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Cathryn Lewis is the Head of the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences at King's College London where she focuses on Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics. With a rigorous background in mathematics and statistics, she has played a key role in genetic studies since her PhD. Lewis co-chairs the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium's Major Depressive Disorder Working group and serves as Co-Deputy Lead of the Trials and Genomics Prediction theme at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. Her research interests revolve around identifying genetic variants that contribute to risks of mental health diseases, such as depression, schizophrenia, and stroke. Lewis emphasizes risk assessment and the accurate measurement of polygenic components of mental health disorders to improve clinical care outcomes. As a leader of a multi-disciplinary research group, she is committed to advancing methodologies that elucidate the genetic underpinnings of psychiatric conditions and aims to enhance the predictive utility of polygenic scores in health-related outcomes. Through her initiatives, she fosters an environment that supports innovative research in the field of mental health and genetics.
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