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 Chair
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ALSPAC Renewal 2024 to 2029
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/08/2024 to 31/07/2029
STAGE - Stay Healthy Through Ageing
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2029
8073 MRC IEU - Bhagrav Ghanesh Naveen RTSG
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
8073 MRC IEU - Mostaured Khan RTSG
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
Integrative Epidemiology Unit
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
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
01/12/2026Assessing the impact of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy on perinatal health
BMC Medicine
Cohort Profile
BMJ Open
Cohort profile: The Bristol IVF Study- A longitudinal study of women, their partners and treatment outcomes following assisted reproductive technologies
PLOS ONE
Genome-wide gene-sleep interaction study identifies novel lipid loci in 732,564 participants
Atherosclerosis
What should be discussed when considering a vaginal birth?
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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