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Esther Walton is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, specializing in the interplay between DNA methylation, brain structure, and mental health across the lifespan. Her research focuses on conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, and anorexia nervosa, leveraging large-scale collaborations like the ENIGMA consortium. She employs advanced methodologies including methylome-wide association studies, Mendelian randomization, and longitudinal analyses of international cohorts.
Key projects include the BrainHealth initiative exploring mental ageing pathways and the EarlyCause project investigating early-life stress effects. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to mental health and well-being. Walton has held roles in diverse institutions, including King’s College London and Georgia State University, and leads interdisciplinary teams addressing epigenetic mechanisms in psychiatric disorders.
Notable research themes include brain imaging correlates of mental health, genetic/epigenetic biomarkers, and causal inference approaches. She supervises doctoral students and has published over 112 peer-reviewed articles, with datasets openly available for collaborative research.
