disorders

Expertise and public engagement 

  • Population health
  • Prediction modelling
  • Psychiatric disorders

    Research

    CATHRYN TEAM Statistical Genetics SGDP 3
    The Statistical Genetics Unit

    Led by Professor Cathryn Lewis, it is a cross-school unit, comprising 20 researchers in the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre and in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics. Our aims are to develop and apply statistical methods to identify and characterise the genetic component to common, complex disorders.

    Antidepressant medications, biology, exposure and response (AMBER) logo thumbnail
    AMBER: Antidepressant Medications: Biology, Exposure & Response

    Insights into the ‘active ingredients’ of anti-depressants and infer how these drugs can better be used to treat depression.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    Three quarters of people who have taken antidepressants say they were helpful

    75 per cent of a sample of nearly 20,000 people who have taken selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) report they found them helpful, finds new...

    A woman holding a pill in one hand and a glass of water in the other, preparing to take her medicine.

      Research

      CATHRYN TEAM Statistical Genetics SGDP 3
      The Statistical Genetics Unit

      Led by Professor Cathryn Lewis, it is a cross-school unit, comprising 20 researchers in the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre and in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics. Our aims are to develop and apply statistical methods to identify and characterise the genetic component to common, complex disorders.

      Antidepressant medications, biology, exposure and response (AMBER) logo thumbnail
      AMBER: Antidepressant Medications: Biology, Exposure & Response

      Insights into the ‘active ingredients’ of anti-depressants and infer how these drugs can better be used to treat depression.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      Three quarters of people who have taken antidepressants say they were helpful

      75 per cent of a sample of nearly 20,000 people who have taken selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) report they found them helpful, finds new...

      A woman holding a pill in one hand and a glass of water in the other, preparing to take her medicine.