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Cathryn Lewis

Cathryn Lewis

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Join date: Aug 19, 2025

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Cathryn Lewis is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics at King’s College London. With over 400 publications, her research focuses on characterising the genetic contributions to human health, particularly in the areas of psychiatry, polygenic scores and pharmacogenetics. She leads the Wellcome-funded AMBER study, which aims to identify the causal mechanisms of antidepressants through genomic, informatic and cellular approaches. She serves as Executive Director of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, where she previously co-chaired the Major Depressive Disorder Working Group

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Oct 29, 2025 ∙ 4 min
Understanding who benefits from antidepressants
Why is the use of antidepressants so controversial, and how could we prescribe them more effectively? This question is a priority in my research at King’s College London, where I work as professor of statistical genetics. My academic background is in statistics, and I am passionate about using genetics to improve the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions.  Together with people with lived experience of depression, my research team integrates clinical and biological data to study...
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