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Alex Kwong is a Wellcome Senior Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the Division of Psychiatry, part of the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. He completed his PhD in Advanced Quantitative Methods at the University of Bristol in 2019. His research primarily focuses on the causes and consequences of poorer mental health in young people, utilizing methodologies such as longitudinal data analysis, growth curve models, and structural equation modeling. Alex's work also explores the genetic and environmental risk factors underlying depression, with a significant emphasis on adolescent mental health and the intergenerational transmission of depression. He has been awarded the Wellcome Early Career Award to continue his research from 2024 to 2028, which combines his interests in mental health development and epidemiology. Additionally, he has managed various project grants, including the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, and has contributed to research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. Alex is committed to supervising students interested in the intricate relationship between risk factors and mental health within the general population.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland
Conducting research on mental health, focusing on youth and working with longitudinal data.
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