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
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
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
8539 MRC IEU - Programme 5
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
18/09/2023 to 31/08/2027
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
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
Individual and joint effects of chronotype and sleep patterns on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
Supervisors
Exploring maternal lifestyle and molecular risk factors for congenital heart disease
Supervisors
Age-varying effects in genetic epidemiological studies
Supervisors
Exploring bidirectional associations between social disadvantage and menstrual symptoms
Supervisors
Molecular prediction of pregnancy-related disorders
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/08/2026Age at menarche and adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
International Journal of Epidemiology
Applying Bayesian Multivariable Mendelian Randomisation to Prioritise Candidate Causal Traits From High-Dimensional Data
Genetic Epidemiology
Assessing the impact of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy on perinatal health
BMC Medicine
Birth Weight Percentiles and Infant and Child Growth Dynamics
JAMA Network Open
Characterizing the effects of genetic liability to autoimmune conditions on pregnancy outcomes using Mendelian randomization
BMC Medicine
Related people
Dr Gemma Clayton
Research Fellow in Health Data Science
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Dr Christy Burden
Associate Professor in Obstetrics
Bristol Medical School
Dr Carolina Borges
Associate Professor in Aetiological Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Dr Tom Bond
Senior Research Associate
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Dr Nancy McBride
Research Fellow
Epidemiology and Health Data Science