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Research interests
Professor Munafò’s research focuses on understanding pathways into, and the consequences of, health behaviours and mental health, with a particular focus on tobacco and alcohol use. This work incudes: 1) observational and genetic epidemiology, and the use of a range of methods that enable stronger causal inference from observational data, such as negative control and Mendelian randomization methods; 2) the laboratory study of cognitive and neurobiological mechanistic pathways that underpin exposure-outcome relationships; and 3) the development of novel individual- and population-level interventions that target these mechanisms, including choice architecture interventions. This work has informed ongoing policy debates, such as the introduction of standardised (“plain”) packaging for tobacco products. He also has interests in the role of incentive structures in science, and the extent to which these shape the robustness and reproducibility of scientific research.
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Projects
Facing up to Faces: Changing biases in face perception to improve emotional processing in mental health
1/04/12 → 1/04/14
Project: Research
Using Mendelian Randomisation to Establish the Causal Role of Cigarette Smoking in Anxiety and Depression
1/11/12 → 1/11/13
Project: Research
Research Output
Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience
Button, K. S., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Mokrysz, C., Nosek, B. A., Flint, J., Robinson, E. S. J. & Munafò, M. R., May 2013, In : Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 14, p. 365-376 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Increasing recognition of happiness in ambiguous facial expressions reduces anger and aggressive behavior
Penton-Voak, I. S., Thomas, J., Gage, S. H., McMurran, M., McDonald, S. & Munafò, M. R., May 2013, In : Psychological Science. 24, 5, p. 688-97 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Association between genetic variants on chromosome 15q25 locus and objective measures of tobacco exposure
Munafò, M. R., Timofeeva, M. N., Morris, R. W., Prieto-Merino, D., Sattar, N., Brennan, P., Johnstone, E. C., Relton, C., Johnson, P. C. D., Walther, D., Whincup, P. H., Casas, J. P., Uhl, G. R., Vineis, P., Padmanabhan, S., Jefferis, B. J., Amuzu, A., Riboli, E., Upton, M. N., Aveyard, P. & 7 others, , May 2012, In : Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 104, 10, p. 740 - 748 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Datasets
Effect of of gamelike features on cognitive test performance
Munafo, M. R. (Creator), Lumsden, J. (Creator), Lawrence, N. (Contributor), Skinner, A. L. (Contributor) & Woods, A. (Contributor), University of Bristol, 4 Apr 2016
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1hjvqlpbtrk961ua9ml40bauie, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1hjvqlpbtrk961ua9ml40bauie
Dataset
The development and validation of a human screening model of tobacco abstinence
Munafo, M. R. (Creator), Grabski, M. (Creator), Curran, V. (Contributor), Nutt, D. (Contributor), Husbands, S. (Contributor) & Ferguson, S. (Contributor), University of Bristol, 25 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.5523/bris.3e1d6vz6uyn6k2l70f0z1nk25y, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3e1d6vz6uyn6k2l70f0z1nk25y
Dataset
Emotion recognition training using composite faces generalises across identities but not all emotions
Munafo, M. R. (Creator), Dalili, M. N. (Creator), Schofield-Toloza, L. (Contributor) & Penton-Voak, I. S. (Contributor), University of Bristol, 29 Jun 2015
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1uhuxhpgzmqu21gli0vqt7mbpz, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1uhuxhpgzmqu21gli0vqt7mbpz
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Prizes
Activities
- 1 Hosting an academic visitor
Adam Leventhal
Marcus R Munafo (Host)
2011 → …
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Supervised Work
Behavioural outcomes and neuropathology associated with mild traumatic brain injury
Author: Kennedy, E., 19 Mar 2019Supervisor: Munafo, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Investigating causal associations of substance use with mental health and social cognitive performance in adolescence
Author: Fluharty, M., 25 Sep 2018Supervisor: Heron, J. (Supervisor) & Munafo, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Investigating glassware as a choice architecture intervention to reduce alcohol consumption
Author: Troy, D., 16 Jan 2018Supervisor: Attwood, A. (Supervisor), Munafo, M. (Supervisor) & Hickman, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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