Professor David Evans
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David Evans

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Background

David Evans is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Statistical Genetics at the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular Bioscience. He is a winner of the NHMRC Marshall and Warren Award.

He completed his PhD in Statistical Genetics at the University of Queensland in 2003, before undertaking a four-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford where he worked as part of the The International HapMap Consortium and co-led the analysis of four diseases within the first Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium. In 2007 he moved to take up a Senior Lecturer position at the University of Bristol where he led much of the genome-wide association studies work in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). In 2013 he returned to take up a chair at the University of Queensland whilst continuing to lead an MRC Programme in statistical genetics at the University of Bristol.

His research interests include the genetic mapping of complex traits and diseases (including birthweight and other perinatal traits, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, sepsis, laterality) and the development of statistical methodologies in genetic epidemiology including approaches for gene mapping, individual risk prediction, causal modelling and dissecting the genetic architecture of complex traits. He has a particular interest in Mendelian randomization and has used it and other causal methods to investigate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)- the idea that adverse intrauterine exposures lead to increased risk of disease in later life.

He is Academic Codirector at the NIH funded International Workshop on Statistical Genetics Methods and is faculty on the European Programme in Educational Epidemiology.

He is Associate Editor at the International Journal of Epidemiology and Behavior Genetics journals.

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Fields of research

Biological Sciences Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Epidemiology Gene mapping Genetics Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Mendelian randomization

  • Genome-wide association studies

  • Causal Modeling

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

  • Laterality

  • Sepsis

  • Osteoporosis

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis

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451 works between 1997 and 2025
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2016

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E. ... Benjamin, Daniel J. (2016). Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. Nature, 533 (7604), 539-542. doi: 10.1038/nature17671

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

2016

Journal Article

Exome-wide study of ankylosing spondylitis demonstrates additional shared genetic background with inflammatory bowel disease

Robinson, Philip C., Leo, Paul J, Pointon, Jennifer J., Harris, Jessica, Cremin, Katie, Bradbury, Linda A., Stebbings, Simon, Harrison, Andrew A., Australian Osteoporosis Genetics Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Management Committee, Data and Analysis Group, DNA, Genotyping, Data QC and Informatics Group, Publications Committee, Duncan, Emma L., Evans, David M., Wordsworth, Paul B. and Brown, Matthew A. (2016). Exome-wide study of ankylosing spondylitis demonstrates additional shared genetic background with inflammatory bowel disease. NPJ Genomic Medicine, 1 (1) 16008, 16008-6. doi: 10.1038/npjgenmed.2016.8

Exome-wide study of ankylosing spondylitis demonstrates additional shared genetic background with inflammatory bowel disease

2016

Journal Article

Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population

Robinson, Elise B., St Pourcain, Beate, Anttila, Verneri, Kosmicki, Jack A., Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Grove, Jakob, Maller, Julian, Samocha, Kaitlin E., Sanders, Stephan J., Ripke, Stephan, Martin, Joanna, Hollegaard, Mads V., Werge, Thomas, Hougaard, David M., Neale, Benjamin M., Evans, David M., Skuse, David, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Børglum, Anders D., Ronald, Angelica, Smith, George Davey and Daly, Mark J. (2016). Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population. Nature Genetics, 48 (5), 552-555. doi: 10.1038/ng.3529

Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population

2016

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error

Fan, Qiao, Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Wojciechowski, Robert, Barathi, Veluchamy A., Hysi, Pirro G., Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Hoehn, Rene, Vitart, Veronique, Khawaja, Anthony P., Yamashiro, Kenji, Hosseini, S. Mohsen, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lu, Yi, Haller, Toomas, Xie, Jing, Delcourt, Cecile, Pirastu, Mario, Wedenoja, Juho, Gharahkhani, Puya, Venturini, Cristina, Miyake, Masahiro, Hewitt, Alex W., Guo, Xiaobo, Mazur, Johanna, Huffman, Jenifer E., Williams, Katie M., Polasek, Ozren, Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor ... Makela, Kari Matti (2016). Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 11008, 11008-11008. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11008

Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error

2016

Journal Article

Common genetic variants influence whorls in fingerprint patterns

Ho, Yvonne Y. W., Evans, David M., Montgomery, Grant W., Henders, Anjali K., Kemp, John P., Timpson, Nicholas J., Pourcain, Beate St., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Loesch, Danuta Z., McNevin, Dennis, Daniel, Runa, Davey-Smith, George, Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2016). Common genetic variants influence whorls in fingerprint patterns. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 136 (4), 859-862. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2015.10.062

Common genetic variants influence whorls in fingerprint patterns

2016

Journal Article

Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

Gaunt, Tom R., Shihab, Hashem A., Hemani, Gibran, Min, Josine L., Woodward, Geoff, Lyttleton, Oliver, Zheng, Jie, Duggirala, Aparna, McArdle, Wendy L., Ho, Karen, Ring, Susan M., Evans, David M., Smith, George Davey and Relton, Caroline L. (2016). Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 61, 61. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-0926-z

Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

2016

Journal Article

Genetic evidence for causal relationships between maternal obesity-related traits and birth weight

Tyrrell, Jessica, Richmond, Rebecca C., Palmer, Tom M., Feenstra, Bjarke, Rangarajan, Janani, Metrustry, Sarah, Cavadino, Alana, Paternoster, Lavinia, Armstrong, Loren L., De Silva, N. Maneka G., Wood, Andrew R., Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Moller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Evans, David M., Hakonarson, Hakon, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Heikkinen, Jani, Hofman, Albert, Knight, Bridget ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2016). Genetic evidence for causal relationships between maternal obesity-related traits and birth weight. Journal of the American Medical Association, 315 (11), 1129-1140. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1975

Genetic evidence for causal relationships between maternal obesity-related traits and birth weight

2016

Journal Article

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R., Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L., Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L., Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W., Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F., Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Asa K., Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G., Iles, Mark M., Justice, Anne E., Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Magi, Reedik, Perry, John R. B., Pers, Tune H., Qi, Qibin ... Loos, Ruth J. F. (2016). New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 10495, 10495-10495. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10495

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

2016

Journal Article

Association of forced vital capacity with the developmental gene NCOR2

Minelli, Cosetta, Dean, Charlotte H., Hind, Matthew, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Amaral, Andre F. S., Siroux, Valerie, Huikari, Ville, Artigas, Maria Soler, Evans, David M., Loth, Daan W., Bosse, Yohan, Postma, Dirkje S., Sin, Don, Thompson, John, Demenais, Florence, Henderson, John, Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Jarvis, Deborah, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta and Burney, Peter (2016). Association of forced vital capacity with the developmental gene NCOR2. Plos One, 11 (2) e0147388, e0147388-e0147388. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147388

Association of forced vital capacity with the developmental gene NCOR2

2016

Conference Publication

Longitudinal Expression Profiling of T Lymphocytes in Patients with Active to Quiescent Giant Cell Arteritis

De Smit, Elisabeth, Clarke, Linda, Ngygen, Khoa, Shuey, Neil, Hill, Catherine, Anderson, Lisa, Evans, David, Brown, Matt A., Powell, Joseph and Hewitt, Alex W. (2016). Longitudinal Expression Profiling of T Lymphocytes in Patients with Active to Quiescent Giant Cell Arteritis. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, 48th Annual Scientific Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 19–23 November 2016. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.

Longitudinal Expression Profiling of T Lymphocytes in Patients with Active to Quiescent Giant Cell Arteritis

2016

Journal Article

The genetic associations of acute anterior uveitis and their overlap with the genetics of ankylosing spondylitis

Robinson, P. C., Leo, P. J., Pointon, J. J., Harris, J., Cremin, K., Bradbury, L. A., Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Australasian Osteoporosis Genetics Consortium (AOGC), Stebbings, S., Harrison, A. A., Evans, D. M., Duncan, E. L., Wordsworth, B. P. and Brown, M. A. (2016). The genetic associations of acute anterior uveitis and their overlap with the genetics of ankylosing spondylitis. Genes and Immunity, 17 (1), 46-51. doi: 10.1038/gene.2015.49

The genetic associations of acute anterior uveitis and their overlap with the genetics of ankylosing spondylitis

2016

Conference Publication

Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population

Robinson, Elise B., St Pourcain, Beate, Anttilal, Verneri, Kosmicki, Jack, Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Grove, Jakob, Maller, Julian, Samocha, Kaitlin E., Sanders, Stephan, Ripke, Stephan, Martin, Joanna, Hollegaard, Mads V., Werge, Thomas, Hougaard, David M., Neale, Benjamin M., Evans, David M., Skuse, David, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Borglum, Anders D., Ronald, Angelica, Smith, George Davey and Daly, Mark J. (2016). Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population. 71st Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting, Unknown, Unknown. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier.

Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population

2016

Conference Publication

Using Mendelian randomization to investigate a possible causal relationship between adiposity and increased bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in children

Kemp, John, Sayers, Adrian, Smith, George Davey, Tobias, Jonathan and Evans, David (2016). Using Mendelian randomization to investigate a possible causal relationship between adiposity and increased bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in children. 46th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Brisbane, Australia, 20-23 June 2016. New York, NY, United States: Springer.

Using Mendelian randomization to investigate a possible causal relationship between adiposity and increased bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in children

2016

Conference Publication

Investigation into the genetic architecture of Giant Cell Arteritis through a genome-wide association study

De Smit, Elisabeth, Hill, Catherine, Merriman, Tony, Cremin, Katie, Leo, Paul, McKelvie, Penny, Evans, David, Brown, Matta and Hewitt, Alex W. (2016). Investigation into the genetic architecture of Giant Cell Arteritis through a genome-wide association study. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Seattle, WA, United States, May 01-05, 2016. Rockville, MD, United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Investigation into the genetic architecture of Giant Cell Arteritis through a genome-wide association study

2016

Journal Article

Effect of Regulatory Requirement for Patient-Specific Prescriptions for Off-label Medications on the Use of Intravitreal Bevacizumab

Holfinger, Steven, Miller, Alexander G., Rao, Llewelyn J., Rowland, Douglas Y., Hornik, Joan H. and Miller, David G. (2016). Effect of Regulatory Requirement for Patient-Specific Prescriptions for Off-label Medications on the Use of Intravitreal Bevacizumab. Jama Ophthalmology, 134 (1), 45-48. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.4331

Effect of Regulatory Requirement for Patient-Specific Prescriptions for Off-label Medications on the Use of Intravitreal Bevacizumab

2015

Other Outputs

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N, Warrington, Nicole M, Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Consortium, Early Growth Genetics, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2015). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. doi: 10.1101/034207

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2015

Journal Article

Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation

Artigas, Maria Soler, Wain, Louise V., Miller, Suzanne, Kheirallah, Abdul Kader, Huffman, Jennifer E., Ntalla, Ioanna, Shrine, Nick, Obeidat, Ma'en, Trochet, Holly, McArdle, Wendy L., Alves, Alexessander Couto, Hui, Jennie, Zhao, Jing Hua, Joshi, Peter K., Teumer, Alexander, Albrecht, Eva, Imboden, Medea, Rawal, Rajesh, Lopez, Lorna M., Marten, Jonathan, Enroth, Stefan, Surakka, Ida, Polasek, Ozren, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Granell, Raquel, Hysi, Pirro G., Flexeder, Claudia, Mahajan, Anubha, Beilby, John ... Zeggini, Eleftheria (2015). Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation. Nature Communications, 6 (8658) 89658, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9658

Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation

2015

Journal Article

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Waage, Johannes, Baurecht, Hansjoerg, Hotze, Melanie, Strachan, David P., Curtin, John A., Bonnelykke, Klaus, Tian, Chao, Takahashi, Atsushi, Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Thyssen, Jacob P., den Dekker, Herman T., Ferreira, Manuel A., Altmaier, Elisabeth, Sleiman, Patrick M. A., Xiao, Feng Li, Gonzalez, Juan R., Marenholz, Ingo, Kalb, Birgit, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Xu, Cheng-Jian, Carstensen, Lisbeth, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M., Venturini, Cristina, Pennell, Craig E., Barton, Sheila J., Levin, Albert M. ... Weidinger, Stephan (2015). Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis. Nature Genetics, 47 (12), 1449-1456. doi: 10.1038/ng.3424

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

2015

Journal Article

Integrative pathway genomics of lung function and airflow obstruction

Gharib, Sina A., Loth, Daan W., Artigas, Maria Soler, Birkland, Timothy P., Wilk, Jemma B., Wain, Louise V., Brody, Jennifer A., Obeidat, Ma'en, Hancock, Dana B., Tang, Wenbo, Rawal, Rajesh, Boezen, H. Marike, Imboden, Medea, Huffman, Jennifer E., Lahousse, Lies, Alves, Alexessander C., Manichaikul, Ani, Hui, Jennie, Morrison, Alanna C., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Smith, Albert Vernon, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Surakka, Ida, Vitart, Veronique, Evans, David M., Strachan, David P., Deary, Ian J., Hofman, Albert, Glaeser, Sven ... SpiroMeta Consortium (2015). Integrative pathway genomics of lung function and airflow obstruction. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (23), 6836-6848. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv378

Integrative pathway genomics of lung function and airflow obstruction

2015

Journal Article

Phase 1 clinical trials of DAS181, an inhaled sialidase, in healthy adults

Zenilman, Jonathan M., Fuchs, Edward J., Hendrix, Craig W., Radebaugh, Christine, Jurao, Robert, Nayak, Seema U., Hamilton, Robert G. and Griffiss, J. McLeod (2015). Phase 1 clinical trials of DAS181, an inhaled sialidase, in healthy adults. Antiviral Research, 123, 114-119. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2015.09.008

Phase 1 clinical trials of DAS181, an inhaled sialidase, in healthy adults

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2027
    Developing and Applying Mendelian Randomization Methods to Facilitate Drug Discovery and Solve Intractable Problems in Medical Research
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2024
    Developing and Applying Statistical Genetics Methods to Elucidate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Identifying maternal and fetal genetic determinants of infant birthweight and their relationship to offspring cardiometabolic risk
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    The role of size, shape and structure of bones and joints, in explaining common musculoskeletal diseases (Wellcome Trust Grant administered by University of Bristol)
    University of Bristol
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Developing and applying statistical genetics methods to identify genes, molecular biomarkers and environmental agents that causally affect risk of complex musculoskeletal diseases
    NHMRC Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Enhancing host defence mechanisms in severe bacterial infections
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Development and application of a Mendelian randomization framework aimed at dissecting the biological basis of ankylosing spondylitis and other complex diseases
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Using Methods in Genetic Epidemiology to Elucidate the Relationship Between Viral Infection and Risk of Autoimmune Disease
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Establishing a gnotobiotic germ-free mouse facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    A biomarker for sepsis to thwart antibiotic overuse in the intensive care unit
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Bivariate genome-wide association study of birth weight and endophenotypes related to five diseases in later life
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Finding novel genetic associations in Ankylosing Spondylitis
    University of Oxford
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Gene expression profiling in critically ill patients with septic shock: The ADRENAL-GEPS Study
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Novel ways of utilizing genome-wide DNA methylation data from peripheral blood samples in genetic epidemiology
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Calibration of single channel and liquid handling robots
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Dissecting the great ophthalmic masquerade: The Global Giant Cell Arteritis Genomics Consortium (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the Centre for Eye Research Australia)
    Centre for Eye Research Australia
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Multiplex High Throughput Bio-plex Protein Assay Platform
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Clinical Researcher Training
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant

Availability

Professor David Evans is:
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Available projects

  • Sometimes Correlation does Equal Causation: Developing Statistical Methods to Determine Causality Using Genetic Data

    There is a well-known mantra that correlation does not necessarily equal causation. This is why randomized controlled trials in which participants are physically randomized into treatment and placebo groups are the gold standard for assessing causality in epidemiological investigations. However, what is less appreciated is that strong evidence for causality can sometimes be obtained using observational data only. In particular, genotypes are randomly transmitted from parents to their offspring independent of the environment and other confounding factors, meaning that genotypes associated with particular traits can be used like natural “randomized controlled trials” to examine whether these traits causally affect risk of disease.

    The aim of this PhD project is to develop statistical methods to assess causality using observational data alone. The successful candidate will gain experience across a wide range of advanced statistical genetics methodologies including Mendelian randomization (a way of using genetic variants to investigate putatively causal relationships), structural equation modelling, genome-wide association analysis (GWAS), genetic restricted maximum likelihood (G-REML) analysis of genome-wide data which can be used to partition variation in phenotypes into genetic and environmental sources of variation, and instrumental variables analysis (using natural “experiments” to obtain information on causality from observational data). The candidate will apply the new statistical methods that they develop to large genetically informative datasets like the UK Biobank (500,000 individuals with genome-wide SNP data).

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing and Applying Statistical Genetics Methods to Elucidate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Nicole Warrington

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the association between maternal and fetal HLA-KIR genotypes and offspring birth weight

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the genetic epidemiology of women's reproductive health

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Gunn-Helen Moen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using genetics to predict drug efficacy and on-target side effects of pharmacological agents

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Glenn King, Associate Professor Sonia Shah

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Harnessing Genetically Informative Within-Family Research Designs for Deeper Insights into the Intrauterine Developmental Period and Downstream Effects on Offspring Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Daniel Hwang, Dr Gunn-Helen Moen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-omic Approaches to Understanding Septic Shock

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Daniel Hwang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multi-omic Approaches to Understanding Septic Shock

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Daniel Hwang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using multi-omics approaches to characterise determinants of early growth trajectories and their consequences on later life health

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Dr Nicole Warrington

Completed supervision

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  • Genetics
  • Genome-wide association
  • Mendelian randomization
  • Twin Studies

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