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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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Facing up to Faces: Changing biases in face perception to improve emotional processing in mental health
1/04/12 → 1/04/14
Project: Research
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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
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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) › peer-review
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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) › peer-review
113 Citations (Scopus) -
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) › peer-review
135 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Dataset for ‘Views about integrated smoking cessation and IAPT treatment'
Taylor, G. (Contributor), Sawyer, K. (Contributor), Kessler, D. S. (Contributor), Munafo, M. R. (Contributor), Aveyard, P. (Creator) & Heawood (nee Shaw), A. (Contributor), University of Bath, 11 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.15125/bath-00921, https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/921
Dataset
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Tackling smoker misperceptions about e-cigarettes using expert videos
Svenson, M. (Creator), Green, J. (Creator), Maynard, O. (Creator) & Munafo, M. R. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 14 May 2021
DOI: 10.5523/bris.8j9tx4rrrfu822xmuluahaunb, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/8j9tx4rrrfu822xmuluahaunb
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Discrepancy review: A feasibility study of a novel peer review intervention to reduce undisclosed discrepancies between registrations and publications
Thibault, R. (Creator), Hardwicke, T. (Creator), Clark, R. (Creator), Pennington, C. (Creator), Nilsonne, G. (Creator), O'Mahony, A. (Creator), Drax, K. (Creator), Thompson, J. (Creator) & Munafo, M. R. (Creator), University of Bristol, 8 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.5523/bris.3s3693oybr47k20ae2agm1t5d2, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3s3693oybr47k20ae2agm1t5d2
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Prizes
Activities
- 1 Hosting an academic visitor
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Adam Leventhal
Marcus R Munafo (Host)
2011 → …Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor