Human Genetics and Genomics Medicine

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Andrew Collins

Prof in Genetic Epid & Bioinformatics
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Dr Carolina Jaramillo Oquendo PhD

Research Fellow
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Dr Cornelia Blume

Lecturer B

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Deborah Mackay

Professor of Medical Epigenetics
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Professor Diana Baralle B.Sc., M.B.B.S, M.D, FRCP

Professor of Genomic Medicine

Research interests

  • RNA
  • Splicing
  • Genomics

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Dr Htoo Wai

Research Fellow
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Dr James Ashton

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Paediatrics
  • Big Data

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Dr Jane Gibson

Associate Professor
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Professor John Holloway PhD, FHEA

Associate V-P Interdisciplinary Research

Research interests

  • Human genetics
  • Epigenetics
  • Respiratory Disease

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Dr Negusse Kitaba

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • My current research mainly involves working with DNA methylation data to identify epigenetic marks for periconceptional paternal smoking exposure across generations. This Epigenome Wide Association Study is part of the Rhinessa multicentre population project. My expertise includes integrating multi-omic data such as SNP, transcriptome, methylation and interactome (PPI) at the system level to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the origins of complex diseases. In my former position, I worked on the epigenetic effects of Maternal Gestation Diabetes (GDM) using the UPBEAT Offspring data supported by Diabetes UK.
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