معرفی
Johan Zvrskovec is a Researcher at the Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to mental health and education. He holds a PhD in Statistical Genetics (2025) and master's degrees in Genomics and Molecular Docking.
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (2025): Multivariate genomics of internalising disorders and personality traits, King's College London.
- Master of Science (2020): Genomic Structural Equation Modelling of GWAS for Anxiety Disorders.
- Master of Science (2008): Molecular Docking, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Research Interests: Focuses on psychiatric genetics, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder. Specializes in GWAS, genomic structural equation modelling, and methodological advancements like LDSC++. His work bridges genetic architecture with clinical outcomes, emphasizing mental health disparities and comorbidities.
Publications: Active in high-impact journals like Cell and International Journal of Eating Disorders, with recent studies on depression genetics, eating disorder genomics, and methodological tools for multivariate GWAS analysis.
Awards:
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley BRC PhD Studentship (2019).
Activities: Participates in global conferences (e.g., European Society of Human Genetics, Behavior Genetics Association) and presents keynote lectures on genomic methods. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations across Europe and the UK.
Teams/Labs: Member of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI-UK), contributing to large-scale genomic studies.
