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Bronwyn Overs

BPsych (Hons)


Current Appointments

Research Assistant

Key Research Areas

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Bronwyn Overs is a Research Assistant with a background in psychology. She has over nine years of experience in the processing, editing and analysis of brain imaging data. She is skilled in the use of computer programming methods for research purposes, with proficiency in various programming languages, including Bash, R, MATLAB, Python and SQL. Bronwyn is also experienced in the use of advanced statistical methods for observational and epidemiological data analysis, including topological data analysis, linear mixed effects modelling, and mediation modelling. Her primary research interest is in the genetic and neurological processes of mental illness.

Bronwyn joined the Fullerton group in 2014 as part of the 'Bipolar Kids and Sibs' study research team. This project is ongoing and investigates the biological and clinical features that increase the risk of developing bipolar disorder. Since 2018, Bronwyn has worked as the primary data analyst on a large epidemiology study of bipolar disorder titled ‘Genetic contributors, clinical course and pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder’. This project sees the integration of biological and administrative health data for NSW residents participating in The Sax Institute’s “45 and Up” Study. With access to multimodal data, this project explores the genetic mechanisms of bipolar disorder, the impact of other physical and mental illnesses that are more common in people with bipolar disorder, and the genetic features associated with a positive response to bipolar medications.


Publications

2022, 03 Aug

Epigenetic signatures relating to disease-associated genotypic burden in familial risk of bipolar disorder

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02079-6

2021 Dec

Cover Image, Volume 186B, Number 8, December 2021

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32803

2021 Dec

Effects of polygenic risk for suicide attempt and risky behavior on brain structure in young people with familial risk of bipolar disorder

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32879

2021, 14 Sep

Effects of polygenic risk for suicide attempt and risky behavior on brain structure in young people with familial risk of bipolar disorder

View full other on https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.06.21262817

2021

Association between body mass index and subcortical brain volumes in bipolar disorders–ENIGMA study in 2735 individuals

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2021

Cortical mediation of relationships between dopamine receptor D2 and cognition is absent in youth at risk of bipolar disorder

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2021

Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

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2020

Accelerated cortical thinning and volume reduction over time in young people at high genetic risk for bipolar disorder

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2020

Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

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2020

De Novo Gene Variants and Familial Bipolar Disorder

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