Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ researchers receive prestigious grant for schizophrenia research
25 November 2016
Dr Elvira Bramon and Dr Johan Hilge Thygesen, both of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Division of Psychiatry, have won the Margaret Temple grant for schizophrenia research.
About 4% of the population are affected by psychotic disorders including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as a result of both environmental and genetic risk factors. Dr Bramon and Dr Thygesen's research will identify carriers of high-risk genetic variants in a sample of families; investigate the effects of these genetic variants on brain structure and function; and explore why some carriers develop schizophrenia, others develop different brain disorders, while many carriers remain well.