
Professor Deborah Lawlor
M.Sc.(Lond.), M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D.(Bristol), M.P.H.(Leeds), M.R.C.G.P., M.F.P.H.M.
Current positions
- Professor of Epidemiology, MRC Investigator and BHF ChairBristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
- STAGE - Stay Healthy Through Ageing- Role- Co-Investigator - Managing organisational unitBristol Medical School (PHS)- Dates- 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2029 
- 8073 MRC IEU - Bhagrav Ghanesh Naveen RTSG- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitBristol Medical School (PHS)- Dates- 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028 
- 8073 MRC IEU - Mostaured Khan RTSG- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitBristol Medical School (PHS)- Dates- 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028 
- Integrative Epidemiology Unit- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitBristol Medical School (PHS)- Dates- 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028 
- MRC LPS Enhancement: Born in Bradford Proteomics- Principal Investigator- Managing organisational unitBristol Medical School (PHS)- Dates- 19/12/2021 to 31/03/2022 
Thesis supervisions
- Assessing the role of sleep in reducing risk and improving outcomes for breast cancer- Supervisors
- Endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo transfer- Supervisors
- Investigating the trigger for human parturition using metabolomic and phosphoproteomic techniques within case-control and cohort studies- Supervisors
- Exploring maternal lifestyle and molecular risk factors for congenital heart disease- Supervisors
- Individual and joint effects of chronotype and sleep patterns on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes- Supervisors
- Age-varying effects in genetic epidemiological studies- Supervisors
- Molecular prediction of pregnancy-related disorders- Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
19/08/2025Associations of adolescent menstrual symptoms with school absences and educational attainment: analysis of a prospective cohort study
npj Science of Learning
Case–Control Study of Congenital Anomalies
Birth Defects Research
Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels During Pregnancy and Risk of Congenital Heart Diseases
Journal of the American Heart Association
Determinants of body mass index during early life
Exposome
Effect of a physical activity and healthy eating lifestyle intervention in pregnancy on fetal growth trajectories
Pediatric Obesity




