Biography:

Frühling Rijsdijk got her PhD in Behaviour Genetics at the Department of Biological Psychology of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. She worked as a post-doc at the Department of Psychiatry of the Universiteit Groningen, in The Netherlands before moving to London, to the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, where she build her career for 22 years. In her current employment she teaches Statistics and Research Methods and sits on the Research Board of the university. Her main research interests include the Development of Structural Equation Models (SEM) for analyzing genetically sensitive family and twin data, in particular where ascertainment correction for selection is required. Specific topics of interest are latent-class modelling, Gene x Environment interactions and correlations, Growth Curve modelling, and using transgenerational and instrumental variable models to infer causality in non-experimental designs.

Research: 

• • Setting up a Twin register in Suriname for Behavioural Genetic Research. Hospital-Ascertained (via PCS) and population wide.
  • ‘Schaarste’ onderzoek (Psychology, AdeKUS): The impact of poverty on psychological wellbeing.
  • Causal mechanisms behind intergenerational transmission of nutritional choices and their association with metabolic risk indicators”. Role: ex Principle Investigator and now collaborator
  • CANTAB-consortium project. Meta-analyse of (European, multi-centre) twin data over on genetic basis of the relation between Cognitive functions and Psychosis. With Dr Kravariti (IoPPN, King’s College London) & Dr Toulopoulou (Bilkent University, Turkije). My Role: statistician, author & advisor. Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Meta-Analysis of the heritability of Child-victimization. With Prof Andrea Danese (IoPPN, King’s College London). My Role: statistician, author & advisor. Molecular Psychiatry
  • Alexithymia and the genetic relationship between autism and sensory sensitivity. With Prof Geoffrey Bird (Oxford & Birmingham). My Role: statistician, author & advisor. PAPER UNDER REVIEW in Translational Psychiatry

   

  Publications:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Cyq55F4AAAAJ&hl=en&scioq=fruhling+rijsdijkhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fruehling-Rijsdijk

Contact details:

fruhling.rijsdijk@uvs.edu
Tel: +597 8416944
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fr%C3%BChling-rijsdijk-8b0627/
https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/fruhling.rijsdijk.html