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Dr. Elizabeth Heron
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Cathal Ormond, Mathieu Cap, Aiden Corvin, Elizabeth A. Heron, Niamh Ryan, Carol Mathews, T26. RARE AND COMMON VARIANT ANALYSIS OF AN OCD PEDIGREE USING WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING DATA, 99, 2025, pp170 - 171, pp170-171 Published Abstract, 2025 DOI

S.M. Feighan, Katie McArdle, Linda Lisanti, Edna Roche, Cathal Ormonde, Elizabeth A. Heron, Clare Kelly, Ciara J. Molloy, Louise Gallagher, Measuring shifts in attentional bias following satiety: A within-subject eye-tracking study in healthy-weight adults, Physiology & Behavior, 299, 2025, p114993 - 114993, p114993-114993 Journal Article, 2025 DOI

Cathal Ormond, Niamh Ryan, Juan M. Peralta, Ravindranath Duggirala, Satish Kumar, Elizabeth A. Heron, Joanne E. Curran, David C. Glahn, John Blangero, Aiden Corvin, 58. A RARE, DELETERIOUS COPY NUMBER VARIANT CO-SEGREGATING WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN A MEXICAN-AMERICAN PEDIGREE, 99, 2025, pp84 - 84, pp84-84 Published Abstract, 2025 DOI

Jacqueline Fitzgerald, Ciara J. Molloy, Thomas Dinneen, Niamh Feerick, Matthew L. O"Sullivan, Richard O"Conaill, Maryam Al-Shehhi, Richard B. Reilly, Sally Ann Lynch, Elizabeth A. Heron, Clare Kelly, Sanbing Shen, Louise Gallagher, Evidence of neurocognitive and resting state functional connectivity differences in carriers of NRXN1 deletions, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 17, (1), 2025, p62 - 62, p62-62 Journal Article, 2025 DOI

Niamh Ryan, Cathal Ormond, Juan M. Peralta, Ravindranath Duggirala, Satish Kumar, Elizabeth A. Heron, Joanne E. Curran, David C. Glahn, John Blangero, Aiden Corvin, M33. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A CNV LINKAGE ANALYSIS OF A MEXICAN AMERICAN PEDIGREE COHORT, 99, 2025, pp125 - 125, pp125-125 Published Abstract, 2025 DOI

Chapter 6 - Genomics of psychiatric disorders in, editor(s)Gregory M. Pastores , Neurogenetics for the Practitioner, 2024, pp79 - 94, [Ryan NM, Ormond C, Brady P, Heron EA , Corvin, A] Book Chapter, 2024

Ormond C, Ryan NM, Hedman A, Cannon T, Sullivan P, Gill M, Hultman CM, Heron EA, Johansson, V, and Corvin, A, Whole genome sequencing study of identical twins discordant for psychosis., Translational Psychiatry, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Bates M, Mullen D, Lee E, Costigan D, Heron EA, Kernan N, Barry-OCrowley J, Martin C, Keegan H, Malone, V, Brooks R, Brooks D, Logan, JM, Martini, C, Selemidis S, McFadden J, ORiain C, Spillane CD, Gallagher MF, McCann A, OToole S, OLeary JJ, P53 and TLR4 expression are prognostic markers informing progression free survival of advanced stage high grade serous ovarian cancer, Pathology - Research and Practice, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Ormond C, Ryan NM, Byerley W, Heron EA, Corvin A, Investigating copy number variants in schizophrenia pedigrees using a new consensus pipeline called PECAN, Scientific Reports, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Cathal Ormond, Niamh Ryan, Michal "áp, William Byerley, Aiden Corvin, Elizabeth A. Heron, BICEP: Bayesian inference for rare genomic variant causality evaluation in pedigrees, Briefings in Bioinformatics, 26, (1), 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Dinneen, T.J. and Ní Ghrálaigh, F. and Ormond, C. and Heron, E.A. and Kirov, G. and Lopez, L.M. and Gallagher, L., Polygenic scores stratify neurodevelopmental copy number variant carrier cognitive outcomes in the UK Biobank, npj Genomic Medicine, 9, (1), 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Cathal Ormond, Niamh Ryan, William Byerley, Elizabeth A. Heron, Aiden Corvin, PROGRESS UPDATE FROM THE PGC PEDIGREE SEQUENCING WORKING GROUP: RESULTS AND NOVEL METHODOLOGIES, 87, 2024, pp33 - 33, pp33-33 Published Abstract, 2024 DOI

Ormond C., Ryan N.M., Heron E.A., Gill M., Byerley W., Corvin A., Ultrarare Missense Variants Implicated in Utah Pedigrees Multiply Affected With Schizophrenia, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 3, (4), 2023, p797 - 802, p797-802 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Ryan N, Heron EA, Evidence for parent-of-origin effects in autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review, Journal of Applied Genetics, 64, 2023, p303 - 317 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Bond L, McTiernan D, Connaughton M, Heron EA, Coogan AN, McGrath J, Sleep problems in children and adolescents in an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder service., Irish journal of psychological medicine, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Murphy G, Naughton A, Durand R, Heron E, McCaughey C, Murphy RT, Pearson I, Long-term Outcomes for Drug-eluting Balloons versus Drug-eluting Stents in the Treatment of Small Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis., Interventional cardiology (London, England), 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Heron EA, Valle G, Bernasconi A, Editorial: Identification of phenotypically important genomic variants, Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2023 Journal Article, 2023

Elaine Burke, Elizabeth Heron, Martina Hennessy, Gender bias in academic medicine: a resume study, BMC Medical Education BMC series - open , 23, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Lombard Kim, Nolan Clodagh & Heron Elizabeth A., Refining the psychometirc properties of the Trinity Student Occupational Performance Profile - A self-report measure of occupational difficulties within the student role, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022, p1 - 10 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Chapter 2 Schizophrenia genomics in, editor(s)Evangelia Eirini Tsermpini, Martin Alda, and George P. Patrinos , Psychiatric Genomics, 2022, [Ryan NM, Ormond C, Brady P, Heron EA, Corvin A] Book Chapter, 2022 DOI

Schizophrenia genomics in, editor(s)Evangelia Eirini Tsermpini Martin Alda George P. Patrinos , Psychiatric Genomics, Elsevier, 2022, pp17 - 41, [yan, Niamh M and Ormond, Cathal and Brady, Philip and Heron, Elizabeth A and Corvin, Aiden] Book Chapter, 2022 DOI

Lombard, Nolan & Heron, A Scoping Review of the Use of Rasch Analysis Methodology to strengthen Self-Report Occupational Therapy Mental Health Measures, Occupational Therapy in Mental Heath, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

McGrath J, Cawley B, McTiernan D, Marques L, Goncerz E, Heron EA, Madden J, Bond L, Quinn C, Mulholland K, Dowling B , Service user satisfaction with care in a specialist service for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Ryan N, Ormond C, Chang YC, Contreras J, Raventos H, Gill M, Heron E, Mathews CA, & Corvin A, Identity-by-descent analysis of a large Tourette's syndrome pedigree from Costa Rica implicates genes involved in neuronal development and signal transduction, Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

O'Toole SA, Huang Y, Norris L, Power Foley M, Shireen R, McDonald S, Kamran W, Ibrahim N, Ward M, Thompson C, Murphy C, D'Arcy T, Farah N, Heron E, O'Leary JJ, Abu Saadeh F, Gleeson N., HE4 and CA125 as preoperative risk stratifiers for lymph node metastasis in endometrioid carcinoma of the endometrium: A retrospective study in a cohort with histological proof of lymph node status., Gynecologic oncology, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Forde E, Leech M, Robert C, Heron E, Marignol L, Influence of Inter-Observer Delineation Variability on Radiomic Features of the Parotid Gland, Physica Medica, (82), 2021, p240 - 248 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Ormond C, Ryan NM, Corvin A, Heron EA., Converting single nucleotide variants between genome builds: from cautionary tale to solution., Briefings in bioinformatics, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Thekiso TB, McLoughlin DM, Hartnett Y, Casey S, Orji A, Heron EA, Rush G, Kennedy N., Outcome of First-admission Depression Treated in a Specialized Mood Disorders Service., Journal of psychiatric practice, 26, (6), 2020, p461-471 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Foley C, Heron EA, Harold D, Walters J, Owen M, O'Donovan M, Sebat J, Kelleher E, Mooney C, Durand A, Pinto C, Cormican P, Morris D, Donohoe G, Gill M, Gallagher L, Corvin A., Identifying schizophrenia patients who carry pathogenic genetic copy number variants using standard clinical assessment: retrospective cohort study., The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 216, (5), 2020, p275-279 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Kelleher E, McNamara P, Dunne J, Fitzmaurice B, Heron EA, Whitty P, Walsh R, Mooney C, Hogan D, Conlon N, Gill M, Vincent A, Doherty CP, Corvin A., Prevalence of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor antibody (NMDAR-Ab) encephalitis in patients with first episode psychosis and treatment resistant schizophrenia on clozapine, a population based study., Schizophrenia research, 222, 2020, p455-461 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Dinka Smajlagi", Siobhan Connolly, Håkon Håkonarson, Irwin D. Waldman, Josephine Elia, Elizabeth A. Heron, Jan Haavik, Stefan Johansson, Tetyana Zayats, GENOME-WIDE EXAMINATION OF PARENT-OF-ORIGIN EFFECTS IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29, 2019, pS888 - S889, pS888-S889 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Elizabeth C. Corfield, Dinka Smajlagi", Siobhan Connoly, Alexandra Havdahl, Martin Tesli, Håkon Håkonarson, Irwin D. Waldman, Josephine Elia, Elizabeth A. Heron, Ted Reichborn"Kjennerud, Jan Haavik, Stefan Johansson, Tetyana Zayats, S1PARENT-OF-ORIGIN AND MATERNAL EFFECTS IN ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, 29, 2019, ppS114 - S114, ppS114-S114 Published Abstract, 2019 DOI

Connolly, S. and Anney, R. and Gallagher, L. and Heron, E.A., Evidence of Assortative Mating in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Biological Psychiatry, 86, (4), 2019, p286-293 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Sullivan, M.O. and Gallagher, L. and Heron, E.A., Gaining Insights into Aggressive Behaviour in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Latent Profile Analysis, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Connolly, S., Anney, R., Gallagher, L., Heron, E.A., A genome-wide investigation into parent-of-origin effects in autism spectrum disorder identifies previously associated genes including SHANK3, European Journal of Human Genetics, 25, (2), 2017, p234-239 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Merikangas, A.K., Segurado, R., Kelleher, E., Hogan, D., Delaney, C., Gill, M., Gallagher, L., Corvin, A.P., and Heron, E.A., Parental age, birth order and neurodevelopmental disorders, 2016 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

Falk, M.G., Alston, C.L., McGrory, C.A., (...), Pettitt, A.N., Mengersen, K.L., Recent Bayesian approaches for spatial analysis of 2-D images with application to environmental modelling, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Kenny EM, Cormican P, Furlong S, Heron E, Kenny G, Fahey C, Kelleher E, Ennis S, Tropea D, Anney R, Corvin AP, Donohoe G, Gallagher L, Gill M, Morris DW, Excess of rare novel loss-of-function variants in synaptic genes in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders., Molecular psychiatry, 19, 2014, p872-879 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Merikangas AK, Segurado R, Cormican P, Heron EA, Anney RJ, Moore S, Kelleher E, Hargreaves A, Anderson-Schmidt H, Gill M, Gallagher L, Corvin A., The phenotypic manifestations of rare CNVs in schizophrenia., Schizophrenia Research, 158, (1-3), 2014, p255 - 260 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Heron, E.A., Cormican, P., Donohoe, G., O'Neill, F.A., Kendler, K.S., Riley, B.P., Gill, M., Corvin, A.P., Morris, D.W., No evidence that runs of homozygosity are associated with schizophrenia in an Irish genome-wide association dataset, Schizophrenia Research, 154, (1-3), 2014, p79-82 Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

Connolly, S and Heron, E.A., Review of statistical methodologies for the detection of parent-of-origin effects in family trio genome-wide association data with binary disease traits., Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2014 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Merikangas AK, Segurado R, Heron EA, Anney RJ, Paterson AD, Cook EH, Pinto D, Scherer SW, Szatmari P, Gill M, Corvin AP, Gallagher L., The phenotypic manifestations of rare genic CNVs in autism spectrum disorder., Molecular Psychiatry, 2014, p1-7 Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

Thekiso, T.B., Heron, E.A., Masood, B., Murphy, M., McLoughlin, D.M., Kennedy, N., Mauling of the "celtic Tiger": Clinical characteristics and outcome of first-episode depression secondary to the economic recession in Ireland, Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, (2), 2013, p455-460 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Jillian P. Casey, Hugh Murphy, Sean Ennis, Sally Ann Lynch, L Bradley, R Mabrouk, Andrew D. Paterson, D. M. McAULEY, Tabib Dabir, Michael E. Dobson, John M. Darlow, Rebecca Darlay, Heather J. Cordell, Andrew Green, P. Puri, David Barton, M McCormack, Elijah Chaila, Deema AL Shawan, Jennifer Conroy, Erin L. Heinzen, David B. Goldstein, N Delanty, Keith W. Caldecott, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, McConnell, D. FitzPatrick, Nida Shah, C Ryan, D. A. Greene, Denis C. Shields, David Courtney, Sarah D. Atkinson, Edwin H. A. Allen, Jeremy P. Moore, Eleonora Maurizi, Graziella Pellegrini, Graeme C. Black, Franco Mason, Yam G, Wendy McLean, C Moore, Gareth J. McKay, David J. Kavanagh, A Maxwell, Kate O"Neill, Christopher Walsh, Richard Anney, Ning Zhang, Gerard W. O"Keeffe, Thomas A. Moore, Alex Magee, F Stewart, Alison Muir, J McOsker, T Jardine, Alison Wilson, Pascal McKeown, L. D. McKay, Stephen M. Scala, Ingrid Winship, Lennox J. Jeffers, Claire M. Thornton, Patrick J. Morrison, Alister C. Ward, J Turner, Michael F. Byrne, A Harrison, Kristina Pentieva, H McNulty, Anne Parle"McDermott, Carrie MacEwen, Makoto Ozaki, N Cattell, Sean Duffy, A McKnight, Adrian Heagerty, Irene M. Leigh, C Pourreyron, Ildikó Szeverényi, Frances J.D. Smith, Elaine Swan, Lillian M. Smyth, John A. Kilner, S. J. Connolly, Elizabeth A. Heron, Ciara Fahey, Susan Byrne, Róisín McLaughlin, Kevin P. Kenna, Declan Bradley, Michael Gill, Orla Hardiman, Aiden Corvin, Derek W. Morris, L Evenepoel, 16th Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics, Friday 6th September 2013. : Postgraduate Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust., Ulster medical journal/~The Ulster medical journal, 82, (3), 2013, p197 - 204, p197-204 Journal Article, 2013

Anney R, Klei L, Pinto D, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Baird G, Bolshakova N, Bölte S, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Brian J, Casey J, Conroy J, Correia C, Corsello C, Crawford EL, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Fombonne E, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Green A, Green J, Guter SJ, Heron EA, Holt R, Howe JL, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Jacob S, Kenny GP, Kim C, Kolevzon A, Kustanovich V, Lajonchere CM, Lamb JA, Law-Smith M, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Liu XQ, Lombard F, Lord C, Lotspeich L, Lund SC, Magalhaes TR, Mantoulan C, McDougle CJ, Melhem NM, Merikangas A, Minshew NJ, Mirza GK, Munson J, Noakes C, Nygren G, Papanikolaou K, Pagnamenta AT, Parrini B, Paton T, Pickles A, Posey DJ, Poustka F, Ragoussis J, Regan R, Roberts W, Roeder K, Roge B, Rutter ML, Schlitt S, Shah N, Sheffield VC, Soorya L, Sousa I, Stoppioni V, Sykes N, Tancredi R, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tryfon A, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Vorstman JA, Wallace S, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Wood S, Zurawiecki D, Zwaigenbaum L, Bailey AJ, Battaglia A, Cantor RM, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Dawson G, Ennis S, Freitag CM, Geschwind DH, Haines JL, Klauck SM, McMahon WM, Maestrini E, Miller J, Monaco AP, Nelson SF, Nurnberger JI, Oliveira G, Parr JR, Pericak-Vance MA, Piven J, Schellenberg GD, Scherer SW, Vicente AM, Wassink TH, Wijsman EM, Betancur C, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH, Gallagher L, Gill M, Hallmayer J, Paterson AD, Sutcliffe JS, Szatmari P, Vieland VJ, Hakonarson H, Devlin B, Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorderspi., Human molecular genetics, 21, (21), 2012, p4781-92 Journal Article, 2012 DOI TARA - Full Text

O'Dushlaine C, Kenny E, Heron E, Donohoe G, Gill M, Morris D, Consortium IS, Corvin A, Molecular pathways involved in neuronal cell adhesion and membrane scaffolding contribute to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder susceptibility., Molecular Psychiatry, 16, (3), 2011, p286-292 Journal Article, 2011 DOI TARA - Full Text

Heron Elizabeth A, O'Dushlane C, Segurado R, Gallagher L, Gill M., Exploration of empirical Bayes hierarchical modeling for the analysis of genome-wide association study data., Oxford Journal Mathematics & Physical Sciences Biostatistics, 12, (3), 2011, p445-461 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Bridges M, Heron E, O'Dushlaine, Segurado R, The International Schizophrenia Consortium (ISC), Morris DW, Corvin A, Gill M, Pinto C. , Genetic Classification of Populations using Supervised Learning., PLos One, 6, (5), 2011, pe14802 Journal Article, 2011 DOI TARA - Full Text

F Stewart, JE Wraith, Karen Tylee, Alan Cooper, Gaetano Rea, Simon McCullough, Susan McNerlan, B. Craig, Patrick J. Morrison, Kevin Meaney, B O"Hici, S. Lynch, David Barton, Lennox J. Jeffers, D Fitzsimons, Eilís McCaughan, Shirley Heggarty, W. H. K. Wright, Peter Hart, Pascal McKeown, Caroline Graham, Elif Da"dan, Derek W. Morris, M Hill, Matthias Rothermundt, F Kästner, Carsten Hohoff, J. Deckert, von Eiff C, Petra Krakowitzky, A. Hargreaves, Edna Rosé, Aiden Corvin, Gary Donohoe, Michael Gill, Patrick O. McKeon, Sulema Rodríguez Roche, E Quinn, Emer Kenny, Paul Cormican, Arthur I. Gates, Nina S. McCarthy, Ciara Vangjeli, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, Kevin V. Shianna, N Delanty, Eoin O"Brien, Brian J. Harvey, Alanna M. Stanton, Elizabeth A. Heron, William P. Gilks, Praveen Surendran, Denis C. Shields, Stefano Minguzzi, Anne M. Molloy, P. N. Kirke, J Mills, John M. Scott, James Troendle, Faith Pangilinan, L. Brody, Anne Parle"McDermott, Adam Carey, A Hegarty, D. S. Betts, Andrew Beckett, Goldwin Smith, M Humphreys, Tabib Dabir, Sally A. McKee, Alex Magee, F Stewatr, McConnell, Daniel J. Simpson, Leonard Harwood, Grenville Clark, S Alexander, Giuliana Silvestri, Charles C. Willoughby, Deirdre Donnelly, Andrew D. Paterson, Janet Patrick, Peter D. Turnpenny, Eleanor Beattie, L Møller, Jason Hughes, Sandya Tirupathi, Bobbi Herron, E. Healy, Patricia Woods, Diane Beattie, Helen Crawford, Janet L. McDaid, J Turner, Geoffrey Clarke, Tim Morris, Andrew Green, J. R. J. Llewellyn Jones, L Bradley, KA Murtagh, 13th Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics, 79, (3), 2010, pp137 - 145, pp137-145 Published Abstract, 2010

Nwachukwu I, Crumlish N, Heron EA, Gill M, The Irish Mental Health Act 2001: Impact on involuntary admissions in a community mental health service in Dublin, The Psychiatrist, 34, 2010, p436-440 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Heron, E.A., Walsh, C., Bayesian Discrete Latent Spatial Modelling of Crack Initiation in Orthopaedic Hip Replacement Bone Cement, Journal of Applied Statistics, 37, (7), 2010, p1153 - 1171 Journal Article, 2010 DOI URL

Pinto, D, Pagnamenta, AT, Klei, L, Anney, R, Merico, D, Regan, R, Conroy, J, Magalhaes, TR, Correia, C, Abrahams, BS, Almeida, J, Bacchelli, E, Bader, GD, Bailey, AJ, Baird, G, Battaglia, A, Berney, T, Bolshakova, N, Bolte, S, Bolton, PF, Bourgeron, T, Brennan, S, Brian, J, Bryson, SE, Carson, AR, Casallo, G, Casey, J, Chung, BHY, Cochrane, L, Corsello, C, Crawford, EL, Crossett, A, Cytrynbaum, C, Dawson, G, de Jonge, M, Delorme, R, Drmic, I, Duketis, E, Duque, F, Estes, A, Farrar, P, Fernandez, BA, Folstein, SE, Fombonne, E, Freitag, CM, Gilbert, J, Gillberg, C, Glessner, JT, Goldberg, J, Green, A, Green, J, Guter, SJ, Hakonarson, H, Heron, EA, Hill, M, Holt, R, Howe, JL, Hughes, G, Hus, V, Igliozzi, R, Kim, C, Klauck, SM, Kolevzon, A, Korvatska, O, Kustanovich, V, Lajonchere, CM, Lamb, JA, Laskawiec, M, Leboyer, M, Le Couteur, A, Leventhal, BL, Lionel, AC, Liu, XQ, Lord, C, Lotspeich, L, Lund, SC, Maestrini, E, Mahoney, W, Mantoulan, C, Marshall, CR, McConachie, H, McDougle, CJ, McGrath, J, McMahon, WM, Merikangas, A, Migita, O, Minshew, NJ, Mirza, GK, Munson, J, Nelson, SF, Noakes, C, Noor, A, Nygren, G, Oliveira, G, Papanikolaou, K, Parr, JR, Parrini, B, Paton, T, Pickles, A, Pilorge, M, Piven, J, Ponting, CP, Posey, DJ, Poustka, A, Poustka, F, Prasad, A, Ragoussis, J, Renshaw, K, Rickaby, J, Roberts, W, Roeder, K, Roge, B, Rutter, ML, Bierut, LJ, Rice, JP, Salt, J, Sansom, K, Sato, D, Segurado, R, Sequeira, AF, Senman, L, Shah, N, Sheffield, VC, Soorya, L, Sousa, I, Stein, O, Sykes, N, Stoppioni, V, Strawbridge, C, Tancredi, R, Tansey, K, Thiruvahindrapduram, B, Thompson, AP, Thomson, S, Tryfon, A, Tsiantis, J, Van Engeland, H, Vincent, JB, Volkmar, F, Wallace, S, Wang, K, Wang, ZZ, Wassink, TH, Webber, C, Weksberg, R, Wing, K, Wittemeyer, K, Wood, S, Wu, J, Yaspan, BL, Zurawiecki, D, Zwaigenbaum, L, Buxbaum, JD, Cantor, RM, Cook, EH, Coon, H, Cuccaro, ML, Devlin, B, Ennis, S, Gallagher, L, Geschwind, DH, Gill, M, Haines, JL, Hallmayer, J, Miller, J, Monaco, AP, Nurnberger, JI, Paterson, AD, Pericak-Vance, MA, Schellenberg, GD, Szatmari, P, Vicente, AM, Vieland, VJ, Wijsman, EM, Scherer, SW, Sutcliffe, JS, Betancur, C, Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders, NATURE, 466, 2010, p368-372 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Anney R, Klei L, Pinto D, Regan R, Conroy J, Magalhaes TR, Correia C, Abrahams BS, Sykes N, Pagnamenta AT, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Bailey AJ, Baird G, Battaglia A, Berney T, Bolshakova N, Bölte S, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Brian J, Carson AR, Casallo G, Casey J, Chu S, Cochrane L, Corsello C, Crawford EL, Crossett A, Dawson G, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Drmic I, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Fombonne E, Freitag CM, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Goldberg J, Green A, Green J, Guter SJ, Hakonarson H, Heron EA, Hill M, Holt R, Howe JL, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Kim C, Klauck SM, Kolevzon A, Korvatska O, Kustanovich V, Lajonchere CM, Lamb JA, Laskawiec M, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Lionel AC, Liu XQ, Lord C, Lotspeich L, Lund SC, Maestrini E, Mahoney W, Mantoulan C, Marshall CR, McConachie H, McDougle CJ, McGrath J, McMahon WM, Melhem NM, Merikangas A, Migita O, Minshew NJ, Mirza GK, Munson J, Nelson SF, Noakes C, Noor A, Nygren G, Oliveira G, Papanikolaou K, Parr JR, Parrini B, Paton T, Pickles A, Piven J, Posey DJ, Poustka A, Poustka F, Prasad A, Ragoussis J, Renshaw K, Rickaby J, Roberts W, Roeder K, Roge B, Rutter ML, Bierut LJ, Rice JP, Salt J, Sansom K, Sato D, Segurado R, Senman L, Shah N, Sheffield VC, Soorya L, Sousa I, Stoppioni V, Strawbridge C, Tancredi R, Tansey K, Thiruvahindrapduram B, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tryfon A, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Wallace S, Wang K, Wang Z, Wassink TH, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Wood S, Yaspan BL, Zurawiecki D, Zwaigenbaum L, Betancur C, Buxbaum JD, Cantor RM, Cook EH, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Gallagher L, Geschwind DH, Gill M, Haines JL, Miller J, Monaco AP, Nurnberger JI, Paterson AD, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Scherer SW, Sutcliffe JS, Szatmari P, Vicente AM, Vieland VJ, Wijsman EM, Devlin B, Ennis S, Hallmayer J, A genomewide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism., Human molecular genetics, 19, (20), 2010, p4072-4082 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text DOI

O'Dushlaine C., Kenny E., Heron E.A., Segurado R., Gill M,, Morris D.W., Corvin A. , The SNP ratio test: pathway analysis of genome-wide association datasets., Bioinformatics, 25, (20), 2009, p2762 - 2763 Journal Article, 2009 DOI TARA - Full Text

Elizabeth A. Heron, Cathal Walsh, A Continuous Latent Spatial Model for Crack Initiation in Bone Cement, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics), 57, (1), 2008, p25 - 42, p25-42 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Tang, S., Heron, E.A., Bayesian inference for a stochastic logistic model with switching points, Ecological Modelling , 219, (1-2), 2008, p153 - 169 Journal Article, 2008

Finkenstädt, B., Heron, E.A., Komorowski, M., Edwards, K., Tang, S., Harper, C.V., Davis, J.R., White, M.R., Millar, A.J., Rand, D.A., Reconstruction of transcriptional dynamics from gene reporter data using differential equations, Bioinformatics, 15, (24), 2008, p2901 - 2907 Journal Article, 2008

Heron, E.A., Finkenstädt, B. and Rand, D.A. , Bayesian inference for dynamic transcriptional regulation; the Hes1 system as a case study, Bioinformatics, 23, (19), 2007, p2596 - 2603 Journal Article, 2007

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

C Ormond, N Ryan, E Heron, A Corvin, The Telomere-to-Telomere genome build reduces the proportion of ClinVar variants with mismatching gene annotation information compared to current genome builds, Eur J Hum Genet, 56th European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, 2024 Poster, 2024

Cathal Ormond, Niamh Ryan, William Byerley, Elizabeth Heron, Aiden Corvin, W87. RARE, PATHOGENIC COPY NUMBER VARIANTS CO-SEGREGATE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN PEDIGREE COHORT, European Neuropsychopharmacology, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), October 10-14, 2023, 2023 Poster, 2023 DOI

Niamh Ryan, Cathal Ormond, Arsalan Arsalan, Elizabeth Heron, Muhammad Ayub, Aiden Corvin, T84. RARE VARIANT ANALYSIS IN A PAIR OF PAKISTANI PEDIGREES WITH A HIGH LOAD OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Abstracts of the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), October 10-14, 202, 2023 Poster, 2023 DOI

C Ormond, N Ryan, W Byerley, A Corvin, E Heron, T16. A Bayesian framework to model pedigree-based causality using next-generation sequencing data, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Abstracts of the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, September 13-17, 63, 2022, ppe176 - e177 Poster, 2022 DOI

C Ormond, NM Ryan, W Byerley, A Corvin, EA Heron, A Bayesian framework to model co-segregation in pedigrees using next-generation sequencing data, HUMAN HEREDITY, 50th European Mathematical Genetics Meeting, Cambridge, April 21-22, 2022, 87, Karger, 2022, pp17 - 17 Oral Presentation, 2022

Niamh M. Ryan Cathal Ormond Kazima Bulaeva Elizabeth A Heron Michael Gill Aiden Corvin, TH75. SEQUENCING STUDY OF A CONSANGUINEOUS PEDIGREE WITH A HIGH LOAD OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021 Poster, 2021 DOI

Cathal Ormond Niamh M. Ryan William Byerley Elizabeth A Heron Michael Gill Aiden Corvin, TU74. A CO-SEGREGATION ANALYSIS OF ULTRA-RARE VARIANTS IN FAMILIES MULTIPLY AFFECTED BY SCHIZOPHRENIA USING WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021 Poster, 2021 DOI

Claire Foley, Eleisa Heron, James Walters, Louise Gallagher, Aiden Corvin, SA105 - IDENTIFICATION OF PHENOTYPIC PREDICTORS OF PATHOGENIC COPY NUMBER VARIANTS IN A PSYCHOSIS POPULATION, European Neuropsychopharmacology, XXVth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, Florida, 13 - 17 October 20, 2020 Poster, 2020

C Ormond, A Corvin, E Heron, A Comparison of Two Software Tools for Disease-Gene Prioritization for Family-Based Sequencing Studies, Human Heredity, 84, Karger, 2020, pp218 - 218 Poster, 2020

Niamh Ryan, Cathal Ormond, Yi-Chieh Chang, Carol A. Mathews, Elizabeth Heron, Michael Gill, Aiden Corvin, M60 GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF A LARGE TOURETTE SYNDROME PEDIGREE, European Neuropsychopharmacology, XXVIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, California, 2019, 2019 Poster, 2019 DOI

Cathal Ormond, Eliabeth Heron, Niamh Ryan, Viktoria Johansson, Anna Hedman, Christina Hultman, Patrick Sullivan, Michael Gill, Aiden Corvin, M16 IDENTICAL BUT NOT THE SAME - WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF MONOZYGOTIC TWINS DISCORDANT FOR PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS, European Neuropsychopharmacology, XXVIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, California, 2019, 2019 Poster, 2019 DOI

Elizabeth Heron, 47th European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM) 2019, 8-9 April 2019, 2019, Dublin, Ireland, Elizabeth Heron, (5), 83, 225"249 Meetings /Conferences Organised, 2019

Ryan, Niamh & Ormond, Cathal & Arsalan, Arsalan & Byerley, William & Ayub, Muhammad & Matthews, Carol & Heron, Elizabeth & Gill, Michael & Corvin, Aiden., S97DETECTION OF RARE INHERITED CNVS ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS FROM FAMILY WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING DATA., European Neuropsychopharmacology., 2019 Poster, 2019 DOI

Elizabeth Corfield, Dinka Smajlagic, Siobhan Connoly, Alexandra Havdahl, Martin Tesli, Hakon Hakonarson, Irwin Waldman, Josephine Elia, Elizabeth Heron, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Jan Haavik, Stefan Johansson, Tetyana Zayats, SU4 - GENOME-WIDE EXAMINATION OF PARENT-OF-ORIGIN EFFECTS IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, European Neuropsychopharmacology, XXVIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, California, 2019, 2019 Poster, 2019

Niamh Ryan, Louise Gallagher, Elizabeth Heron, Investigating Parent-of-Origin Effects in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Next Generation Sequencing Data, European Neuropsychopharmacology, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October 2018, 2018 Poster, 2018 DOI URL

C. Foley , E. Heron , L. Gallagher , A. Corvin, P.1.a.028 - Identification of phenotypic predictors of pathogenic copy number variants in a psychosis population, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 30th ECNP Congress, 2017, 2017 Poster, 2017

S. Connolly, R. Anney, L. Gallagher, E. Heron, Investigation of Assortative Mating in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Human Heredity, 43rd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM) 2015, Brest, France, April 16-17, 2015, edited by Emmanuelle Génin, Karen Rouault , 79, 2015, pp28 - 52 Poster, 2015 URL DOI

Siobhán Connolly, Louise Gallagher, Elizabeth Heron, Investigation of Parent-of-Origin Effects in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, 2014 Poster, 2014

Merikangas, A., Heron, E., Anney, R., Corvin, A. and Gallagher, L., Risk factors and clinical correlates of CNVs associated with autism spectrum disorders: evidence for joint contribution of genetic and environmental risk factors, Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 15th International Congress of ESCAP (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), Dublin, Ireland, July 6-10, 2013, 2013 Poster, 2013

AK Merikangas, EA Heron, R Anney, AP Corvin, L Gallagher, Investigating the association between rare copy number variation and developmental anomalies in autism spectrum disorders, Genetic Epidemiology, Nineteenth annual meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society, 34, (8), 2010, pp929 - 929 Poster, 2010

Research Expertise

Keywords

Bayesian Inference; Bioinformatics; Biostatistical methods; Genetics; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; Statistics

Recognition

Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society 2005 – Present