Education:
BA Philosophy and Politics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
MSc Methods and Applications of Social Research, University of Wales at Cardiff.
MSc Quantitative Methods in the Behavioural Sciences, London.
Geoff joined the unit in 1995 having previously held posts in the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry and in the South Glamorgan Health Authority. He began his research career working on a survey of children's accidents in Cardiff. From there he went on to work on the Cardiff and Camberwell psychiatric case registers. Whilst at the Institute of Psychiatry he also worked on the Present State Examination (PSE) and was involved in the development of the 10th edition of the PSE - the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). He was for several years a member of the WHO steering committee for SCAN and helped co-ordinate the international field trials.
His current research interests concern the material and psychosocial correlates of health, with a particular interest in the role of income. He spends a significant proportion of his time working on the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study, often with external collaborators.
Geoff is a long-time, and enthusiastic, user of SAS software and is currently the MRC technical representative for the Windows version of SAS.
Publications
Batty GD, Bhaskar A, Emslie C, Benzeval M, Der G, Lewar H, Hunt K. Association of life course socioeconomic disadvantage with problem and heavy drinking: gender differentials in the west of Scotland. International Journal of Public Health 2012;57:119-126.
Batty GD, Hamer M, Der G. Does somatic illness explain the association between common mental disorder and elevated mortality? Fndings from extended follow-up of study members in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey [Epub ahead of print]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2012.
Dykiert D, Der G, Starr JM, Deary IJ. Sex differences in reaction time mean and intra-individual variability across the life span [Epub ahead of print]. Developmental Psychology 2012.
Calvin CM, Deary IJ, Fenton C, Roberts B, Der G, Leckenby N, Batty DG. Intelligence in youth and all-cause-mortality: systematic review with meta-analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology 2011; 40:626-44.
Carroll D, Phillips AC, Der G, Hunt K, Benzeval M. Blood pressure reactions to acute mental stress and future blood pressure status: Data from the 12-year follow-up in the West of Scotland study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2011; 73:737-42.
Phillips AC, Der G, Shipton D, Benzeval M. Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2011;81:332-7.
Phillips C, Hunt K, Der G, Carroll D. Blunted cardiac reactions to acute psychological stress predict symptoms of depression five years later: evidence from a large community study. Psychophysiology 2011; 48:142-8.
Batty GD, Der G, Benzeval M, Deary IJ. Does IQ predict cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as other risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the Twenty-07 prospective cohort study . European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2010; 17:24-7.
Der G, Allerhand M, Starr JM, Hofer SM, Deary IJ. Age related changes in memory and fluid reasoning in a sample of healthy old people. Neuropsychology Development and Cognition B: Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition 2010; 17:55-70.
Dykiert D, Hall D, van Gemeren N, Benson R, Der G, Starr JM, Deary IJ. The effects of high altitude on choice reaction time mean and intra-individual variability: Results of the Edinburgh Altitude Research Expedition of 2008. Neuropsychology 2010; 24:391-401.
Ginty AR, Phillips AC, Der G, Deary IJ, Carroll D. Cognitive ability and simple reaction time predict cardiac reactivity in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Psychophysiology 2011; 48:1022-7.
Harding S, Whitrow MJ, Lenguerrand E, Maynard MJ, Teyhan A, Cruickshank K, Der G. Emergence of ethnic differences in blood pressure in adolescence: The Determinants of Adolescent Social Well-being and Health study. Hypertension 2010; 55:1063-9.
Phillips AC, Der G, Carroll D. Self-reported health, self-reported fitness, and all-cause mortality: Prospective cohort study. British Journal of Health Psychology 2010; 15:337-46.
Sweeting H, West P, Young R, Der G. Can we explain increases in young people's psychological distress over time? Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71:1819-30.
Batty GD, Shipley M, Macintyre S, Der G, Mortensen L, Dundas R, Deary IJ. Does IQ explain the socioeconomic gradient in mortality? Comparison with the explanatory power of classic risk factors in the Vietnam Experience Study. European Heart Journal 2009; 30:1903-9.
Benzeval M, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. Cohort Profile: West of Scotland 20-07 study: health in the community. International Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 38:1215-23. pubmed open access
Deary IJ, Allerhand M, Der G. Smarter in middle age, faster in old age: a cross-lagged panel analysis of reaction time and cognitive ability over 13 years in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Psychology and Aging 2009; 24:40-7.
Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. The association between IQ in adolescence and a range of health outcomes at 40 in the 1979 US National Longitudinal Study of Youth. Intelligence 2009; 37:573-80.
Phillips AC, Der G, Hunt K, Carroll D. Haemodynamic reactions to acute psychological stress and smoking status in a large community sample. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2009; 73:273-8.
Phillips AC, Der G, Mutrie N, Carroll D. Self-reported health and cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress in a large community sample: Cross-sectional and prospective association. Psychophysiology 2009; 46:1020-7.
Phillips AC, Gallagher S, Hunt K, Der G, Carroll D. Symptoms of depression in non-routine caregivers: the role of caregiver strain and burden. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 2009; 48:335-46.
Roberts B, Der G, Deary IJ, Batty GD. Reaction time and established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality: Comparison of effect estimates in the follow-up of a large, UK-wide, general-population based survey. Intelligence 2009; 37:561-6.
Carroll D, Philips A, Der G. Body mass index, abdominal adiposity, obesity, and cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress in a large community sample. Psychosomatic Medicine 2008; 70:653-60. pubmed
Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Results from the PROBIT breastfeeding trial may have been over-interpreted (letter). Archives of General Psychiatry 2008; 65:1456-7.
Ebrahimi-Mameghani M, Scott JA, Der G, Lean MEJ, Burns CM. Changes in weight and waist circumference over 9 years in a Scottish population. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008; 62:1208-14. pubmed
Gallagher S, Phillips AC, Evans P, Der G, Hunt K, Carroll D. Caregiving is associated with low secretion rates of immunoglobulin A in saliva. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 2008; 22:565-72. pubmed
Shipley BA, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Cognition and mortality from the major causes of death: the Health and Lifestyle Survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2008; 65:143-52. pubmed
Der G, Everitt BS. A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS(3rd edition). Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008.
Allen CF, Lees SS, Desmond NA, Der G, Chiduo B, Hambleton I, Knight L, Vallely A, Ross DA, Hayes RJ. Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007; 83:490-6. pubmed
Benzeval M, Green M, Ferrell C, Macdonald L, Wilson R, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community: Wave 5 fieldwork Protocol. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper no. 20, 2007.
Der G. IQ and the health of nations: Some critical comments on Kanazawa (2006). BritishJournal of Health Psychology 2007; 12:315-21 pubmed
Phillips AC, Der G, Carroll D. Stressful life events exposure is associated with 17-year mortality, but it is health-related events that prove predictive [Epub ahead of print]. British Journal of Health Psychology 2007. pubmed
Shipley BA, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Association between mortality and cognitive change over 7 years in a large representative sample of UK residents. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007; 69:640-50. pubmed
Shipley BA, Weiss A, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Neuroticism, extraversion, and mortality in the UK health and lifestyle survey: a 21-year prospective cohort study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007; 69:923-931. pubmed
Sweeting H, West P, Der G. Explanations for female excess morbidity in adolescence: evidence from a school-based cohort in the West of Scotland. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:298. open access pubmed
Carroll D, Phillips AC, Hunt K, Der G. Symptoms of depression and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress: evidence from a population study. Biological Psychology 2007; 75:68-74. pubmed
Deary IJ, Irwing P, Der G, Bates TC. Brother-sister differences in the g factor in intelligence: analysis of full, opposite-sex siblings from the NLSY1979. Intelligence 2007; 35:451-6.
Der G, Everitt BS. Basic Statistics Using SAS Enterprise Guide: A Primer. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc. , 2007.
Sweeting H, Young R, West P, Der G. Peer victimization and depression in early-mid adolescence: A longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Psychology 2006; 76:577-594.
Tunstall H, Benzeval M, Der G. Weights for the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community – notes for users. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Working Paper no. 22, 2006.
Batty GD, Der G, Deary IJ. Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on offspring cognitive ability: Empirical evidence for complete confounding in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Pediatrics 2006; 118:943-950. pubmed
Batty GD, Der G, Macintyre S, Deary IJ. Does IQ explain socio-economic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population-based cohort study in the West of Scotland. British Medical Journal 2006; 332:580-584. pubmedopen access
Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal 2006; 333:945-948. pubmedopen access
Der G, Deary IJ. Age and sex differences in reaction time in adulthood: Results from the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey. Psychology and Aging 2006; 21:62-73. pubmed
Phillips A, Carroll D, Evans P, Bosch J, Clow A, Hucklebridge F, Der G. Stressful life events are associated with low secretion rates of immunoglobulin A in saliva in the middle aged and elderly. Brain Behaviour and Immunity 2006; 20:191-197. pubmed
Phillips A, Carroll D, Hunt K, Der G. The effects of the spontaneous presence of a spouse/partner and others on cardiovascular reactions to an acute psychological challenge. Psychophysiology 2006; 43:633-640. pubmed
Shipley B, Der G, Taylor M, Deary I. Cognition and all-cause mortality across the entire adult age range: Health and lifestyle survey. Psychosomatic Medicine 2006; 68:17-24. pubmed
Berger U, Der G, Mutrie N, Hannah MK. The impact of retirement on patterns of physical activity. Ageing and Society 2005; 25:181-195.
Deary I, Der G, Shenkin S. Does mother's IQ explain the association between birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood? Intelligence 2005; 33:445-454.
Deary I, Der G. Reaction time explains IQ's association with death. Psychological Science 2005; 16:64-69. pubmed
Deary I, Der G. Reaction time, age, and cognitive ability: longitudinal findings from age 16 to 63 years in representative population samples. Ageing, Neuropsychology, and Cognition (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section B) 2005; 12:187-215. pubmed
Deary IJ, Der G. Reaction time parameters, intelligence, ageing and death: The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. In: Duncan J, McLeod P, Phillips L, eds. Measuring the Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Der G, Everitt B. Statistical analysis of medical data using SAS. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall, 2005.
Lees S, Wight D, Allen C, Desmond N, Chiduo B, Vallely A, Der G, Knight L, Hayes R, Ross D. The reliability of coital diaries in collecting sexual behaviour data in a microbicides trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania. HIV/AIDS and STI News 2005; 9:3-4.
Macintyre S, Der G, Norrie J. Are there socioeconomic differences in responses to a commonly used self report measure of chronic illness? International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34:1284-1290. pubmed
Abraham C, Henderson M, Der G. Cognitive impact of a research-based school sex education programme. Psychology & Health 2004; 19:689-703.
Macintyre S, McKay L, Der G, Hiscock R. Socio-economic position and health: What you observe depends on how you measure it. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2004; 25:288-294. pubmed
Der G, Deary I. IQ, reaction time, and the differentiation hypothesis. Intelligence 2003; 31:491-503.
Ecob R, Der G. An iterative method for the detection of outliers in longitudinal growth data using multilevel models. In: Reise S, Duan N, eds. Multilevel Modeling: Methodological Advances, Issues and Applications. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003:229-254.
Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Hiscock R, Kearns A, Der G, McKay L. What features of the home and the area might help to explain observed relationships between housing tenure and health? Evidence from the West of Scotland. Health and Place 2003; 9:207-218. pubmed
West P, Sweeting H, Der G, Barton J, Lucas C. Voice-DISC identified DSM-IV disorders among 15 year olds in the West of Scotland. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2003; 42:941-949. pubmed
Flowers P, Hart G, Williamson L, Frankis J, Der G. Does bar-based, peer-led sexual health promotion have a community-level effect amongst gay men in Scotland? International Journal of STD & AIDS 2002; 13:102-108.
Berger U, Mutrie N, Hannah MK, Der G. A Longitudinal Analysis of the Physical Activity Patterns of Adults within their early 60's. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 11, 2002.
Der G. Structural equation modelling in epidemiology: some problems and prospects (invited commentary). International Journal of Epidemiology, 2002; 31:1199-1200.
Williamson L, Hart G, Flowers P, Frankis J, Der G. The Gay Men's Task Force: the impact of peer education on the sexual health behaviour of homosexual men in Glasgow. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001; 77:427-432.
Deary I, Der G, Ford G. Reaction time and intelligence differences: a population based cohort study. Intelligence 2001; 29:389-399.
Der G, Everitt BS. A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS (2nd edition). Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2001.
Dunbar M, Ford G, Hunt K, Der G. A confirmatory factor analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 2000; 39:79-94. pubmed
Dunbar M, Ford G, Hunt K, Der G. Question wording effects in the assessment of global self-esteem. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2000; 16:13-19.
Evans P, Der G, Ford G, Hucklebridge F, Hunt K, Lambert S. Social class, sex, and age differences in mucosal immunity in a large community sample. Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity 2000; 14:41-48. pubmed
West P, Sweeting H, Der G. The Voice DISC: a method for ascertaining psychiatric diagnoses in young people in the community. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Science Unit, Occasional Paper 4, 2000.
Burnett R, Mallett R, Bhugra D, Hutchinson G, Der G, Leff J. The first contact of patients with schizophrenia with psychiatric services: social factors and pathways to care in a multi-ethnic population. Psychological Medicine 1999; 29:475-483.
Der G, Macintyre S, Ford G, Hunt K, West P. The relationship of household income to a range of health measures in three age cohorts from the West of Scotland. European Journal of Public Health 1999; 9:271-277.
Graham H, Der G. Influences on women's smoking status: the contribution of socioeconomic status in adolescence and adulthood. European Journal of Public Health 1999; 9:137-141.
Graham H, Der G. Patterns and predictors of smoking cessation among British women. Health Promotion International 1999; 14:231-239.
Graham H, Der G. Patterns and predictors of tobacco consumption among women. Health Education Research 1999; 14:611-618. pubmed
Hart G, Flowers P, Der G, Frankis J. Homosexual men's HIV-related sexual risk behaviour in Scotland. Sexually Transmitted Infections 1999; 75:242-246. pubmed
Der G, Glover G, Brugha TS, Wing JK. SCAN-1: Algorithms and CAPSE-1. In: Wing JK, Sartorius N, Ustun TB, eds. Diagnosis and Clinical Measurement in Psychiatry: A Reference Manual for SCAN/PSE-10: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Der G. A comparison of the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study sample and the 1991 census SARs. Glasgow: MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Working Paper 60, 1998.
Macintyre S, Ellaway A, Der G, Ford G, Hunt K. Do housing tenure and car access predict health because they are simply markers of income or self esteem? A Scottish study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 1998; 52:657-664. pubmed
Wing JK, Sartorius N, Der G. International field trials: SCAN-0. In: Wing JK, Sartorius N, Ustun TB, eds. Diagnosis and Clinical Measurement in Psychiatry: A Reference Manual for SCAN/PSE-10. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Bhugra D, Leff J, Mallett R, Der G, Corridan B, Rudge S. Incidence and outcome of schizophrenia in Whites, African-Caribbeans and Asians in London. Psychological Medicine 1997; 27:791-798. pubmed
Bhugra D, Hilwig M, Hossein B, Marceau H, Neehall J, Leff J, Mallett R, Der G. First-contact incidence rates of schizophrenia in Trinidad and one-year follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry 1996; 169:587-592. pubmed
Everitt BS, Der G. A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS. London: Chapman & Hall, 1996.
Van Os J, Castle DJ, Takei N, Der G, Murray RM. Psychotic illness in ethnic minorities: clarification from the 1991 census. Psychological Medicine 1996; 26:203-208. pubmed
Van Os J, Takei N, Castle DJ, Wessely S, Der G, MacDonald AM, Murray RM. The incidence of mania: time trends in relation to gender and ethnicity. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1996; 31:129-136. pubmed
Bebbington P, Der G, MacCarthy B, Wykes T, Brugha T, Sturt E, Potter J. Stress incubation and the onset of affective disorders. British journal of Psychiatry 1993; 162:358-362.
Vazquez-Barquero JL, Diez Manrique JF, Munoz J, Menendez Arango JM, Gaite L, Herrera S. Sex differences in mental illness: a community study of the influence of physical health and sociodemographic factors. Social Psychiatry 1992; 27:62-68.
Bebbington P, Dean C, Der G, Hurry J, Tennant C. Gender, parity and the prevalence of minor affective disorder. British journal of Psychiatry 1991; 158:40-45.
Castle D, Wessely D, Der G, Murray RM. The incidence of operationally defined schizophrenia in Camberwell, 1965-84. British journal of Psychiatry 1991; 159:790-794.
Murray RM, Gupta S, Der G. The incidence of schizophrenia, and of causal in time and place - reply. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 1991; 240:377-378.
Wessely D, Castle D, Der G, Murray RM. Schizophrenia and Afro-Caribbeans. A case-control study. British journal of Psychiatry 1991; 159:795-801.
Der G, Gupta S, Murray RM. Is schizophrenia disappearing? Lancet 1990; 335:513-516.
Murray RM, Gupta S, Der G. Trends in schizophrenia (letter). Lancet, 1990; 335:1214.
Der G. The effects of population changes on long-stay in-patient rates. In: Wing JK, ed. Health Services Planning and Research: Contributions from Psychiatric Case Registers. London: Gaskell, 1989:53-57.
Jennings C, Der G, Robinson S, Rose S, de Alarcon J, Hunter D, Holliday R, Moss N. In-patient statistics from eight psychiatric case registers. In: Wing JK, ed. Health Services Planning and Research: Contributions from Psychiatric Case Registers. London: Gaskell, 1989:53-57.
Kumakura N, Sturt E, Der G, Bebbington P. A reliability study on three classification systems of depression using the Camberwell register in London. Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology 1989; 55:217-226.
Mavreas V, Bebbington P, Der G. The structure and validity of acculturation. Analysis of an acculturation scale. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1989; 24:233-240.
Philpot M, Rottenstein M, Burns A, Der G. Season of birth in Alzheimer's disease. British journal of Psychiatry 1989; 155:662-666.
Brown RG, MacCarthy B, Gotham AM, Der G, Marsden C. Depression and disability in Parkinson's disease: A follow-up of 132 cases. Psychological Medicine 1988; 18:49-55.
Der G, Bebbington P. Depression in inner London. A register study. Social Psychiatry 1987; 22:73-84.
Bebbington P, Hurry J, Tennant C, Der G. Adversity and working class vulnerability to minor affective disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 1986; 11:115-120.
Der G, Wooff K. Effects of population mobility on register data. In: ten Horn GHMM, Giel R, Gulbinat WH, Henderson JH, eds. Psychiatric Case Registers in Public Health: Elsevier, 1986.
Der G. Scaling the Human Genome: the Use of Multidimensional Scaling in Human Gene Mapping. London: University of London, 1986.
Donald J, Sturt E, Der G, McCusker K. Use of Mulitidimensional Scaling in Chromosome Mapping. Genetic Epidemiology 1985; 2:183-226.
Salikangas RKR, Der G, Wing JK. Community psychiatric services in England and Finland. Social Psychiatry 1985; 20:23-29.
Sturt E, Kumakura N, Der G. How depressing life is--life-long morbidity risk for depressive disorder in the general population. Journal of Affective Disorders 1984; 7:109-122.
Der G. Comparing Psychiatric Ratings: An Exploratory Analysis using multidimensional Scaling. Cardiff: University College, 1983.
Kumakura N, Sturt E, Der G, Bebbington P. An epidemiological-study of depression based on DSM-III, catego, hospital diagnosis. Behavior Genetics 1983; 13:541.
