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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 70, having been cited over 18,000 times in the past five years only. She has authored more than 160 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.
Whole-genome multivariate reaction norm model for complex traits, ARC - Discovery Projects, 17/06/2019 - 16/06/2022
The dark side of vitamin D supplementation, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021
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
Establishing the causal impact of tobacco use on health outcomes using mendelian randomisation, University College London, 01/01/2014 - 30/09/2014
Tour de Cure (2019) Machine learning to predict and prevent cancer
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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2019 |
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55
2484
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2019 |
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6
4
151
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2019 |
Open access
47
36
215
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2019 |
18
17
586
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2015 |
Open access
1910
1893
670
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2017 |
1
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2010 |
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2021 |
Open access
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2020 |
1
1
1
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2020 |
1
1
|
2020 |
Open access
2
113
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2020 |
Open access
1
5
|
2020 |
Open access
2
78
|
2020 |
Open access
11
12
161
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2020 |
Open access
3
163
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2020 |
Open access
3
3
27
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2020 |
Open access
3
3
2
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2020 |
1
|
2020 |
Open access
2
1
35
|
2020 |
42
|
2020 |
Open access
1
1
31
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2019 |
Open access
15
13
86
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2019 |
Open access
13
13
51
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2019 |
1
2
10
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2019 |
Open access
7
5
129
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2019 |
Open access
10
6
9
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2019 |
Open access
88
81
375
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2019 |
Open access
13
2
76
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2019 |
Open access
58
55
2484
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2019 |
20
18
6
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2019 |
Open access
6
4
151
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2019 |
5
5
4
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2019 |
Open access
7
7
9
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2019 |
Open access
1
4
9
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2019 |
Open access
4
3
2
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2019 |
Open access
47
36
215
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2019 |
18
17
586
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2019 |
4
3
1
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2018 |
Open access
69
68
45
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2018 |
Open access
27
25
12
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2018 |
Open access
22
21
3
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2018 |
Open access
110
110
65
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2018 |
Open access
16
16
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2018 |
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8
12
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2018 |
Open access
10
13
30
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2018 |
Open access
409
393
2007
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2018 |
Open access
14
1
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2018 |
Open access
14
14
162
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2017 |
Open access
18
15
4
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2017 |
Open access
126
129
105
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2017 |
Open access
25
24
87
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2017 |
Open access
17
15
2
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2017 |
Open access
14
15
5
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2017 |
Open access
34
34
131
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2016 |
Open access
31
90
640
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2016 |
Open access
9
9
1
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2016 |
Open access
3
3
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2016 |
Open access
147
143
78
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2016 |
Open access
184
187
336
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2016 |
19
18
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2016 |
Open access
6
7
1
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2016 |
Open access
37
35
120
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2016 |
Open access
12
12
2
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2016 |
Open access
398
346
25
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2016 |
Open access
48
39
18
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2016 |
Open access
370
355
736
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2016 |
Open access
506
517
1167
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2016 |
Open access
78
76
13
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2016 |
Open access
169
173
153
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2016 |
Open access
124
114
424
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2016 |
Open access
56
56
10
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2016 |
Open access
19
17
1
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2016 |
Open access
260
262
895
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2015 |
Open access
118
108
770
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2015 |
Open access
44
48
3
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2015 |
Open access
15
16
1
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2015 |
3
7
1
|
2015 |
Open access
52
50
29
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2015 |
Open access
1910
1893
670
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2015 |
Open access
15
15
12
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2015 |
Open access
28
9
66
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2015 |
Open access
663
658
407
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2015 |
Open access
168
171
48
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2015 |
Open access
6
6
2
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2014 |
Open access
53
56
4
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2014 |
Open access
370
300
365
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2014 |
Open access
94
94
2
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2014 |
Open access
19
18
1
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2014 |
Open access
106
104
6
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2014 |
2
2
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2014 |
Open access
35
36
60
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2014 |
Open access
69
62
20
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2014 |
15
16
1
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2014 |
Open access
224
214
119
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2014 |
Open access
8
9
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2014 |
Open access
19
18
1
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2014 |
Open access
971
948
561
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2013 |
Open access
6
6
2
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2013 |
Open access
363
364
39
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2013 |
3
3
1
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2013 |
85
76
7
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2013 |
Open access
18
17
3
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2013 |
Open access
107
103
20
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2013 |
Open access
487
478
130
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2013 |
Open access
139
123
85
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2013 |
Open access
191
193
39
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2013 |
Open access
38
39
13
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2013 |
38
35
12
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2013 |
Open access
216
219
47
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2013 |
Open access
23
25
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2013 |
Open access
5
5
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2013 |
Open access
27
25
2
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2013 |
Open access
543
510
166
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2013 |
Open access
1422
1391
139
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2013 |
Open access
27
24
1
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2012 |
Open access
75
72
9
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2012 |
Open access
59
59
2
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2012 |
Open access
236
229
49
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2012 |
Open access
97
89
60
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2012 |
Open access
84
95
33
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2012 |
55
57
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2012 |
Open access
77
81
23
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2012 |
Open access
352
326
334
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2012 |
Open access
47
46
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2012 |
18
18
3
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2011 |
66
61
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2011 |
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148
135
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2011 |
Open access
245
339
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2011 |
Open access
197
182
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2011 |
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5
4
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2011 |
Open access
15
14
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2011 |
31
27
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2011 |
Open access
348
329
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2011 |
Open access
48
45
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2011 |
Open access
67
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2011 |
26
27
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2011 |
21
22
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2010 |
Open access
194
190
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2010 |
Open access
50
49
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2010 |
Open access
14
14
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2010 |
Open access
163
161
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2010 |
Open access
50
43
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2010 |
Open access
36
35
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2010 |
Open access
75
73
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2010 |
60
56
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2010 |
Open access
1102
1029
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2009 |
98
87
|
2009 |
Open access
108
99
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2009 |
Open access
185
176
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2008 |
Open access
291
271
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2008 |
626
302
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2008 |
222
216
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aarhus University | 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 University | UNITED STATES |
British Nutrition Foundation | UNITED KINGDOM |
Campden BRI | UNITED KINGDOM |
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 |
DSM Biotechnology Center | NETHERLANDS |
DSM Nutritional Products | UNITED STATES |
Erasmus MC | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases | HUNGARY |
Fudan University | CHINA |
German Research Center for Environmental Health | GERMANY |
Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD | NETHERLANDS |
Harborview Medical Center, United States | AUSTRALIA |
Harvard 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 |
Islamic Azad University | IRAN |
Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
Karolinska Institute | 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 |
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 |
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 Dakota State University | UNITED STATES |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
Statens Seruminstitut | DENMARK |
Tulane University | UNITED STATES |
UCL Institute of Child Health | UNITED KINGDOM |
Umeå University | SWEDEN |
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 Bergen | NORWAY |
University of Birmingham | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Brighton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
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 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 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 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 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
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Data-driven analysis to predict and prevent cancer: A large-scale study using UK biobank | Current |
Lipids, statins and brain health: A large-scale study | Current |
Machine learning augmented by traditional approaches for interpretable and personalised predictions of health and wealth | Current |
Nutritional genomics and neurological disease (epilepsy) | Current |
Vitamin D, calcium and cardiovascular risk: a large scale study | Current |
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 |