Dr Georgina Hosang

Dr Georgina Hosang is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary, University of London. Her interdisciplinary research explores the impact of stress (childhood trauma and stressful life events) on the development and course of bipolar disorder and other mental and physical illnesses across the lifespan. She is particularly interested in identifying stress vulnerability factors and mechanisms, publishing work on gene-stress interplay in bipolar disorder and major depression. Recently, she has focused on the developmental pathway from adolescent hypomania to bipolar disorder using twin data.

Dr Hosang’s contributions to mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder, have been recognised with several international awards, including the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award (2019) from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award (2023) from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).

Dr Hosang is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research and academia, serving as co-chair of Queen Mary, University of London’s Race Equality Action Group and the Women’s Initiative at the International Society of Bipolar Disorders. In 2024, she was awarded the EDI Champion award for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at Queen Mary, University of London.