Dr Nicholas Graham
- Honorary lecturer (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
Nicholas.Graham@glasgow.ac.uk
Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1st Floor, Admin building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
Publications
2022
Aman, A., Slob, E. A.W., Ward, J. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Sattar, N. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279381. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279381) (PMID:36580462) (PMCID:PMC9799310)
Hay, R., Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Aman, A., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Genetic analysis of the PCSK9 locus in psychological, psychiatric, metabolic and cardiovascular traits in UK Biobank. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(12), pp. 1380-1390. (doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01107-9) (PMID:35501368) (PMCID:PMC9712543)
2021
Burt, O., Johnston, K. J.A., Graham, N., Cullen, B. , Lyall, D. M. , Lyall, L. M., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2021) Genetic variation in the ASTN2 locus in cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric traits: evidence for pleiotropy rather than shared biology. Genes, 12(8), 1194. (doi: 10.3390/genes12081194) (PMID:34440368) (PMCID:PMC8391428)
Shaw, R. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. , Mackay, D. , Okolie, C., Pearsall, R., Ward, J. , John, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional support as predictors of suicide and self-harm: a nine-year follow up of the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279, pp. 316-323. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.026) (PMID:33096330)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2021) The overlap of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia and cardiometabolic disease can be used to identify metabolically different groups of individuals. Scientific Reports, 11, 632. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79964-x) (PMID:33436761) (PMCID:PMC7804422)
2020
Morris, J. et al. (2020) Exploring the role of contactins across psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits within UK Biobank. Genes, 11(11), 1326. (doi: 10.3390/genes11111326) (PMID:33182605) (PMCID:PMC7697406)
Ward, J. et al. (2020) The genomic basis of mood instability: identification of 46 loci in 363,705 UK Biobank participants, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and association with gene expression and function. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(11), pp. 3091-3099. (doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0439-8) (PMID:31168069) (PMCID:PMC7116257)
Davis, K. A.S. et al. (2020) Mental health in UK Biobank – development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis. BJPsych Open, 6(2), e18. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.100) (PMID:32026800) (PMCID:PMC7176892)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2020) Carotid intima-media thickness: novel loci, sex-specific effects, and genetic correlations with obesity and glucometabolic traits in UK Biobank. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 40(2), pp. 446-461. (doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313226) (PMID:31801372) (PMCID:PMC6975521)
2019
Ward, J. et al. (2019) Novel genome-wide associations for anhedonia, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and polygenic association with brain structure. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 327. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0635-y) (PMID:31797917) (PMCID:PMC6892870)
Graham, N. A., Ward, J. , Mackay, D. , Pell, J. , Cavanagh, J. , Padmanabhan, S. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Impact of major depression on cardiovascular outcomes for individuals with hypertension: prospective survival analysis in UK Biobank. BMJ Open, 9(9), e024433. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024433) (PMID:31575565) (PMCID:PMC6797415)
Lyall, D. M. et al. (2019) Assessing for interaction between APOE ε4, sex and lifestyle on cognitive abilities. Neurology, 92, e2691-e2698. (doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007551) (PMID:31028125) (PMCID:PMC6556094)
Morris, J. et al. (2019) Genetic variation in CADM2 as a link between psychological traits and obesity. Scientific Reports, 9, 7339. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43861-9) (PMID:31089183) (PMCID:PMC6517397)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. EBioMedicine, 41, pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.005) (PMID:30745170) (PMCID:PMC6442001)
2018
Ward, J. et al. (2018) Polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and neuroticism as predictors of antidepressant response: meta-analysis of three treatment cohorts. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203896. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203896) (PMID:30240446) (PMCID:PMC6150505)
Strawbridge, R. et al. (2018) Genetics of self-reported risk-taking behaviour, trans-ethnic consistency and relevance to brain gene expression. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 178. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0236-1) (PMID:30181555) (PMCID:PMC6123450)
Ferguson, A. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of circadian rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank participants and polygenic association with mood instability. EBioMedicine, 35, pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.004) (PMID:30120083) (PMCID:PMC6154782)
Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(6), pp. 507-514. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30139-1) (PMID:29776774)
Celis-Morales, C. A. et al. (2018) Associations of grip strength with cardiovascular, respiratory, and cancer outcomes and all cause mortality: prospective cohort study of half a million UK Biobank participants. British Medical Journal, 361, k1651. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.k1651) (PMID:29739772) (PMCID:PMC5939721)
Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Seasonality of depressive symptoms in women but not in men: a cross-sectional study in the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, pp. 296-305. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.106) (PMID:29329063)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2018) Genome-wide analysis of self-reported risk-taking behaviour and cross-disorder genetic correlations in the UK Biobank cohort. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 39. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0079-1) (PMID:29391395) (PMCID:PMC5804026)
2017
Ward, J. et al. (2017) Genome-wide analysis in UK Biobank identifies four loci associated with mood instability and genetic correlation with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry, 7, 1264. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0012-7) (PMID:29187730) (PMCID:PMC5802589)
2016
Cullen, B. , Ward, J. , Graham, N. A., Deary, I. J., Pell, J. P. , Smith, D. J. and Evans, J. J. (2016) Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in euthymic adults with bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 205, pp. 165-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.063) (PMID:27449549)
Graham, N. and Smith, D. J. (2016) Comorbidity of depression and anxiety disorders in patients with hypertension. Journal of Hypertension, 34(3), pp. 397-398. (doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000850) (PMID:26818922)
Smith, D.J. et al. (2016) Genome-wide analysis of over 106 000 individuals identifies 9 neuroticism-associated loci. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(6), pp. 749-757. (doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.49) (PMID:27067015)
Articles
Aman, A., Slob, E. A.W., Ward, J. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Sattar, N. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279381. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279381) (PMID:36580462) (PMCID:PMC9799310)
Hay, R., Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Aman, A., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Genetic analysis of the PCSK9 locus in psychological, psychiatric, metabolic and cardiovascular traits in UK Biobank. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(12), pp. 1380-1390. (doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01107-9) (PMID:35501368) (PMCID:PMC9712543)
Burt, O., Johnston, K. J.A., Graham, N., Cullen, B. , Lyall, D. M. , Lyall, L. M., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2021) Genetic variation in the ASTN2 locus in cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric traits: evidence for pleiotropy rather than shared biology. Genes, 12(8), 1194. (doi: 10.3390/genes12081194) (PMID:34440368) (PMCID:PMC8391428)
Shaw, R. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. , Mackay, D. , Okolie, C., Pearsall, R., Ward, J. , John, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional support as predictors of suicide and self-harm: a nine-year follow up of the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279, pp. 316-323. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.026) (PMID:33096330)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2021) The overlap of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia and cardiometabolic disease can be used to identify metabolically different groups of individuals. Scientific Reports, 11, 632. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79964-x) (PMID:33436761) (PMCID:PMC7804422)
Morris, J. et al. (2020) Exploring the role of contactins across psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits within UK Biobank. Genes, 11(11), 1326. (doi: 10.3390/genes11111326) (PMID:33182605) (PMCID:PMC7697406)
Ward, J. et al. (2020) The genomic basis of mood instability: identification of 46 loci in 363,705 UK Biobank participants, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and association with gene expression and function. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(11), pp. 3091-3099. (doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0439-8) (PMID:31168069) (PMCID:PMC7116257)
Davis, K. A.S. et al. (2020) Mental health in UK Biobank – development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis. BJPsych Open, 6(2), e18. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.100) (PMID:32026800) (PMCID:PMC7176892)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2020) Carotid intima-media thickness: novel loci, sex-specific effects, and genetic correlations with obesity and glucometabolic traits in UK Biobank. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 40(2), pp. 446-461. (doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313226) (PMID:31801372) (PMCID:PMC6975521)
Ward, J. et al. (2019) Novel genome-wide associations for anhedonia, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and polygenic association with brain structure. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 327. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0635-y) (PMID:31797917) (PMCID:PMC6892870)
Graham, N. A., Ward, J. , Mackay, D. , Pell, J. , Cavanagh, J. , Padmanabhan, S. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Impact of major depression on cardiovascular outcomes for individuals with hypertension: prospective survival analysis in UK Biobank. BMJ Open, 9(9), e024433. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024433) (PMID:31575565) (PMCID:PMC6797415)
Lyall, D. M. et al. (2019) Assessing for interaction between APOE ε4, sex and lifestyle on cognitive abilities. Neurology, 92, e2691-e2698. (doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007551) (PMID:31028125) (PMCID:PMC6556094)
Morris, J. et al. (2019) Genetic variation in CADM2 as a link between psychological traits and obesity. Scientific Reports, 9, 7339. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43861-9) (PMID:31089183) (PMCID:PMC6517397)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. EBioMedicine, 41, pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.005) (PMID:30745170) (PMCID:PMC6442001)
Ward, J. et al. (2018) Polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and neuroticism as predictors of antidepressant response: meta-analysis of three treatment cohorts. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203896. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203896) (PMID:30240446) (PMCID:PMC6150505)
Strawbridge, R. et al. (2018) Genetics of self-reported risk-taking behaviour, trans-ethnic consistency and relevance to brain gene expression. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 178. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0236-1) (PMID:30181555) (PMCID:PMC6123450)
Ferguson, A. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of circadian rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank participants and polygenic association with mood instability. EBioMedicine, 35, pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.004) (PMID:30120083) (PMCID:PMC6154782)
Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(6), pp. 507-514. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30139-1) (PMID:29776774)
Celis-Morales, C. A. et al. (2018) Associations of grip strength with cardiovascular, respiratory, and cancer outcomes and all cause mortality: prospective cohort study of half a million UK Biobank participants. British Medical Journal, 361, k1651. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.k1651) (PMID:29739772) (PMCID:PMC5939721)
Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Seasonality of depressive symptoms in women but not in men: a cross-sectional study in the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, pp. 296-305. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.106) (PMID:29329063)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2018) Genome-wide analysis of self-reported risk-taking behaviour and cross-disorder genetic correlations in the UK Biobank cohort. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 39. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0079-1) (PMID:29391395) (PMCID:PMC5804026)
Ward, J. et al. (2017) Genome-wide analysis in UK Biobank identifies four loci associated with mood instability and genetic correlation with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry, 7, 1264. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0012-7) (PMID:29187730) (PMCID:PMC5802589)
Cullen, B. , Ward, J. , Graham, N. A., Deary, I. J., Pell, J. P. , Smith, D. J. and Evans, J. J. (2016) Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in euthymic adults with bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 205, pp. 165-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.063) (PMID:27449549)
Graham, N. and Smith, D. J. (2016) Comorbidity of depression and anxiety disorders in patients with hypertension. Journal of Hypertension, 34(3), pp. 397-398. (doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000850) (PMID:26818922)
Smith, D.J. et al. (2016) Genome-wide analysis of over 106 000 individuals identifies 9 neuroticism-associated loci. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(6), pp. 749-757. (doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.49) (PMID:27067015)
Research datasets
2019
Strawbridge, R. , Ward, J., Ferguson, A., Graham, N., Shaw, R. , Cullen, B. , Pearsall, R., Lyall, L., Johnston, K., Niedzwiedz, C. , Pell, J. , Mackay, D. , Martin, J., Lyall, D. , Bailey, M. and Smith, D. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. [Data Collection]
Ferguson, A., Lyall, L., Ward, J., Strawbridge, R. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Niedzwiedz, C. , Johnston, K., Mackay, D. , Biello, S. , Pell, J. , Cavanagh, J., McIntosh, A. M., Doherty, A., Bailey, M. , Lyall, D. , Wyse, C. and Smith, D. (2019) Genome-Wide Association Study of Circadian Rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank Participants and Polygenic Association with Mood Instability. [Data Collection]
Strawbridge, R. , Ward, J., Lyall, L., Tunbridge, E. M., Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Ferguson, A., Johnston, K., Lyall, D. , Mackay, D. , Cavanagh, J., Howard, D. M., Adams, M. J., Deary, I., Escott-Price, V., O’Donovan, M., McIntosh, A. M., Bailey, M. , Pell, J. , Harrison, P. and Smith, D. (2019) Genetics of self-reported risk-taking behaviour, trans-ethnic consistency and relevance to brain gene expression. [Data Collection]
Ward, J., Lyall, L., Bethlehem, R. A. I., Ferguson, A., Strawbridge, R. , Lyall, D. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Johnston, K., Bailey, M. , Murray, G. K. and Smith, D. (2019) Novel genome-wide associations for anhedonia, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and polygenic association with brain structure. [Data Collection]
Ward, J., Tunbridge, E. M., Sandor, C., Lyall, L., Ferguson, A., Strawbridge, R. , Lyall, D. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Johnston, K. J.A., Webber, C., Escott-Price, V., O’Donovan, M., Pell, J. , Bailey, M. , Harrison, P. J. and Smith, D. (2019) The genomic basis of mood instability: identification of 46 loci in 363,705 UK Biobank participants, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and association with gene expression and function. [Data Collection]