Dr Gemma Sharp
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Research interests
I worked at the University of Bristol's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit for nine years and I still retain an honorary contract at the university.
I now work at the University of Exeter's School of Psychology. My research interests and contact details are described on my website.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Heat stress and women’s health over the reproductive life course
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
28/09/2021 to 22/07/2022
GW4 Menstrual and Mental Health Research Community
Principal Investigator
Description
Women are nearly three times more likely to suffer from common mental health disorders than men and this risk is highest during their reproductive years. Menstrual disorders, such as heavy/prolonged bleeding,…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2021 to 30/11/2021
Rework of Prenatal influences on childhood health: what role for mums and dads? (IEU)
Principal Investigator
Description
What are we investigating and why?
We urgently need better evidence about how our experiences before birth might influence our long-term health. Most research in this area has focused on…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
03/06/2019 to 30/09/2022
8073: NIPH Gro Harlem Brundtland Fellowship
Principal Investigator
Description
A three-month visiting fellowship at the Centre for Fertility and Health in the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
09/03/2019 to 19/05/2019
NutriPro for MRC
Principal Investigator
Description
Background: Pregnancy and infancy are critical periods for nutritional programming of metabolic health. Epigenetic changes could play a crucial role in pathways leading from early-life nutrition to metabolic health across…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2019 to 31/08/2022
Thesis supervisions
Smoking and Caffeine Consumption during Pregnancy and Offspring Mental Health
Supervisors
Investigating the interplay of reproductive, menstrual and adiposity factors in relation to breast cancer risk
Supervisors
Appraising the causal relationship between DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes
Supervisors
Applying ‘omics to understand and predict juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
17/07/2024A novel hypothesis-generating approach for detecting phenotypic associations using epigenetic data
Epigenomics
Challenges in using data on fathers/partners to study prenatal exposures and offspring health
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Maternal age is related to offspring DNA methylation: a meta-analysis of results from the PACE consortium
Aging Cell
Antidepressant use during trimester one and pregnancy loss
Antidepressant use during trimester one and pregnancy loss: a longitudinal study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
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