Professor Gibran Hemani
Current positions
Professor in Statistical Genetics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Disentangling Early-Life Pathways to Breast Cancer: Investigating the Independent and Interactive Effects of Prepubertal Body Composition and Puberty Timing
Principal Investigator
Role
Manager
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2025 to 30/04/2027
8073 MRC IEU - Daniel Searby RTSG
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/01/2028
Making sense of the varying methylome and varying disease patterns
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
04/10/2023
Thesis supervisions
Complex trait architecture through the lens of epigenome-wide association studies
Supervisors
Exploration of Biomarkers for the Susceptibility, Early Detection and Treatment Response of Brain Tumours using Epidemiological Techniques
Supervisors
Classifying mechanisms of pleiotropy to improve causal modelling
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
25/04/2025Immunological Drivers and Potential Novel Drug Targets for Major Psychiatric, Neurodevelopmental, and Neurodegenerative Conditions
Molecular Psychiatry
Lifecourse Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis Refines the Critical Life Stages for the Influence of Adiposity on Breast Cancer
Science Advances
Role of Inflammation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, Affect, and Cognition
Translational Psychiatry
Unidirectional and bidirectional causation between smoking and blood DNA methylation: evidence from twin-based Mendelian randomisation.
European Journal of Epidemiology
Use of genetic correlations to examine selection bias
Genetic Epidemiology
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