Personal profile
Research interests
Developmental psychopathology
Behavioural Genetics
Structural equation modelling
Intergenerational transmission
Gene-environment correlation
Gene-environment interaction
Selection bias
Principal Investigator on CoTEDS https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/coteds
Biographical details
Tom is a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. He was previously A Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow (Wellcome Trust and Royal Society funded) and ESRC postdoctoral research fellow.
Tom leads a team of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers at the SGDP Centre who develop and use genetically informative research designs to understand the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems. He works extensively on large family-based databases and is Principal Investigator on the Children of Twins Early Development Study (CoTEDS), the second generation of the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS).
Tom is happy to consider acting as supervisor/mentor to PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers with research interests that overlap with his own, and would be willing to assist during the application process. Please contact him via email if you wish to discuss possibilities
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The role of comorbid childhood mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in the persistence of ADHD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis
You, Y., McAdams, T., Ahmadzadeh, Y. I., Schoeler, T., Marzecki, F. & Zavos, H. M. S., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 67, 2, p. 183-201 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the association between cognitive ability and emotional problems across childhood using a genetically informative design: Could there be a causal relationship?
Han, M., Voronin, I., Malanchini, M. & McAdams, T. A., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 66, 12, p. 1875-1888 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prenatal maternal stress: triangulating evidence for intrauterine exposure effects on birth and early childhood outcomes across multiple approaches
Lund, I. O., Hannigan, L. J., Ask, H., Askelund, A. D., Hegemann, L., Corfield, E. C., Wootton, R. E., Ahmadzadeh, Y. I., Davey Smith, G., McAdams, T. A., Ystrom, E. & Havdahl, A., Dec 2025, In: BMC Medicine. 23, 1, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The nature of the relation between mental well-being and ill-being
Tamnes, C. K., Bekkhus, M., Eilertsen, M., Nes, R. B., Prydz, M. B., Ystrom, E., Aksnes, E. R., Andersen, S. N., Ask, H., Ayorech, Z., Baier, T., Beck, D., Berger, E. J., Bjørndal, L. D., Boer, O. D., Bos, M. G. N., Caspi, A., Cheesman, R., Chegeni, R. & Cortés-García, L. & 43 others, , Dec 2025, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 9, 12, p. 2431-2440 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The role of comorbid childhood mental health conditions in the persistence of ADHD symptoms: Systematic review and Meta-analysis
You, Y., McAdams, T. A., Ahmadzadeh, Y., Schoeler, T., Marzecki, F. & Zavos, H., 14 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women’s mental illness in pregnancy: Exploring contact with specialist mental health services and links with offspring health and education outcomes
Ahmadzadeh, Y. (Primary Investigator), Das-Munshi, J. (Co-Investigator) & McAdams, T. (Co-Investigator)
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
20/10/2024 → 15/04/2027
Project: Research
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health Problems: Identifying Causal Pathways and How to Interrupt Them
McAdams, T. (Primary Investigator) & Ahmadzadeh, Y. (Co-Investigator)
4/01/2021 → 3/01/2027
Project: Research
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TEDS 26: A longitudinal genetic approach to understanding the development and intergenerational transmission of common mental health conditions
Eley, T. (Primary Investigator), Breen, G. (Co-Investigator), Downs, J. (Co-Investigator), Hotopf, M. (Co-Investigator), McAdams, T. (Co-Investigator) & Plomin, R. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/2021 → 30/09/2026
Project: Research
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship for Eleonora Iob.
Danese, A. (Primary Investigator) & McAdams, T. (Co-Investigator)
4/10/2021 → 30/09/2023
Project: Research
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Emerging Minds Network Cross Sector Placement Award
McAdams, T. (Primary Investigator) & Ahmadzadeh, Y. (Co-Investigator)
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
4/01/2021 → 31/05/2021
Project: Research