Dr Eleanor Sanderson
BSc(Bristol), MSc(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
(IEU) Improving the estimation of networks of causal effects through Mendelian Randomization
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2027
(IEU) Improving the estimation of networks of causal effects through Mendelian Randomization
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2027
Lifecourse GWAS Consortium
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
Acute, chronic, and recurring, adverse health conditions that emerge in later life are often shaped by processes experienced throughout life. Gaining a better understanding of how exposures at different stages…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2023 to 31/10/2028
Thesis supervisions
Assessing application of Mendelian randomization in admixed Latin American populations
Supervisors
Individual and joint effects of chronotype and sleep patterns on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
Supervisors
Classifying mechanisms of pleiotropy to improve causal modelling
Supervisors
Pleiotropic bias correction in Mendelian randomization analyses
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
26/06/2026Adjusting for Medication Use in GWAS and its Impact on Mendelian Randomization Analyses: An Example of Systolic Blood Pressure in UK Biobank
Psychiatric Co-prescribing and Prescribing Characteristics of Older Adults Initiated on Sertraline, Citalopram or Mirtazapine in Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum
An evaluation of age-varying genetic effects underlying body-mass index and blood pressure in the UK Biobank
PLOS Genetics
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
Related people
Dr Tom Richardson
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor George Davey Smith
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Kate Tilling
Professor of Medical Statistics and MRC Investigator
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Rebecca Richmond
Associate Professor in Molecular Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Carolina Borges
Associate Professor in Aetiological Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)