Publications

Epigenomes. October 06, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes9040039.

A Pilot Epigenome-Wide Study of Posttraumatic Growth: Identifying Novel Candidates for Future Research

Rubens M, Pinto PR, Sathyanarayanan A, Miller O, Mullens AB, Bruenig D, Obst P, Shakespeare-Finch J, Mehta D

Clin Epigenetics. December 12, 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01604-8.

Alterations in DNA methylation associate with reduced migraine and headache days after medication withdrawal treatment in chronic migraine patients: a longitudinal study

Mehta D, de Boer I, Sutherland HG, Pijpers JA, Bron C, Bainomugisa C, Haupt LM, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Griffiths LR, Nyholt DR, Terwindt GM

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023-12. DOI: 10.1007/s10578-022-01365-0.

Towards Preventative Psychiatry: Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Postnatal Maternal-Infant Bonding

Doyle FL, Dickson SJ, Eapen V, Frick PJ, Kimonis ER, Hawes DJ, Moul C, Richmond JL, Mehta D, Dadds MR

J Psychiatr Res. 2023-09. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.07.007.

The association of epigenetic age acceleration and depressive and anxiety symptom severity among children recently exposed to substantiated maltreatment

Zhang ZZ, Moeckel C, Mustafa M, Pham H, Olson AE, Mehta D, Dorn LD, Engeland CG, Shenk CE

Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023-04. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105079.

Childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: A systematic review

Rubens M, Bruenig D, Adams JAM, Suresh SM, Sathyanarayanan A, Haslam D, Shenk CE, Mathews B, Mehta D

Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2023-04. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.01.001.

Multi-omics data integration methods and their applications in psychiatric disorders

Sathyanarayanan A, Mueller TT, Ali Moni M, Schueler K; ECNP TWG Network members; Baune BT, Lio P, Mehta D, Baune BT, Dierssen M, Ebert B, Fabbri C, Fusar-Poli P, Gennarelli M, Harmer C, Howes OD, Janzing JGE, Lio P, Maron E, Mehta D, Minelli A, Nonell L, Pisanu C, Potier MC, Rybakowski F, Serretti A, Squassina A, Stacey D, van Westrhenen R, Xicota L

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023-04. DOI: 10.1007/s10578-021-01258-8.

Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention

Mehta D, Kelly AB, Laurens KR, Haslam D, Williams KE, Walsh K, Baker PRA, Carter HE, Khawaja NG, Zelenko O, Mathews B

Cell Rep. November 22, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111708.

Shared genetic influences between blood analyte levels and risk of severe COVID-19

Tanha HM, Sathyanarayanan A, Mehta D, Nyholt DR

Biol Psychiatry. August 15, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.001.

Linking Infections to Mental Disorders via Genetics

Sathyanarayanan A, Mehta D

Commun Biol. June 16, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03540-4.

Integrative multi-omic analysis identifies genetically influenced DNA methylation biomarkers for breast and prostate cancers

Sathyanarayanan A, Tanha HM, Mehta D, Nyholt DR

J Psychiatr Res. 2022-05. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.026.

Recalibrating the epigenetic clock after exposure to trauma: The role of risk and protective psychosocial factors

Mehta D, Bruenig D, Pierce J, Sathyanarayanan A, Stringfellow R, Miller O, Mullens AB, Shakespeare-Finch J

Infancy. 2022-01. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12444.

Still connecting the dots: An investigation into infants' attentional bias to threat using an eye-tracking task

Sareen S, Doyle FL, Kemp LJ, Northam JC, Morgan BG, Kimonis ER, Richmond JL, Le Pelley ME, Eapen V, Frick PJ, Hawes DJ, Moul C, Mehta D, Dadds MR

PLoS One. September 02, 2021. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248254.

Examining sex differences in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric genetic risk in anxiety and depression

Martin J, Asjadi K, Hubbard L, Kendall K, Pardiñas AF, Jermy B, Lewis CM, Baune BT, Boomsma DI, Hamilton SP, Lucae S, Magnusson PK, Martin NG, McIntosh AM, Mehta D, Mors O, Mullins N, Penninx BWJH, Preisig M, Rietschel M, Jones I, Walters JTR, Rice F, Thapar A, O'Donovan M; Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Transl Psychiatry. March 04, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01270-5.

Genome-wide gene expression changes in postpartum depression point towards an altered immune landscape

Mehta D, Grewen K, Pearson B, Wani S, Wallace L, Henders AK, Binder EB, Frokjaer VG, Meltzer-Brody S, Wray NR, Stuebe AM

Hum Genet. 2021-03. DOI: 10.1007/s00439-020-02223-6.

Genetic analysis of endometriosis and depression identifies shared loci and implicates causal links with gastric mucosa abnormality

Adewuyi EO, Mehta D, Sapkota Y; International Endogene Consortium; 23andMe Research Team; Auta A, Yoshihara K, Nyegaard M, Griffiths LR, Montgomery GW, Chasman DI, Nyholt DR

J Psychiatr Res. 2019-09. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.06.001.

DNA methylation from germline cells in veterans with PTSD

Mehta D, Pelzer ES, Bruenig D, Lawford B, McLeay S, Morris CP, Gibson JN, Young RM, Voisey J; PTSD Initiative

Gene. May 25, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.02.067.

Differential BDNF methylation in combat exposed veterans and the association with exercise

Voisey J, Lawford B, Bruenig D, Harvey W, Morris CP, Young RM, Mehta D; PTSD Initiative

J Neuroimmunol. March 15, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.12.004.

Cumulative influence of parity-related genomic changes in multiple sclerosis

Mehta D, Wani S, Wallace L, Henders AK, Wray NR, McCombe PA

Curr Top Behav Neurosci. January 01, 1970. DOI: 10.1007/7854_2019_105.

GWAS of Behavioral Traits

Mehta D, Czamara D

Psychiatry Res. 2018-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.10.051.

The inflammasome NLRP12 is associated with both depression and coronary artery disease in Vietnam veterans

Akosile W, Voisey J, Lawford B, Colquhounc D, Young RM, Mehta D

Brain Behav Immun. 2018-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.08.014.

Transcriptome analysis reveals novel genes and immune networks dysregulated in veterans with PTSD

Mehta D, Voisey J, Bruenig D, Harvey W, Morris CP, Lawford B, Young RM

Nat Genet. 2018-05. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3.

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Wray NR, Ripke S, Mattheisen M, Trzaskowski M, Byrne EM, Abdellaoui A, Adams MJ, Agerbo E, Air TM, Andlauer TMF, Bacanu SA, Bækvad-Hansen M, Beekman AFT, Bigdeli TB, Binder EB, Blackwood DRH, Bryois J, Buttenschøn HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Cai N, Castelao E, Christensen JH, Clarke TK, Coleman JIR, Colodro-Conde L, Couvy-Duchesne B, Craddock N, Crawford GE, Crowley CA, Dashti HS, Davies G, Deary IJ, Degenhardt F, Derks EM, Direk N, Dolan CV, Dunn EC, Eley TC, Eriksson N, Escott-Price V, Kiadeh FHF, Finucane HK, Forstner AJ, Frank J, Gaspar HA, Gill M, Giusti-Rodríguez P, Goes FS, Gordon SD, Grove J, Hall LS, Hannon E, Hansen CS, Hansen TF, Herms S, Hickie IB, Hoffmann P, Homuth G, Horn C, Hottenga JJ, Hougaard DM, Hu M, Hyde CL, Ising M, Jansen R, Jin F, Jorgenson E, Knowles JA, Kohane IS, Kraft J, Kretzschmar WW, Krogh J, Kutalik Z, Lane JM, Li Y, Li Y, Lind PA, Liu X, Lu L, MacIntyre DJ, MacKinnon DF, Maier RM, Maier W, Marchini J, Mbarek H, McGrath P, McGuffin P, Medland SE, Mehta D, Middeldorp CM, Mihailov E, Milaneschi Y, Milani L, Mill J, Mondimore FM, Montgomery GW, Mostafavi S, Mullins N, Nauck M, Ng B, Nivard MG, Nyholt DR, O'Reilly PF, Oskarsson H, Owen MJ, Painter JN, Pedersen CB, Pedersen MG, Peterson RE, Pettersson E, Peyrot WJ, Pistis G, Posthuma D, Purcell SM, Quiroz JA, Qvist P, Rice JP, Riley BP, Rivera M, Saeed Mirza S, Saxena R, Schoevers R, Schulte EC, Shen L, Shi J, Shyn SI, Sigurdsson E, Sinnamon GBC, Smit JH, Smith DJ, Stefansson H, Steinberg S, Stockmeier CA, Streit F, Strohmaier J, Tansey KE, Teismann H, Teumer A, Thompson W, Thomson PA, Thorgeirsson TE, Tian C, Traylor M, Treutlein J, Trubetskoy V, Uitterlinden AG, Umbricht D, Van der Auwera S, van Hemert AM, Viktorin A, Visscher PM, Wang Y, Webb BT, Weinsheimer SM, Wellmann J, Willemsen G, Witt SH, Wu Y, Xi HS, Yang J, Zhang F; eQTLGen; 23andMe; Arolt V, Baune BT, Berger K, Boomsma DI, Cichon S, Dannlowski U, de Geus ECJ, DePaulo JR, Domenici E, Domschke K, Esko T, Grabe HJ, Hamilton SP, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hinds DA, Kendler KS, Kloiber S, Lewis G, Li QS, Lucae S, Madden PFA, Magnusson PK, Martin NG, McIntosh AM, Metspalu A, Mors O, Mortensen PB, Müller-Myhsok B, Nordentoft M, Nöthen MM, O'Donovan MC, Paciga SA, Pedersen NL, Penninx BWJH, Perlis RH, Porteous DJ, Potash JB, Preisig M, Rietschel M, Schaefer C, Schulze TG, Smoller JW, Stefansson K, Tiemeier H, Uher R, Völzke H, Weissman MM, Werge T, Winslow AR, Lewis CM, Levinson DF, Breen G, Børglum AD, Sullivan PF; Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Psychiatry Res. 2018-02. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.069.

Correlation between interferon γ and interleukin 6 with PTSD and resilience

Bruenig D, Mehta D, Morris CP, Lawford B, Harvey W, McD Young R, Voisey J

NPJ Schizophr. September 04, 2017. DOI: 10.1038/s41537-017-0026-4.

Epigenetic analysis confirms no accelerated brain aging in schizophrenia

Voisey J, Lawford BR, Morris CP, Wockner LF, Noble EP, Young RM, Mehta D

Gene. August 20, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.04.048.

Nitric oxide pathway genes (NOS1AP and NOS1) are involved in PTSD severity, depression, anxiety, stress and resilience

Bruenig D, Morris CP, Mehta D, Harvey W, Lawford B, Young RM, Voisey J

Compr Psychiatry. 2017-04. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.01.015.

Genetic and serum biomarker evidence for a relationship between TNFα and PTSD in Vietnam war combat veterans

Bruenig D, Mehta D, Morris CP, Harvey W, Lawford B, Young RM, Voisey J

Brain Behav Immun. 2017-03. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.12.006.

Clinically proven drug targets differentially expressed in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia patients

Voisey J, Mehta D, McLeay R, Morris CP, Wockner LF, Noble EP, Lawford BR, Young RM

Neuropharmacology. 2014-05. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.01.013.

The role of DNA methylation in stress-related psychiatric disorders

Klengel T, Pape J, Binder EB, Mehta D