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Professor Hyppönen is the Director of the Australian Centre for Precision Health at the University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute. She was recruited to the University of South Australia as the Professor in Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology in 2013, following 12 years at the University College London, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (London, UK).
She also holds appointments as a Honorary Professor at the University College London, Senior Principal Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and as an Adjunct Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Tampere, Finland. Professor Hyppönen has an interdisciplinary academic background, with academic... Read more
About me
Professor Hyppönen is the Director of the Australian Centre for Precision Health at the University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute. She was recruited to the University of South Australia as the Professor in Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology in 2013, following 12 years at the University College London, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (London, UK).
She also holds appointments as a Honorary Professor at the University College London, Senior Principal Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and as an Adjunct Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Tampere, Finland. Professor Hyppönen has an interdisciplinary academic background, with academic qualifications in epidemiology, medical statistics, nutrition and public health.
Professor Hyppönen has a H-factor of 77, and her work has been cited over 39,000 times. She has authored more than 200 high-profile refereed publications and several book chapters. She leads the Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology group which has a focus on using genetic tools to inform on dietary and lifestyle guidelines for optimal health. She has a long-term research interest in life-course and intergenerational epidemiology, and an extensive track record in gene and risk factor discovery. Her current interests are related to implementing phenomewide analyses and systems epidemiology approaches to establish effective strategies for disease prediction and prevention.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Tampere
Master of Science (Health Sciences) University of Kuopio, Finland
Master of Science (Medical Statistics) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Predicting and Preventing Ovarian Cancer: a machine learning approach, MRFF- 2020 PHCRI - Primary Health Care Research, 01/06/2021 - 31/08/2025
Whole-genome multivariate reaction norm model for complex traits, ARC - Discovery Projects, 17/06/2019 - 16/06/2024
Machine learning to predict and prevent cancer, Tour de Cure Ltd, 01/07/2019 - 31/12/2022
The dark side of vitamin D supplementation, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2022
Identifying pathways to dementia: a large scale genetic study, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
Nutritional factors and cognitive function: examining evidence for a causal association, The Judith Jane Mason and Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation, 01/03/2015 - 31/08/2016
Tour de Cure (2019) Machine learning to predict and prevent cancer
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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2019 |
Open access
33
33
147
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2019 |
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300
258
2552
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2019 |
Open access
109
91
222
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2019 |
Open access
56
48
664
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2015 |
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2875
2700
771
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2017 |
3
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2010 |
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2023 |
3
1
4
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2023 |
Open access
2
12
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2023 |
Open access
3
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
131
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2023 |
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2023 |
Open access
81
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2023 |
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2023 |
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2023 |
Open access
5
1
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2023 |
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2023 |
Open access
15
10
735
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2022 |
Open access
2
1
4
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2022 |
Open access
6
4
76
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2022 |
1
1
4
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2022 |
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13
11
6
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2022 |
Open access
9
4
122
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2022 |
2
2
23
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2022 |
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1
1
3
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2022 |
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3
3
4
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2022 |
Open access
1
1
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2022 |
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21
15
1343
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2022 |
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1
1
14
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2022 |
Open access
9
11
1110
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2022 |
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3
3
1
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2022 |
27
13
1233
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2022 |
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25
10
209
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2022 |
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64
33
1441
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2021 |
9
7
27
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2021 |
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7
7
19
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2021 |
9
10
729
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2021 |
1
1
4
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2021 |
Open access
8
5
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2021 |
29
22
217
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2021 |
Open access
9
7
32
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2021 |
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12
10
82
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2021 |
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6
7
1
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2021 |
20
18
120
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2021 |
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11
10
527
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2021 |
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9
4
397
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2021 |
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66
59
522
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2020 |
2
2
1
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2020 |
Open access
2
1
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2020 |
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11
10
108
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2020 |
Open access
5
5
4
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2020 |
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80
53
78
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2020 |
Open access
40
36
152
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2020 |
Open access
20
17
177
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2020 |
Open access
22
19
40
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2020 |
Open access
7
5
1
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2020 |
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55
45
35
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2020 |
Open access
6
6
42
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2020 |
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7
5
31
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2019 |
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60
49
84
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2019 |
Open access
43
38
50
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2019 |
12
11
21
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2019 |
Open access
34
30
126
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2019 |
Open access
29
25
8
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2019 |
Open access
33
33
147
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2019 |
Open access
305
280
387
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2019 |
Open access
34
30
73
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2019 |
Open access
300
258
2552
|
2019 |
43
36
3
|
2019 |
Open access
21
22
3
|
2019 |
Open access
27
23
9
|
2019 |
Open access
19
14
10
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2019 |
Open access
10
9
2
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2019 |
Open access
109
91
222
|
2019 |
Open access
247
239
849
|
2019 |
Open access
56
48
664
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2019 |
15
15
1
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2018 |
Open access
111
106
43
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2018 |
Open access
52
50
12
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2018 |
Open access
51
50
3
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2018 |
Open access
242
221
61
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2018 |
Open access
25
26
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2018 |
Open access
11
13
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2018 |
Open access
27
26
31
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2018 |
Open access
1097
1011
2101
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2018 |
Open access
36
33
4
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2018 |
Open access
33
29
151
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2017 |
Open access
11
10
1
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2017 |
Open access
32
26
5
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2017 |
Open access
230
218
117
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2017 |
Open access
45
41
20
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2017 |
Open access
26
25
2
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2017 |
Open access
266
240
162
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2017 |
Open access
30
27
5
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2017 |
Open access
74
66
167
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2016 |
Open access
31
154
644
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2016 |
Open access
5
4
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2016 |
Open access
215
200
77
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2016 |
Open access
295
287
335
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2016 |
3
10
1
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2016 |
29
28
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2016 |
Open access
8
9
1
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2016 |
Open access
46
47
117
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2016 |
Open access
17
16
2
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2016 |
Open access
680
30
36
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2016 |
Open access
81
53
18
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2016 |
Open access
595
542
768
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2016 |
Open access
737
699
1157
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2016 |
Open access
114
106
12
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2016 |
Open access
177
162
420
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2016 |
Open access
89
81
10
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2016 |
Open access
28
25
1
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2016 |
Open access
396
363
896
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2015 |
Open access
188
172
791
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2015 |
Open access
467
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2015 |
Open access
61
63
3
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2015 |
Open access
20
18
1
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2015 |
Open access
90
80
41
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2015 |
Open access
2875
2700
771
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2015 |
Open access
23
23
12
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2015 |
Open access
43
20
98
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2015 |
Open access
1004
955
408
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2015 |
Open access
229
226
46
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2015 |
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8
8
2
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2014 |
Open access
67
70
2
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2014 |
Open access
492
418
425
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2014 |
Open access
126
117
2
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2014 |
Open access
22
21
1
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2014 |
Open access
140
131
42
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2014 |
2
2
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2014 |
Open access
42
43
56
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2014 |
Open access
105
91
18
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2014 |
24
25
1
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2014 |
Open access
289
275
114
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2014 |
Open access
11
13
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2014 |
Open access
23
23
1
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2014 |
Open access
1247
1165
563
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2013 |
Open access
8
7
1
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2013 |
Open access
446
432
42
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2013 |
4
4
4
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2013 |
96
85
7
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2013 |
Open access
26
24
3
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2013 |
Open access
137
128
20
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2013 |
Open access
646
602
133
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2013 |
Open access
161
144
83
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2013 |
Open access
235
225
37
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2013 |
Open access
51
52
17
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2013 |
45
38
11
|
2013 |
Open access
294
289
47
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2013 |
Open access
31
31
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2013 |
Open access
7
6
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2013 |
Open access
35
35
2
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2013 |
Open access
709
508
177
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2013 |
Open access
2013
1364
135
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2013 |
Open access
33
27
1
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2012 |
Open access
88
81
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2012 |
Open access
75
72
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2012 |
Open access
286
266
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2012 |
Open access
112
105
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2012 |
Open access
92
104
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2012 |
69
69
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2012 |
Open access
87
91
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2012 |
Open access
530
470
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2012 |
Open access
54
54
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2012 |
20
20
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2011 |
76
71
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2011 |
Open access
205
138
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2011 |
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245
404
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2011 |
Open access
227
207
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2011 |
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6
5
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2011 |
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17
16
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2011 |
31
27
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2011 |
Open access
417
378
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2011 |
Open access
51
48
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2011 |
Open access
79
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2011 |
30
28
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2011 |
26
24
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2010 |
Open access
224
214
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2010 |
Open access
62
58
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2010 |
Open access
14
14
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2010 |
Open access
190
182
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2010 |
Open access
49
45
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2010 |
Open access
52
47
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2010 |
Open access
87
81
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2010 |
67
61
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2010 |
Open access
1301
1200
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2009 |
114
98
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2009 |
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116
104
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2009 |
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206
190
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2008 |
Open access
319
298
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2008 |
755
302
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2008 |
264
244
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aarhus University | DENMARK |
Amtssygehuset i Gentofte | DENMARK |
Ashwell Associates | UNITED KINGDOM |
Barts and London School of Medicine and Dentistry | UNITED KINGDOM |
BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre | UNITED KINGDOM |
Birmingham Children's Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals | DENMARK |
Bispebjerg Hospital | DENMARK |
Blizard Institute | UNITED KINGDOM |
Boston Children’s Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Boston Children's Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Boston University | UNITED STATES |
British Nutrition Foundation | UNITED KINGDOM |
Brunel University London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Campden BRI | UNITED KINGDOM |
Cancer Voices | AUSTRALIA |
Catholic University of Leuven | BELGIUM |
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics | UNITED KINGDOM |
Childrens Hospital of Phiadelphia | UNITED STATES |
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | UNITED STATES |
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | UNITED STATES |
Churchill Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Copenhagen University Hospital | DENMARK |
Creighton Endocrinology | UNITED STATES |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Dartmouth College | UNITED STATES |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
DSM Biotechnology Center | NETHERLANDS |
DSM Nutritional Products | UNITED STATES |
Erasmus MC | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus University Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases | HUNGARY |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | UNITED STATES |
Fudan University | CHINA |
Gerash University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
German Research Center for Environmental Health | GERMANY |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD | NETHERLANDS |
Harborview Medical Center, United States | AUSTRALIA |
Harvard School of Public Health | UNITED STATES |
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health | UNITED STATES |
Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | GERMANY |
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | UNITED STATES |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Institut for Sygdomsforebyggelse | DENMARK |
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland | FINLAND |
Institute of Child Health | INDIA |
Institute of Child Health London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Institute of Health Sciences | BRAZIL |
Institute of Metabolic Science | UNITED KINGDOM |
iPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research | DENMARK |
IRCCS Foundation | ITALY |
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
Islamic Azad University | IRAN |
Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
Karolinska Institutet Innovations (Sweden) | SWEDEN |
King's College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
KINGS COLLEGE, Vic | AUSTRALIA |
Kuopio University Hospital | FINLAND |
Leiden University | NETHERLANDS |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
McGill University | CANADA |
McMaster University | CANADA |
Medical Research Council | UNITED KINGDOM |
Medical University of Graz | AUSTRIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
National Institute for Health and Welfare | FINLAND |
National Institutes of Health | UNITED STATES |
New York University | UNITED STATES |
Newcastle University, United Kingdom | UNITED KINGDOM |
Northwestern University | UNITED STATES |
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | UNITED STATES |
Norwegian Institute of Public Health | NORWAY |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology | NORWAY |
Oulu University Hospital | FINLAND |
Oulun Yliopisto | FINLAND |
Oxford University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Peking University | CHINA |
Peking University Health Science Centre | CHINA |
Peninsula Medical School | UNITED KINGDOM |
Pennsylvania State University | UNITED STATES |
Poznan University of Medical Sciences | POLAND |
Private Individual | AUSTRALIA |
Queen Mary University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queen's Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Research Centre for Prevention and Health | DENMARK |
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Liverpool University Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Royal London Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Ruhr University Bochum | GERMANY |
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset | SWEDEN |
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Semmelweis University | HUNGARY |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CHINA |
Shiraz University | IRAN |
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
South Dakota State University | UNITED STATES |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
Statens Seruminstitut | DENMARK |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
Tulane University | UNITED STATES |
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health | UNITED KINGDOM |
UCL Institute of Child Health | UNITED KINGDOM |
Umeå University | SWEDEN |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra | SPAIN |
University College Cork | IRELAND |
University College Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University College London Institute of Child Health | UNITED KINGDOM |
University Hospital Frankfurt | GERMANY |
University Hospital of Zurich | SWITZERLAND |
University Medical Center, Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
University of Aberdeen | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Bergen | NORWAY |
University of Birmingham | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Bologna | ITALY |
University of Brighton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of California System | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
University of Colorado | UNITED STATES |
University of Copenhagen | DENMARK |
University of Duisburg-Essen | GERMANY |
University of East Anglia | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Eastern Finland | FINLAND |
University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Glasgow | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Gothenburg | SWEDEN |
University of Groningen | NETHERLANDS |
University of Hamburg | GERMANY |
University of Helsinki | FINLAND |
University of Iceland | ICELAND |
University of Ioannina | GREECE |
University of Lausanne | SWITZERLAND |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Michigan | UNITED STATES |
University of Milan | ITALY |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | UNITED STATES |
University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | UNITED STATES |
University of Oulu | FINLAND |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Pennsylvania | UNITED STATES |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Reading | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Regensburg | GERMANY |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southern California | UNITED STATES |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Surrey | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tampere | FINLAND |
University of Tartu | ESTONIA |
University of Texas | UNITED STATES |
University of Toronto | CANADA |
University of Tromsø | NORWAY |
University of Turku | FINLAND |
University of Wageningen | NETHERLANDS |
University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Washington | UNITED STATES |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Westminster | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Zurich | SWITZERLAND |
Uppsala University | SWEDEN |
Versys Clinics, Human Reproduction Institute | HUNGARY |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Vrije University | NETHERLANDS |
VU University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics | UNITED KINGDOM |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | UNITED KINGDOM |
Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
Yasuj University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Adjunct Professor in EpidemiologyUniversity of Tampere, Finland |
2017 |
Honorary ProfessorUniversity College London |
2017 |
Principal Research FellowSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) |
2017 |
Project Grant: The dark side of vitamin D supplementationNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
Project GrantNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2016 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Application of statistical genomic methods to tackle heterogeneity in psychiatric diseases | Current |
Dissecting the genetic and environmental factors affecting stunting | Current |
Improving genetic prediction of ovarian cancer risk | Current |
Integrative analyses of omics data for complex traits and diseases | Current |
Investigation of alcohol use and its consequences on human health | Current |
Lipids, statins and brain health: A large-scale study | Current |
Nutritional genomics and neurological disease (epilepsy) | Current |
Predicting brain health and dementia: a machine learning approach | Current |
Vitamin D, calcium and cardiovascular risk: a large scale study | Current |
Data-driven analysis to establish the role of adiposity and related metabolic abnormalities on cancer: a large-scale study using the UK Biobank | Completed |
Machine learning for predictive modelling and risk factor discovery in health and wealth | Completed |
Pain and depression: exploring gene-environment interactions and the role of stress | Completed |
Physical activity, APOE genotype and cognitive function: exploring gene-environment interactions in the UK Biobank | Completed |
Relationship between obesity and depression: evidence from observational and genetic studies | Completed |