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
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.
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...
Research
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.
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...