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Amy E. Packer

King's College LondonORCID 0000-0003-3783-1943Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 2 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:polygenic risk· 1

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintSep 29, 2026

Evaluating Diabetes Drug Targets for Vascular Dementia Prevention Using Drug Target Mendelian Randomisation

Amy E. Packer, Lauren Austin, Dylan M. Williams…·Emma Louise Anderson

This study uses Mendelian randomisation to assess if diabetes drug targets affect vascular dementia risk, finding no strong evidence but a suggestive protective effect for DPP4 inhibition.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.22.26363326

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GeneticsJCPP AdvancesPeer-reviewedDec 1, 2021

The winding roads to adulthood: a twin study

Kaili Rimfeld, Margherita Malanchini, Amy E. Packer…·Robert J. Plomin

This study investigates genetic and environmental influences on 57 psychological traits in emerging adulthood using UK twins, finding significant genetic contributions and their associations with health and educational outcomes.

9 citations

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GeneticsMolecular PsychiatryPeer-reviewedOct 1, 2021

Pathfinder: A gamified measure to integrate general cognitive ability into the biological, medical, and behavioural sciences

Margherita Malanchini, Kaili Rimfeld, Agnieszka Gidziela…·Robert J. Plomin

The paper introduces a gamified cognitive ability measure, Pathfinder, which shows heritability and genetic prediction of general cognitive ability.

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