Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist; University Research Lecturer
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.
Iona joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2009, to work on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB), including designing and conducting genomic and multi-omic assays to enhance and develop the CKB resources. Current research interests focus on using genetic and molecular epidemiology to understand the aetiology of cardio-metabolic and other chronic diseases, using genetic approaches to identify and evaluate potential drug targets, and investigating the role of infection in cancer risk, and the health effects of alcohol consumption. Iona co-leads a Genetic Epidemiology module for the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology.
Recent publications
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Modeling biological age using blood biomarkers and physical measurements in Chinese adults.
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Chen L. et al, (2023), EBioMedicine, 89
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Mendelian randomisation study of body composition and depression in people of East Asian ancestry highlights potential setting-specific causality.
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O'Loughlin J. et al, (2023), BMC Med, 21
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Correlates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the general adult population of China
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YANG L. et al, (2023), Journal of Viral Hepatitis
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Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts
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Wang Y. et al, (2023), Cell Genomics, 3
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Genetically Predicted Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study in Chinese Adults.
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Clarke R. et al, (2023), Hypertension