Overview
My clinical and research interests are primarily in the ecology and psychology of emotional distress and suicide. This allows me to work across disciplines including endocrinology, behavioural ecology, immunology, and evolutionary, social, and clinical psychology. I have published widely across disciplines and received funding from, for example, MRC, Wellcome Trust, Carnegie, and the Richard Benjamin Trust. I established and led the Tayside Suicide Research Network (2016-2018) which was a collaboration of over 100 academics and professionals from across Tayside, with the aim of knowledge sharing and research collaboration to better understand suicide. I led an active research group (Evolution & Behaviour @ Dundee) of undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral researchers (2012-2018). As Psychology Advisor to the Tayside Multiagency Suicide Review Group I advise on best practice for data collection and storage. I have received American Association of Suicidology Training in Psychological Autopsy. I have held the position of Associate Editor for the journal Evolutionary Psychology. I have volunteered for the Perth Six Circle Project, a mental health charity which seeks to reduce social inclusion, and was a listening volunteer for the Dundee Samaritans.
Higher Education
1997 – 2001 BSc (Honours), class 2:1, in Ecology, University of Stirling
2002 – 2003 PGDip in Information Technology, University of Stirling
2003 – 2007 PhD in Psychology, University of St Andrews (Effects of control of resources on sex differentiated mate preferences)
2007 Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society (Qualifying Examination)
2008 Abertay University, PGCert in Teaching in Higher Education
2018-2021. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Glasgow
Experience
2007-2011 Teaching Fellow (2007-2010) and Lecturer (2010-2012), Division of Psychology, Abertay University
2012-2018 Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee
2016-.. Associate Lecturer, Open University
2018-2021 Trainee Clinic Psychologist, University of Glasgow and NHS Highland
2021-2022 Clinical Psychologist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, NHS Highland
2022…. Clinical Psychologist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, NHS Tayside
Teaching
I have taught research methods, evolution and behaviour, and personality and individual differences across undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At the University of Dundee I was deputy director for MSc programmes and programme leader for the MSc in Psychology of Mental Health, a competitive and popular programme which I ran in collaboration with clinical psychologists from NHS Tayside. I have taught a number of modules with the Open University (DE100, SDK100, SDK228). I have supervised widely across undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral levels.
Funding
I have received funding from the Richard Benjamin Trust to carry out research into the causes of emotional distress across Scotland (for which I collaborated with NHS 24 and the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Team), the Medical Research Council, the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society, the British Academy, and the Carnegie Trust. Most recently (2018) I was awarded funding from the Wellcome Trust to carry out a knowledge exchange/public engagement project (Dundee & Me) in which I worked with local primary schools and mental health service users to explore links between our local environment and mood (for a short video on the project, please see https://vimeo.com/286493064).
Administrative and Community Contributions
I have held the position of Associate Editor for the journal Evolutionary Psychology (2015-2017), and am a member of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, the Animal Behaviour Society, the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and the European Human Behavior and Evolution Society. I am a member of the British Psychology Society (BPS, Chartered Membership), the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP, Full Membership), and the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).
Publication List
For access to PDFs and publication statistics, please see my Google Scholar profile.
Selected Refereed Journal Papers:
Moore, F. R., et al. 2022. Impulsivity and aggression in suicidality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. eClinicalMedicine.
Moore, F. R., Allott, C., & O’Connor, R. Under Review. Impulsivity and aggression in suicide. Archives of Suicide Research.
Moore, F. R., Harley, T., & Macleod, M. 2021. Association between psychotropic drug prescription and suicide rates in Scotland: population study. British Journal of Psychiatry Bulletin, 1-3.
Moore, F. R. & Doughty, H. 2021. The effects of blue light on psychological mechanisms associated with suicide. Preprint @ PsyArXiv, https://psyarxiv.com/p8tcn/.
Moore, F. R., et al. 2021. Sex differences in response to marketing of an emotional distress helpline. Preprint @PsyArXiv, https://psyarxiv.com/rtc8x/
Luoto, S., Krama, T., Rubika, A., Borráz-León, J. I., Trakimas, G., Elferts, D., ... & Krams, I. A. (2021). Socioeconomic position, immune function, and its physiological markers. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 127, 105202.
Rubika, A., Luoto, S., Krama, T., Trakimas, G., Rantala, M. J., Moore, F. R., ... & Krams, I. A. (2020). Women’s socioeconomic position in ontogeny is associated with improved immune function and lower stress, but not with height. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-11.
Moore, F. R., Williams, L., & Dunbar, M. (2020). Sociodemographic predictors of attendance at a Scottish pain management programme. British Journal of Pain, 2049463720970579.
Moore, F. R., Macleod, M., Starkey, C., Krams, I., & Roy, T. (2019). Effects of the sex ratio and socioeconomic deprivation on male mortality. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1635929
Krams, I., Luoto, S., Rubika, A., Krama, T., Elferts, D., Krams, R., ... & Rantala, M. J. (2019). A head start for life history development? Family income mediates associations between height and immune response in men. American journal of physical anthropology, 168(3), 421-427.
Hannaford, E., Moore, F., & Macleod, F. J. (2018). What a difference a year makes: comparing relationships between stressful life events, mood and life satisfaction among older adults, and their working-age counterparts. Aging & mental health, 22(12), 1658-1665.
Moore, F. R., Bell, M., Macleod, M., Smith, E., Beaumont, J., Graham, L., & Harley, T. A. (2018). Season, weather, and suicide–Further evidence for ecological complexity. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 30, 110-116.
Moore, F., Taylor, S., Beaumont, J., Gibson, R., & Starkey, C. (2018). The gender suicide paradox under gender role reversal during industrialisation. PloS one, 13(8), e0202487.
Petrie, T., & Moore, F. (2017). Facial Treatment With Botulinum Toxin Improves Attractiveness Rated by Self and Others, and Psychological Wellbeing. Dermatologic Surgery, 43, S322-S328.
Hagerman, S., Woolard, Z., Anderson, K., Tatler, B. W., & Moore, F. R. (2017). Women’s self-rated attraction to male faces does not correspond with physiological arousal. Scientific reports, 7(1), 13564.
Krams, IA, Krama, T, Moore, FR, Rantala, MJ, Mänd, R, Mierauskas, P & Mänd, M 2016, 'Resource availability as a proxy for terminal investment in a beetle' Oecologia, vol 178, no. 2, pp. 339-345., 10.1007/s00442-014-3210-5
Krama, T, Krams, R, Cīrule, D, Moore, FR, Rantala, MJ & Krams, IA 2016, 'Intensity of haemosporidian infection of parids positively correlates with proximity to water bodies, but negatively with host survival' Journal of Ornithology., 10.1007/s10336-015-1206-5
Moore, FR, Shuker, DM & Dougherty, L 2015, 'Stress and sexual signaling: a systematic review and meta-analysis' Behavioral Ecology., 10.1093/beheco/arv195
Moore, F. R., Law Smith, M. J. & Perrett, D. I. 2014. Individual differences in preferences for cues to intelligence in the face. Intelligence, 44, 19-25.
Krams, I., Krama, T., Moore, F., Kivleniece, I. et al. 2014. Male mealwork beetles increase resting metabolic rate under terminal investment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 541-550.
Krams, I, Kecko, S, Kangassalo, K , Moore, FR , Jankevics, E, Inashkina, I, Krama, T, Lietuvietis, V, Meija, L & Rantala, MJ. 2014. Effects of food quality on trade-offs among growth, immunity and survival in the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella ). Insect Science.
Krams, I, Skrinda, I, Kecko, S , Moore, F , Krama, T, Kaasik, A, Meija, L, Lietuvietis, V & Rantala, MJ 2014. Body height affects the strength of immune response in young men, but not young women. Nature Scientific Reports, 4, 6223.
Marcinkowska, U. M., Moore, F. R. & Rantala, M.J. 2013. An experimental test of the Westermarck effect: sex differences in inbreeding avoidance. Behavioural Ecology, 24, 842-845.
Rantala, M. J., Coetzee, V., Moore, F. R., Skrinda, I., Kecko, S., Krama, T., Kivleniece, I. & Krams, I. 2013. Facial attractiveness is related to women’s cortisol and body fat, but not with immune responsiveness. Biology Letters, 9.
Moore, F. R., Coetzee, V., Contreras-Garduño, J., Debruine, L. M., Kleisner, K., Krams, I., Marcinkowska, U., Nord, A., Perrett, D. I., Rantala, M. J., Schaum, N. & Suzuki, T. N. 2013. Cross cultural analysis of women's preferences for cues to sex- and stress- hormones in the male face. Biology Letters,20130050. *
Rantala, M. J., Coetzee, V., Moore, F. R., Krama, T., Kivleniece, I., Skrinda, I., Kecko, S. & Krams, I. 2012. Adiposity, compared to masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 280.
Rantala, M. J., Moore, F. R., Krama, T., Kivleniece, I., Skrinda, I., Kecko, S. & Krams, I. 2012. Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans. Nature Communications. Doi: 10.1038/ncomms1696.
Law Smith, M. J., Deady, D. K., Moore, F., Jones, B. C., Cornwell, R. E., Stirrat, M., Lawson, J. F., Feinberg, D. R. & Perrett, D. I. 2012. Maternal tendencies in women are associated with estrogen levels and facial femininity. Hormones and Behavior, 61, 12-16.
Moore, F. R., Filipou, D. & Perrett, D. I. 2011. Intelligence and attractiveness in the face: Beyond the attractiveness halo effect. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9, 205-217.
Moore, F. R., Al Dujaili, E. A. S., Cornwell, R. E., Law Smith, M. J., Lawson, J. F., Sharp, M. & Perrett, D. I. 2011. Cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the human male face: functions of glucocorticoids in the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior, 60, 269-274.
Moore, F. R., Cornwell, R. E., Law Smith, M. J., Al Dujaili, E., Sharp, M. & Perrett, D. I. 2011. A test of the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 774 – 780.
Moore, F. R., Taylor, V., Law Smith, M. J. & Perrett, D. I. 2011. Sexual dimorphism in the female face is a cue to health and social status but not age. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1068 – 1073. *
Lindsay, W. R., Michie, A. M., Steptoe, L., Moore, F. R. & Haut, F. 2011. Comparing offenders against women and offenders against children on treatment outcome in offenders with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24, 361-369.
Sloan, R. J. S., Robinson, B., Scott-Brown, K., Moore, F. & Cook, M. 2010. Choreographing emotional facial expressions. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 21, 203-213.
Moore, F. R., Cassidy, C., & Perrett, D. I. 2010. The effects of control of resources on magnitudes of sex differences in human mate preferences. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 4.
Moore, F. R. & Cassidy, C. 2010. An experimental manipulation of female perceptions of the status of women: effects on mate preferences. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 227-244.
Moore, F. R., Cassidy, C., Law Smith, M. J. & Perrett, D. I. 2009. Female reproductive strategy predicts preferences for sexual dimorphism in male faces. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 211-224.
Moore, F. R. & Cassidy, C. 2007. Female status predicts female mate preferences across nonindustrial societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Research, 41, 66-74.
Moore, F. R., Cassidy, C., Law Smith, M. J. & Perrett, D. I. 2006. The effects of female control of resources on sex differentiated mate preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27, 193-205. *
Cornwell, R. E., Law Smith, M. J., Boothroyd, L. G., Moore, F. R., Davis, H. P., Stirrat, M., Tiddeman, B. & Perrett, D. I. 2006, Reproductive strategy, sexual development and attraction to facial characteristics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 361, 2143-54.
Feinberg, D. R., Jones, B. C., Law Smith, M. J., Moore, F. R., DeBruine, L. M., Cornwell, R. E., Hillier, S. G. & Perrett, D. I. 2006. Menstrual cycle, trait estrogen level, and masculinity preferences in the human voice. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 215-222.
Law Smith, M. J., Perrett, D. I., Jones, B. C., Cornwell, R. E., Moore, F. R., Feinberg, D. R., Boothroyd, L. G., Durrani, S. J., Stirrat, M. R., Whiten, S., Pitman, R. M. & Hillier, S. G. 2006. Facial appearance is a cue to oestrogen levels in women. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 273, 135-140.
Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Boothroyd, L. G., Debruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R., Law Smith, M. J., Moore, F.R. & Perrett, D. I. 2005. Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high. Hormones and Behavior, 48, 283-290.
Jones, B. C., Perrett, D. I., Little, A. C., Boothroyd, L. G., Debruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R., Law Smith & M. J., Moore, F. R. 2005. Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 272, 347-354.
Feinberg, D. R., Jones, B. C., Debruine, L. M., Moore, F. R., Law Smith & M. J., & Perrett, D. I. 2005. The voice and face of woman: One ornament that signals quality? Evolution and Human Behaviour, 26, 398-408.
Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Boothroyd, L. G., Feinberg, D. R., Cornwell, R. E., Debruine, L. M., Roberts, C. S., Penton-Voak, I. S., Law Smith, M. J., & Moore, F. R., Davis, H. P., & Perrett, D. I. 2005. Women’s physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 451-457.
Book Chapters:
Moore, F. R., Macleod, M., Harley, T. 2016. Environmental Predictors of Emotional Distress in Scotland. Richard Benjamin Trust.
Moore, F. R. 2012. Glucocorticoids in mate choice. In Glucocorticoids (Ed: X Qian). InTech.
Moore, F.R., Starkey, C. and Benjamin, J. (2016) Dominance in humans. In: Shackelford, T.K. and Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer: Cham. ISBN 9783319169996 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1421-1)
Moore, F., Starkey, C. and Benjamin, J. (2016) Dominance and health. In: Shackelford, T.K. and Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer: Cham. ISBN 9783319169996 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6)
Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
2017: Invited talk: Gender roles and suicide. British Science Association.
2016: Invited talk: Gender roles and suicide. University of St Andrews.
2016: Invited talk: Gender roles and suicide. University of Northumbria.
2016: Invited talk: Gender, stress and suicide. University of Stirling.
2015: Reproductive strategies during demographic transition. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual Conference, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2013: Invited talk: A meta-analytic view of stress and sexual signalling. Nordic Evolutionary Psychology Conference, University of Tartu.
Invited talk: Stress and mate choice. UK Semiochemistry Network, University of Oxford.
2011: Invited talk: The role of stress in sexual selection. Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2011: Sexual dimorphism in the female face is cue to health and social status. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Conference, Montpellier, France (poster presentation).
2010: Invited Talk: Facial attractiveness. University of Turku, Finland. Sex- and stress-hormones in the male face. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Conference, University of Oregon, US.