Genetic analysis of the relationship between parental age and risk of psychiatric disorders [ 2016 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Jacob Gratten (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Peter Visscher

Brief description Age-related de novo mutations are widely assumed to explain the association between advanced paternal age and risk of psychiatric illness, but this mechanism cannot explain the known risk to offspring of teenaged parents. We will investigate an alternative hypothesis for risk to children due to parental age, which is that elevated liability to mental illness, arising from shared genetic factors between parents and offspring, leads to delayed, or conversely teenage, parenthood.

Funding Amount $301,012.00

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant