Overview
Background
The objective of my research is to improve understanding of the genetic etiology and biological mechanisms underlying risk of common psychiatric disorders, particularly those with onset during childhood and adolescence. As a Senior Research Fellow at the Child Health Research Centre, I lead a number of domestic and international collaborations that evaluate the association between polygenic risk scores, environmental variables and behaviour during childhood and adolescence. My group applies innovative statistical methods to large longitudinal datasets with information from infancy through to adulthood and to evaluate genetic and environmental contributions to risk to mental health problems. In addition, our research focuses on the potential clinical utility of polygenic risk scores in psychiatry. I have contributed to major advances in understanding of the etiology of a number of psychiatric disorders, with a major focus on depression
PhD and Honours projects are available in the group. Please contact me for more information.
Availability
- Dr Enda Byrne is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Genomic Technologies
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Statistical and Computational methods
Research impacts
My research has contributed to advances in a number of fields through the identification of previously unknown genetic variants that contribute to risk to complex disorders. The identification of these variants opens up new avenues for developing drug targets to target the biological pathways in which they are found.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype
Campos, Adrián I., Ngo, Trung Thanh, Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Hickie, Ian B., Byrne, Enda M., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Genetic risk for chronic pain is associated with lower antidepressant effectiveness: converging evidence for a depression subtype. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (9) 00048674211031491, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/00048674211031491
2021
Journal Article
Examining sex-differentiated genetic effects across neuropsychiatric and behavioral traits
Martin, Joanna, Khramtsova, Ekaterina A., Goleva, Slavina B., Blokland, Gabriëlla A.M., Traglia, Michela, Walters, Raymond K., Hübel, Christopher, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Breen, Gerome, Børglum, Anders D., Demontis, Ditte, Grove, Jakob, Werge, Thomas, Bralten, Janita, Bulik, Cynthia M., Lee, Phil H., Mathews, Carol A., Peterson, Roseann E., Winham, Stacey J., Wray, Naomi, Edenberg, Howard J., Guo, Wei, Yao, Yin, Neale, Benjamin M., Faraone, Stephen V., Petryshen, Tracey L., Weiss, Lauren A., Duncan, Laramie E., Goldstein, Jill M. ... Stahl, Eli (2021). Examining sex-differentiated genetic effects across neuropsychiatric and behavioral traits. Biological Psychiatry, 89 (12), 1127-1137. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.12.024
2021
Journal Article
Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137)
Muto, Vincenzo, Koshmanova, Ekaterina, Ghaemmaghami, Pouya, Jaspar, Mathieu, Meyer, Christelle, Elansary, Mahmoud, Van Egroo, Maxime, Chylinski, Daphne, Berthomier, Christian, Brandewinder, Marie, Mouraux, Charlotte, Schmidt, Christina, Hammad, Gregory, Coppieters, Wouter, Ahariz, Naima, Degueldre, Christian, Luxen, Andre, Salmon, Eric, Phillips, Christophe, Archer, Simon N, Yengo, Loic, Byrne, Enda, Collette, Fabienne, Georges, Michel, Dijk, Derk-Jan, Maquet, Pierre, Visscher, Peter M and Vandewalle, Gilles (2021). Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137). Sleep, 44 (5) zsaa137. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab079
2021
Journal Article
Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression
Thorp, Jackson G., Campos, Adrian I., Grotzinger, Andrew D., Gerring, Zachary F., An, Jiyuan, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Wang, Wei, Shringarpure, Suyash, Byrne, Enda M., MacGregor, Stuart, Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Middeldorp, Christel M. and Derks, Eske M. (2021). Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (10), 1432-1442. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01094-9
2021
Journal Article
Comorbid chronic pain and depression: shared risk factors and differential antidepressant effectiveness
Roughan, William H., Campos, Adrián I., García-Marín, Luis M., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Lupton, Michelle K., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Ngo, Trung Thanh, Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Comorbid chronic pain and depression: shared risk factors and differential antidepressant effectiveness. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 643609, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643609
2021
Journal Article
Can network analysis of self-reported psychopathology shed light on the core phenomenology of bipolar disorders in adolescents and young adults?
Scott, Jan, Crouse, Jacob J., Ho, Nicholas, Carpenter, Joanne, Martin, Nicholas, Medland, Sarah, Parker, Richard, Byrne, Enda, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Mitchell, Brittany, Merikangas, Kathleen, Gillespie, Nathan A. and Hickie, Ian (2021). Can network analysis of self-reported psychopathology shed light on the core phenomenology of bipolar disorders in adolescents and young adults?. Bipolar Disorders, 23 (6), 584-594. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13067
2021
Journal Article
GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression
Wu, Yeda, Murray, Graham K., Byrne, Enda M., Sidorenko, Julia, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1146, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21280-7
2021
Journal Article
Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders
Blokland, Gabriëlla A.M., Grove, Jakob, Chen, Chia-Yen, Cotsapas, Chris, Tobet, Stuart, Handa, Robert, Ripke, Stephan, Neale, Benjamin M., Corvin, Aiden, Walters, James T.R., Farh, Kai-How, Holmans, Peter A., Lee, Phil, Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Collier, David A., Huang, Hailiang, Pers, Tune H., Agartz, Ingrid, Agerbo, Esben, Albus, Margot, Alexander, Madeline, Amin, Farooq, Bacanu, Silviu A., Begemann, Martin, Belliveau, Richard A., Bene, Judit, Bergen, Sarah E., Bevilacqua, Elizabeth, Bigdeli, Tim B. ... iPSYCH (2021). Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 91 (1), 102-117. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.972
2021
Journal Article
Schizophrenia polygenic risk scores in youth mental health: preliminary associations with diagnosis, clinical stage and functioning
Crouse, Jacob J., Carpenter, Joanne S., Iorfino, Frank, Lin, Tian, Ho, Nicholas, Byrne, Enda M., Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Hermens, Daniel F., Scott, Elizabeth M., Wray, Naomi R. and Hickie, Ian B. (2021). Schizophrenia polygenic risk scores in youth mental health: preliminary associations with diagnosis, clinical stage and functioning. BJPsych Open, 7 (2) e58, e58. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.14
2021
Journal Article
A meta-analysis of the relationship between subjective sleep and depressive symptoms in adolescence
O’Callaghan, Victoria S., Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Strike, Lachlan T., McMahon, Katie L., Byrne, Enda M. and Wright, Margaret J. (2021). A meta-analysis of the relationship between subjective sleep and depressive symptoms in adolescence. Sleep Medicine, 79, 134-144. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.011
2020
Other Outputs
Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors
Mullins, Niamh, Kang, Jooeun, Campos, Adrian I, Coleman, Jonathan R I, Edwards, Alexis C, Galfalvy, Hanga, Levey, Daniel F, Lori, Adriana, Shabalin, Andrey, Starnawska, Anna, Su, Mei-Hsin, Watson, Hunna J, Adams, Mark, Awasthi, Swapnil, Gandal, Michael, Hafferty, Jonathan D, Hishimoto, Akitoyo, Kim, Minsoo, Okazaki, Satoshi, Otsuka, Ikuo, Ripke, Stephan, Ware, Erin B, Bergen, Andrew W, Berrettini, Wade H, Bohus, Martin, Brandt, Harry, Chang, Xiao, Chen, Wei J, Chen, Hsi-Chung ... Ruderfer, Douglas M (2020). Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.01.20241281
2020
Journal Article
Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults
Scott, Jan, Byrne, Enda, Medland, Sarah and Hickie, Ian (2020). Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 592-595. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.083
2020
Journal Article
A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank
Shen, Xueyi, Howard, David M., Adams, Mark J., Hill, W. David, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Adams, Mark J., Clarke, Toni-Kim, McIntosh, Andrew M., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard ... McIntosh, Andrew M. (2020). A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2301. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16022-0
2020
Conference Publication
Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression
Thorp, Jackson G., Campos, Adrian I., Grotzinger, Andrew D., Gerring, Zachary, An, Jiyuan, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Wang, Wei, Shringarpure, Suyash, Byrne, Enda M., MacGregor, Stuart, Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Middeldorp, Christel M. and Derks, Eske M. (2020). Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression. 50th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Electr Network, Jun 26, 2020. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
2020
Conference Publication
The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics
Campos, Adrián I., Roughan, William H., García-Marin, Luis M., Cuéllar-Partida, Gabriel, Lupton, Michelle K., Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Ngo, Trung T., Martin, Nicholas G. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2020). The relationship between comorbid chronic pain and poorer self-reported antidepressant efficacy is partly mediated by genetics. Virtual 2020 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Online, 16–22 October 2020.
2020
Journal Article
Refining attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder genetic loci by integrating summary data from genome-wide association, gene expression and DNA methylation studies
Hammerschlag, Anke R., Byrne, Enda M., Bartels, Meike, Wray, Naomi R., Middeldorp, Christel M., eQTLGen Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand, Arindrarto, Wibowo, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Bonder, Marc Jan, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark, Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tõnu, Favé, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Gregory, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kähönen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette ... Agbessi, Mawussé (2020). Refining attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder genetic loci by integrating summary data from genome-wide association, gene expression and DNA methylation studies. Biological Psychiatry, 88 (6), 470-479. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.002
2020
Journal Article
Genetic control of temperament traits across species: association of autism spectrum disorder risk genes with cattle temperament
Costilla, Roy, Kemper, Kathryn E., Byrne, Enda M., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Carvalheiro, Roberto, Purfield, Deirdre C., Doyle, Jennifer L., Berry, Donagh P., Moore, Stephen S., Wray, Naomi R. and Hayes, Ben J. (2020). Genetic control of temperament traits across species: association of autism spectrum disorder risk genes with cattle temperament. Genetics Selection Evolution, 52 (1) 51, 51. doi: 10.1186/s12711-020-00569-z
2020
Journal Article
Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study
Byrne, Enda M., Kirk, Katherine M., Medland, Sarah E., McGrath, John J., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Parker, Richard, Cross, Simone, Sullivan, Lenore, Statham, Dixie J., Levinson, Douglas F., Licinio, Julio, Wray, Naomi R, Hickie, Ian B. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2020). Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study. BMJ Open, 10 (5) e032580, e032580. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032580
2020
Journal Article
Conditional GWAS analysis to identify disorder-specific SNPs for psychiatric disorders
Byrne, Enda M., Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Skene, Nathan G., Bryois, Julien, Pardinas, Antonio F., Stahl, Eli, Bipolar Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Rietschel, Marcella, Smoller, Jordan W., Owen, Michael J., Walters, James T. R., O’Donovan, Michael C., McGrath, John G., Hjerling-Leffler, Jens, Sullivan, Patrick F., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Wray, Naomi R. (2020). Conditional GWAS analysis to identify disorder-specific SNPs for psychiatric disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 26 (6), 2070-2081. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0705-9
2020
Journal Article
Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression
Cai, Na, Revez, Joana A., Adams, Mark J., Andlauer, Till F. M., Breen, Gerome, Byrne, Enda M., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Forstner, Andreas J., Grabe, Hans J., Hamilton, Steven P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lewis, Cathryn M., Lewis, Glyn, Martin, Nicholas G., Milaneschi, Yuri, Mors, Ole, Müller-Myhsok, Bertram, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perlis, Roy H., Pistis, Giorgio, Potash, James B., Preisig, Martin, Shi, Jianxin, Smoller, Jordan W., Streit, Fabien, Tiemeier, Henning, Uher, Rudolf, Van der Auwera, Sandra, Viktorin, Alexander ... Flint, Jonathan (2020). Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression. Nature Genetics, 52 (4), 437-447. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0594-5
Funding
Current funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Dr Enda Byrne is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectories of Youth (Youth-GEMs)
Mental health problems are common in young people, with life-long enduring impacts on individuals, families and societies. More than 63% of mental disorders throughout the life span emerge before 24 years of age, peaking at 14.5-18 years. Adolescence and young adulthood represent a critical period that forecasts the level of mental wellbeing over lifetime and interventions early in life may be critical in preventing later mental illness.
The Child and Youth Mental Health Group is part of an Australian and European Union-funded consortium called Youth-GEMs that seeks to characterise and model trajectories of mental health in youth. In collaboration with researchers from universities in Europe, this project will combine datasets from longitudinal cohort studies from around the world to investigate the interplay between genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risk in influencing mental health across development.
This project will involve advanced data analytics and statistical inference and will involve combining and analysing different types of data including genetic, clinical and environmental data. The ultimate goal is to develop predictive tools that can be used to aid clinical decision-making in youth mental health.
We are seeking a motivated PhD scholar with a background in genetics, biomedical science, psychology, data science, machine learning or a related field to join our team and work closely with collaborators overseas on this project. There is also the possibility to spend time overseas at one of the collaborating labs.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and associated comorbidities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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Doctor Philosophy
Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectories of Youth
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of childhood onset psychiatric symptoms, their persistence and comorbidity with other traits
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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Doctor Philosophy
ELUCIDATING LIFESTYLE AND GENETIC FACTORS UNDERLYING DEPRESSION HETEROGENEITY AND TREATMENT RESPONSE
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-Omic Analyses of a Clinical Trial Cohort of Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae, Professor Naomi Wray
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Genomics of Perinatal Depression
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Embracing Complexity in Psychiatric Genetics: Investigating Heterogeneity and Pleiotropy in Depression and Major Psychiatric Disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sleep and Internalising Symptoms in Adolescence
Associate Advisor
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