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- Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
- Division of Psychiatry
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
My aim is to understand the patterns of how genetic variants influence complex traits. This involves questions such as how strong is the overall influence of genetics, and do disease subtypes differ in terms of their genetic risk factors? My current focus is to compare the genetic basis of traits across different populations, such as Africans and Europeans, using polygenic methods.
Additionally, I conduct studies to identify variants or genetic elements affecting traits. I was involved in several break-through discovery studies for cancer susceptibility loci. I also work on different aspects of cancer risk prediction.
I collaborate with research groups at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, UCL and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ).
I contribute to teaching for several graduate courses including Mental Health Sciences, Human Disease Genetics, and Drug Design. My teaching is focussed on genetic epidemiology as well as statistics.
2016 – 2017 | Statistical geneticist | Human Genetics | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom |
2015 – 2017 | Ethel Cruickshank Research Fellow | Lucy Cavendish College | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2011 – 2016 | Research Associate | Public Health and Primary Care | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2009 – 2010 | Research Associate | Epidemiology and public Health | UCL, United Kingdom |
2005 – 2009 | Research Assistant/Associate | Statistics and Methods in Psychology | Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Germany |
2014 | Doctor of Philosophy | University of Cambridge | |
2009 | Diplom | Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster | |
2008 | Master of Science | University of Reading | |
2005 | Vordiplom | Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster |