Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais
Senior Lecturer
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Psychiatric epidemiology, ADHD, Women's mental health, Developmental psychology
Interests
Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais's research investigates the developmental course of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the life span, including how genetic and environmental risk factors are associated with ADHD course, and functional outcomes associated with different ADHD developmental trajectories. Her current research focuses on ADHD among girls and women, and the role of hormonal fluctuations in functioning among women with ADHD.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and Behaviour2024
Trajectories of Childhood Bullying Behaviors and Conduct Problems: Associations With Cognitive Functioning in a Nationally Representative Cohort StudyThériault-Couture F, Agnew-Blais J, Leno VC, Danese A, Ganaesan K, Matthews T, Morneau-Vaillancourt G, Thompson KN, Shakoor S and Arseneault L
Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association (Apa)
22-08-2024
Hidden in plain sight: delayed ADHD diagnosis among girls and women – a commentary on Skoglund et al. (2023)Agnew‐Blais JC
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Wiley vol. 65 (10), 1398-1400.
26-05-2024
Verbal memory performance in adolescents and adults with ADHDPawley AD, Mayer JS, Medda J, Brandt GA, Agnew-Blais JC, Asherson P, Rommel A-S, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Sanchez JP, Bergsma D, Buitelaar JK, Ortega FB, Muntaner-Mas A, Grimm O, Reif A, Freitag CM and Kuntsi J
Neuroscience Applied, Elsevier vol. 3, 103941-103941.
01-01-2024
2023
Do Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms Become Socially Isolated? Longitudinal Within-Person Associations in a Nationally Representative CohortThompson KN, Agnew-Blais JC, Allegrini AG, Bryan BT, Danese A, Odgers CL, Matthews T and Arseneault L
Jaacap Open, Elsevier vol. 1 (1), 12-23.
01-06-2023
A meta-analysis of genetic effects associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and co-occurring conditionsGidziela A, Ahmadzadeh YI, Michelini G, Allegrini AG, Agnew-Blais J, Lau LY, Duret M, Procopio F, Daly E, Ronald A, Rimfeld K and Malanchini M
Nature Human Behaviour, Springer Nature vol. 7 (4), 642-656.
20-02-2023
Taking stock of the present and looking to the future of ADHD research: a commentary on Sonuga-Barke et al. (2023)Agnew-Blais J and Michelini G
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, Wiley vol. 64 (4), 533-536.
26-01-2023
2022
COVID-19 and Perceived Changes to Quality of Life, Anxiety, Depression, and Loneliness in Autistic and Other Neurodivergent U.K. AdultsJ. S, Mason D, Colvert E, Agnew-Blais J and Happé F
Autism in Adulthood, Mary Ann Liebert vol. 4 (3), 233-246.
31-08-2022
Mother’s and children’s ADHD genetic risk, household chaos and children’s ADHD symptoms: A gene-environment correlation studyBlais J, Wertz J, Arseneault L, Belsky D, Danese A, Pingault J-B, Polanczyk G, Sugden K, Williams B and Moffit T
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Wiley
01-06-2022
Decline in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder traits over the life course in the general population: trajectories across five population birth cohorts spanning ages 3 to 45 yearsWootton RE, Riglin L, Blakey R, Agnew-Blais J, Caye A, Cadman T, Havdahl A, Gonçalves H, Menezes AMB, Wehrmeister FC, Rimfeld K, Smith GD, Eley TC, Rohde LA, Arseneault L, Moffitt TE, Stergiakouli E, Thapar A and Tilling K
International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 51 (3), 919-930.
11-04-2022
“Late-onset” ADHD symptoms in young adulthood: Is this ADHD?Riglin L, Wootton RE, Livingston LA, Agnew-Blais J, Arseneault L, Blakey R, Agha SS, Langley K, Collishaw S, O’Donovan MC, Smith GD, Stergiakouli E, Tilling K and Thapar A
Journal of Attention Disorders, Sage Publications vol. 26 (10), 1271-1282.
16-01-2022
2021
Polygenic Risk and the Course of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder From Childhood to Young Adulthood: Findings From a Nationally Representative CohortAgnew-Blais JC, Belsky DW, Caspi A, Danese A, Moffitt TE, Polanczyk GV, Sugden K, Wertz J, Williams BS, Lewis CM and Arseneault L
Journal of The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Elsevier vol. 60 (9), 1147-1156.
10-01-2021
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and BehaviourA life course approach to understanding ADHD among womenJessica Agnew-Blais and Stamatina Iliodromiti
£491,761 MRC Medical Research Council
01-08-2023 - 31-07-2026
PhD Programme: Gambling HarmsJanelle Jones and Jessica Agnew-Blais
£156,538 GambleAware
01-02-2022 - 30-09-2026