Marcus R Munafo

2025

A feasibility study of a preventative, transdiagnostic intervention for mental health problems in adolescence: building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET)

Lloyd, A., Law, R., Midgley, N., Wu, T., Lucas, L., Atkinson, E., Steinbeis, N., Martin, P., Veenstra, R., Smith, J., Ly, L., Bird, G., Murphy, J., Plans, D., Munafò, M., Penton-Voak, I., Deighton, J., Richards, K., Richards, M. & Fearon, P. & 1 others, Viding, E., 22 Mar 2025, In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 19, 1, 20 p., 29.

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Disentangling the effects of nicotine versus non-nicotine constituents of tobacco smoke on major depressive disorder: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation study

Burke, C. E., Taylor, G. M. J., Freeman, T., Sallis, H. M., Wootton, R. E., Munafo, M. R., Dardani, C. & Khouja, J. N., 11 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.

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Exploring pleiotropy in Mendelian randomisation analyses: What are genetic variants associated with “cigarette smoking initiation” really capturing?

Reed, Z. E., Wootton, R. E., Khouja, J. N., Richardson, T. G., Sanderson, E. C. M., Davey Smith, G. & Munafo, M. R., 1 Feb 2025, In: Genetic Epidemiology. 49, 1, 15 p., e22583.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

intEgrating Smoking Cessation treatment As part of usual Psychological care for dEpression and anxiety (ESCAPE): A randomised and controlled, multi-centre, acceptability and feasibility trial with nested qualitative methods

Taylor, G. M. J., Sawyer, K., Jacobsen, P., Freeman, T. P., Blackwell, A., Daryan, S., Metcalfe, C., Kessler, D., Munafò, M. R. & Aveyard, P., 11 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction. 120, 5, p. 922-936 15 p.

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Integrating smoking cessation treatment as part of usual psychological care for depression and anxiety (ESCAPE): A randomised and controlled, multicentre, acceptability and feasibility trial with nested qualitative methods

Taylor, G., Sawyer, K., Jacobsen, P., Blackwell, A. K. M., Daryan, S., Freeman, T., Metcalfe, C., Kessler, D. S., Munafo, M. R. & Aveyard, P., 11 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction. 120, 5, p. 922-936 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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Investigating causal effects of income on health using two-sample Mendelian randomisation

Igelström, E., Munafo, M. R., Brumpton, B. M., Davies, N. M., Davey Smith, G., Martikainen, P., Campbell, D., Craig, P., Lewsey, J. & Katikireddi , S. V., 10 Feb 2025, In: BMC Global and Public Health. 3, 12 p., 12.

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Investigating whether smoking and alcohol behaviours influence risk of type 2 diabetes using a Mendelian randomisation study

Reed, Z. E., Sallis, H. M., Richmond, R., Attwood, A. S., Lawlor, D. A. & Munafo, M. R., 7 Mar 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 7985.

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Modeling the Potential Health, Health Economic, and Health Inequality Impact of a Large-Scale Rollout of the Drink Less App in England

Colin, A., Melissa, O., Robyn, B., Larisa-Maria, D., Matt, F., Matthew, H., Eileen, K., Gemma, L., Marcus, M., Elena, P., Jamie, B. & Claire, G., 1 Feb 2025, In: Value in Health. 28, 2, p. 215-223 9 p.

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Perceived Harm of Vaping Relative to Smoking and Associations With Subsequent Smoking and Vaping Behaviors Among Young Adults: Evidence From a UK Cohort Study

East, K., Taylor, E., McNeil, A., Bakolis, I., Taylor, A., Maynard, O. M., Munafo, M. R. & Khouja, J. N., 14 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 7 p., ntaf018.

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Research culture influences in health and biomedical research: Rapid scoping review and content analysis

Uttley, L., Falzon, L., Byrne, J. A., Tricco, A. C., Munafò, M. R., Moher, D., Stoeger, T., Matandika, L., Labbé, C. & Naudet., F., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 178, 32 p., 111616.

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Triangulated evidence provides no support for bidirectional causal pathways between diet/physical activity and depression/anxiety

van Hooijdonk, K., Reed, Z. E., van den Broek, N., Singh, M., Sallis, H. M., Gillespie, N. A., Munafo, M. R. & Vink, J. M., 4 Feb 2025, In: Psychological Medicine. 55, 16 p., e4.

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2024

Confirmation of COVID-19 infection status and reporting of Long COVID symptoms in a population-based birth cohort: No evidence of a nocebo effect

Macleod-Hall, C. I., Munafò, M. R. & Dyer, M. L., 1 May 2024, In: Journal of Health Psychology. 29, 6, p. 581-594 14 p.

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Disentangling the effects of nicotine versus non-nicotine constituents of tobacco smoke on major depressive disorder: A multivariable Mendelian randomization study

Burke, C., Taylor, G., Freeman, T. P., Sallis, H., Wootton, R. E., Munafò, M. R., Dardani, C. & Khouja, J., 25 Jun 2024

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Do engagement and behavioural mechanisms underpin the effectiveness of the Drink Less app?

Garnett, C., Dinu, L., Oldham, M., Perski, O., Loebenberg, G., Angus, C., Burton, R., Field, M., Greaves, F., Hickman, M., Kaner, E., Michie, S., Munafo, M. R., Pizzo, E. & Brown, J., 29 Jun 2024, In: npj Digital Medicine. 7, 9 p., 174.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

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Do Flavor Descriptions Influence Subjective Ratings of Flavored and Unflavored E-liquids Among Nonsmoking and Non-vaping UK Adolescents?

Dyer, M. L., Suddell, S. F., Khouja, J. N., Havill, M. A., Blackwell, A. K. M., Maynard, O. M., Munafò, M. R. & Attwood, A. S., 1 Sept 2024, In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 26, 9, p. 1141-1149 9 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Effectiveness of a smartphone app (Drink Less) versus usual digital care for reducing alcohol consumption among increasing-and-higher-risk adult drinkers in the UK: a two-arm, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

Oldham, M., Beard, E., Loebenberg, G., Dinu, L., Angus, C., Burton, R., Field, M., Greaves, F., Hickman, M., Kaner, E., Michie, S., Munafò, M., Pizzo, E., Brown, J. & Garnett, C., 1 Apr 2024, In: EClinicalMedicine. 70, 102534.

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9 Citations (Scopus)

Estimating the health impact of nicotine exposure by dissecting the effects of nicotine versus non-nicotine constituents of tobacco smoke: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation study

Khouja, J. N., Sanderson, E. C. M., Wootton, R. E., Taylor, A. E., Church, B., Richmond, R. & Munafo, M. R., 9 Feb 2024, In: PLoS Genetics. 20, 2, e1011157.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Evaluating the Acceptability of the Drink Less App and the National Health Service Alcohol Advice Web Page: Qualitative Interview Process Evaluation

Oldham, M., Dina, L.-M., Loebenberg, G., Perski, O., Brown, J., Angus, C., Beard, E., Burton, R., Field, M., Greaves, F., Hickman, M., Kaner, E., Michie, S., Munafò, M. R., Pizzo, E. & Garnett, C., 18 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26, 1, 14 p., e42319.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

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Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a smartwatch-based smoking relapse intervention ('StopWatch')

Stone, C. J., Essery, R., Matthews, J., Naughton, F., Munafo, M. R., Attwood, A. S. & Skinner, A. L., 1 Feb 2024, (Submitted) JMIR Preprints.

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Exploring the Bidirectional Causal Pathways Between Smoking Behaviors and Headache: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Lloyd, K., Harrison, S., Sallis, H. M., Davey Smith, G., Munafò, M. R. & Wootton, R. E., 1 Jul 2024, In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 26, 7, p. 903-912 10 p., ntad173.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Exploring the dimensions of responsible research systems and cultures: a scoping review

Field, S., Thompson, J. M., de Rijcke, S., Penders, B. & Munafo, M. R., 17 Jan 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 1, 21 p., 230624.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Exploring the opinions and potential impact of unflavoured e-liquid on smoking cessation among people who smoke and smoking relapse among people who previously smoked and now use e-cigarettes: Findings from a UK-based mixed methods study

Khouja, J. N., Dyer, M., Havill, M., Dockrell, M., Munafo, M. R. & Attwood, A. S., 3 May 2024, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 21, 1, 16 p., 90.

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Implications of the genomic revolution for education research and policy

Morris, T. T., von Hinke, S., Pike, L. A., Ingram, N. R., Davey Smith, G., Munafo, M. R. & Davies, N. M., 5 Jun 2024, In: British Educational Research Journal. 50, 3, p. 923-943 21 p.

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Increasing the Accessibility of Nicotine & Tobacco Research - Introducing Alt Text

Munafò, M., 15 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 26, 9, p. 1119 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial (Academic Journal)

IntEgrating Smoking Cessation treAtment into usual online Psychological care for people with common mEntal illness: Protocol for an online randomised feasibility and pilot study (ESCAPE digital)

Blackwell, A. K. M., Daryan, S., Roy, D., Duffy, D., Hisler, G., Sawyer, K., Ainsworth, B., Richards, D., Hiscock, D., Papadakis, S., Brown, J., Munafò, M. R., Jacobsen, P., Aveyard, P. & Taylor, G., 1 Jun 2024, In: Contemporary Clinical Trials. 141, 9 p., 107541.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

Munafo, M. R., 2024, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024, 5, CD001837.

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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

Munafo, M. R., 21 May 2024, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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Longitudinal characterization of impulsivity phenotypes boosts signal for genomic correlates and heritability

Deng, W. Q., Belisario, K., Munafò, M. R. & MacKillop, J., 24 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Psychiatry.

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Managing the exponential growth of mendelian randomization studies

Munafo, M. R., Brown, J., Hefler, M. & Davey Smith, G., 25 Sept 2024, In: Tobacco Control. 33, 5, p. 559-560 2 p.

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Managing the exponential growth of Mendelian randomization studies

Munafò, M. R., Brown, J., Hefler, M. & Davey Smith, G., 1 Nov 2024, In: Addiction. 119, 11, p. 1861-1863 3 p.

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Managing the Exponential Growth of Mendelian Randomization Studies

Munafò, M., Brown, J., Hefler, M. & Davey Smith, G., 1 Oct 2024, In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 26, 10, p. 1273-1275 3 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Mendelian Randomization analysis of the causal effect of cigarette smoking on hospital costs

Dixon, P. C., Sallis, H. M., Munafo, M. R., Davey Smith, G. & Howe, L. D., 1 Nov 2024, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 26, 11, p. 1521-1529 9 p., ntae089.

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Mental illness and cardiovascular health: observational and polygenic score analyses in a population-based cohort study

Veeneman, R. R., Vermeulen, J. M., Bialas, M., Bhamidipati, A. K., Abdellaoui, A., Munafò, M. R., Denys, D., Bezzina, C. R., Verweij, K. J. H., Tadros, R. & Treur, J. L., 1 Apr 2024, In: Psychological Medicine. 54, 5, p. 931 - 939 9 p.

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6 Citations (Scopus)

MRSamePopTest: introducing a simple falsification test for the two-sample mendelian randomisation 'same population' assumption

Woolf, B., Mason, A., Zagkos, L., Sallis, H., Munafò, M. R. & Gill, D., 17 Jan 2024, In: BMC Research Notes. 17, 1, 6 p., 27.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Presenting and Evaluating a Smartwatch-Based Intervention for Smoking Relapse (StopWatch): Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Stone, C. J., Essery, R. A., Matthews, J., Naughton, F., Munafo, M. R., Attwood, A. S. & Skinner, A. L., 21 Nov 2024, In: JMIR Formative Research. 8, 14 p., e56999.

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The impact of introducing alcohol-free beer options in bars and public houses on alcohol sales and revenue: A randomised crossover field trial

De-Loyde, K., Ferrar, J., Pilling, M. A., Hollands, G. J., Clarke, N., Matthews, J. A., Maynard, O. M., Wood, T., Heath, C., Munafò, M. R. & Attwood, A. S., 20 Mar 2024, In: Addiction. 119, 6, p. 1071-1079 9 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

The potential role of gray matter volume differences in the association between smoking and depression: A narrative review

van de Weijer, M. P., Vermeulen, J., Schrantee, A., Munafò, M. R., Verweij, K. J. H. & Treur, J. L., 1 Jan 2024, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 156, 12 p., 105497.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Trial protocol for the Building Resilience through Socio-Emotional Training (ReSET) programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a new transdiagnostic preventative intervention for adolescents

Viding, E., Lloyd, A., Law, R., Lucas, L., Munafo, M. R., Fearon, P. & al, E., 23 Feb 2024, In: Trials. 25, 1, 21 p., 143.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset

Hughes-Noehrer, L., Aubert Bonn, N., De Maria, M., Evans, T. R., Farran, E. K., Fortunato, L., Henderson, E. L., Jacobs, N., Munafò, M. R., Stewart, S. L. K. & Stewart, A. J., 23 Aug 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, p. 912 912.

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Ultradian hydrocortisone replacement alters neuronal processing, emotional ambiguity, affect and fatigue in adrenal insufficiency: The PULSES trial

Russell, G., Kalafatakis, K., Durant, C., Marchant, N., Thakrar, J., Thirard, R., King, J., Bowles, J., Upton, T., Thai, N. J., Brooks, J. C. W., Wilson, A., Phillips, K., Ferguson, S., Grabski, M., Rogers, C. A., Lampros, T., Wilson, S., Harmer, C. & Munafo, M. & 1 others, Lightman, S. L., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Internal Medicine. 295, 1, p. 51-67 17 p.

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12 Citations (Scopus)

2023

Acceptability of integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine care for people with mental illness: A qualitative study

Sawyer, K., Stein, K. F., Jacobsen, P., Freeman, T. P., Blackwell, A. K. M., Metcalfe, C., Kessler, D., Munafò, M. R., Aveyard, P. & Taylor, G. M. J., 1 Feb 2023, In: Health Expectations. 26, 1, p. 108-118 11 p.

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A Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models in Peer Review

Munafò, M., 6 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.

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Assessing the effectiveness of online emotion recognition training in healthy volunteers

Reed, Z. E., Suddell, S., Eastwood, A., Thomas, L., Dwyer, I., Penton-Voak, I. S., Jarrold, C., Munafo, M. R. & Attwood, A. S., 27 Sept 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 9, 230372.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Association between inflammation and cognition: triangulation of evidence using a population-based cohort and Mendelian randomization analyses

Slaney, C., Sallis, H. M., Jones, H. J., Dardani, C., Inflammation Working Group, C., Tilling, K., Munafò, M. R., Davey Smith, G., Mahedy, L. & Khandaker, G. M., 1 May 2023, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 110, p. 30-42 13 p.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Associations between health behaviours, fertility and reproductive outcomes: triangulation of evidence in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

Wootton, R. E., Lawn, R. B., Magnus, M. C., Treur, J. L., Corfield, E. C., Njølstad, P. R., Andreassen, O. A., Lawlor, D. A., Munafò, M. R., Håberg, S. E., Davey Smith, G., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Magnus, P. & Havdahl, A., 3 Apr 2023, In: BMC Medicine. 21, 1, 17 p., 125.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Bounding the average causal effect in Mendelian randomisation studies with multiple proposed instruments: An application to prenatal alcohol exposure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Diemer, E. W., Havdahl, A., Andreassen, O. A., Munafò, M. R., Njolstad, P. R., Tiemeier, H., Zuccolo, L. & Swanson, S. A., 8 May 2023, In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 37, 4, p. 326-337 12 p., 326-337.

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4 Citations (Scopus)

Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Quasi-Experimental Studies

Baldwin, J. R., Wang, B., Karwatowska, L., Schoeler, T., Tsaligopoulou, A., Munafò, M. R. & Pingault, J.-B., 1 Feb 2023, In: American Journal of Psychiatry. 180, 2, p. 117-126 10 p.

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Cognitive functioning in anxiety and depression: results from the ALSPAC cohort

Suddell, S., Mahedy, L., Skirrow, C., Penton-Voak, I. S., Munafò, M. R. & Wootton, R. E., 9 Aug 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 8, 221161.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Deriving GWAS summary estimates for paternal smoking in UK biobank: a GWAS by subtraction

Woolf, B., Sallis, H. M., Munafò, M. R. & Gill, D., 30 Jul 2023, In: BMC Research Notes. 16, 1, 7 p., 159.

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Do environmental effects indexed by parental genetic variation influence common psychiatric symptoms in childhood?

Jami, E. S., Hammerschlag, A. R., Sallis, H. M., Qiao, Z., Andreassen, O. A., Magnus, P. M., Njølstad, P. R., Havdahl, A., Pingault, J.-B., Evans, D. M., Munafò, M. R., Ystrom, E., Bartels, M. & Middeldorp, C., 18 Mar 2023, In: Translational Psychiatry. 13, 1, 94.

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