Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist; University Research Lecturer
- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Iona Millwood completed an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and a DPhil in Molecular Genetics at the University of Oxford. She worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, on large-scale genetic epidemiological projects including the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, and also spent several years as a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Australia, developing and conducting clinical trials for biomedical methods of HIV prevention in Australia and South-East Asia.
She joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2009, to work on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) prospective cohort study. Current research interests focus on the genetic and molecular epidemiology of cardiometabolic diseases, and the health effects of alcohol consumption.
Recent publications
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Associations of Adiposity, Circulating Protein Biomarkers, and Risk of Major Vascular Diseases.
Journal article
Pang Y. et al, (2020), JAMA Cardiol
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Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms identifies 17 risk loci and genetic overlap with clinical risk factors.
Journal article
Bakker MK. et al, (2020), Nat Genet
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The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage
Journal article
WALTERS R. et al, (2020), Nature Communications
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Adiposity, circulation protein biomarkers and risk of major vascular diseases
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Pang Y. et al, (2020), JAMA Cardiology
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Genetic risk, incident gastric cancer, and benefit from having a healthy lifestyle: a prospective cohort study
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YANG L. et al, (2020), The Lancet Oncology