Dr Will Davies

Massive congratulations to our PhD student
Freya Shepherd who passed her PhD viva this afternoon with no corrections! Paper on her excellent work looking at the relationship between #regulatoryTcells, #brain #behaviour and #MentalHealth coming soon! 🍾🎉🎉

Massive congratulations Isadora - well-deserved after all your challenges over the past few years! Hope you managed to celebrate in style

The importance of cardiac screening in X-linked ichthyosis – a plea X-linked ichthyosis (XLI) is a rare dermatological condition with extracutaneous features. Recently, XLI has been associated with an increased risk of card

Our recent letter encouraging dermatologists to screen individuals diagnosed with X-linked ichthyosis for potential heart issues, and to refer to cardiologists where necessary academic.oup.com/ced/advance-...

Last chance to apply for this #PhDposition 👇

Syndromic epidermal differentiation disorders: New classification towards pathogenesis-based therapy A new gene- and protein product function-based classification for syndromic epidermal differentiation disorders (sEDD), formerly called ichthyosis, is pres

Good to see our work on behavioural and cardiac symptoms in X-linked ichthyosis (now renamed STS-sEDD) supporting continued classification of the condition as syndromic: academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-...

Management of congenital ichthyoses: Guidelines of care: Part Two: 2024 Update In 2019, experts published the first European guidelines for managing congenital ichthyoses, with updates planned every five years. Here, we present the up

Great to see our work informing international guidelines of care for management of X-linked ichthyosis: academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-...

A combined animal model and human genetics approach to test the hypothesis that abnormal CCN3 secretion and calcium metabolism influence postpartum mood disorder risk at Cardiff University on FindAPhD... PhD Project - A combined animal model and human genetics approach to test the hypothesis that abnormal CCN3 secretion and calcium metabolism influence postpartum mood disorder risk at Cardiff Universi...

We have a #PhD position in sunny Cardiff available now to study a potential new mechanism underlying #postpartum #mood disorders - work will assess #behaviour and #neuroscience in mice, and #genetic risk factors in relevant clinical populations (deadline 5th May): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

(PDF) Does hypothalamic CCN3 hypersecretion confer postpartum mood disorder risk? PDF | Postpartum mood disorders, of which postpartum psychosis is the most severe, occur shortly after childbirth in a proportion of mothers. These... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

New preprint! A new idea regarding the pathogenesis of postpartum mood disorders: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This case (anatoljcardiol.com/article/AJC-...) illustrates the importance of screening for heart problems in males with X-linked ichthyosis indicated by our recent work: jmg.bmj.com/content/57/1..., jmg.bmj.com/content/60/7..., portlandpress.com/essaysbioche... and link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Identifying pathways to mental health presentations in congenital skin conditions at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Identifying pathways to mental health presentations in congenital skin conditions at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD position now available at Cardiff University School of Psychology examining links between genetic skin conditions and mental health problems:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...