Robert Keers

Born in Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire, UK), Rob Keers grew up in Berkhamsted and Tring (Hertfordshire, UK). He completed a BSc in Genetics and Psychology at the University of Liverpool (2003-2006) whilst also spending several months working as a nursing assistant at the Eric Shepherd Unit in Abbots Langley (2005-2006) where he was involved in the care of men with learning disabilities. He then moved to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London for a MSc and PhD in Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry (2007-2011). After completing his PhD which investigated the effects of genes, environments and their interaction on depression and response to treatment, he took up a research fellow post at Queen Mary University of London looking at the effects of treatment on violent outcomes in psychosis (2010-2012). He was then awarded an MRC population health scientist fellowship for his own three-year project entitled “Translating gene-environment interaction from aetiology to personalised medicine for anxiety and depression” based at King’s College London (2013-2016). In 2016 he joined the Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology at Queen Mary University of London as Lecturer (Assistant Professor).

Robert Keers (October 25, 1984 - July 5, 2020) was a British psychologist conducting innovative research on individual differences in mental health problems with a specific focus on psychiatric genetics.