Miss Helena Urquijo
BSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Senior Research Associate in Molecular Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
My research interests lie in the use of large scale genetic and molecular data to identify novel drug targets and repurposing opportunities for cardiovascular disease. I am also interested in the triangulation of evidence from population genetics with functional validation in vivo.
Publications
Recent publications
19/03/2025Effects of childhood and adult height on later life cardiovascular disease risk estimated through Mendelian randomization
European Journal of Epidemiology
Characterizing the Causal Pathway From Childhood Adiposity to Right Heart Physiology and Pulmonary Circulation Using Lifecourse Mendelian Randomization
Journal of the American Heart Association
A lifecourse Mendelian randomization study uncovers age-dependent effects of adiposity on asthma risk
iScience
Investigating effect modification between childhood maltreatment and genetic risk for cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank
PLoS ONE
Leveraging family history data to disentangle time-varying effects on disease risk using lifecourse Mendelian randomization
European Journal of Epidemiology
Thesis
Leveraging human genetics and a zebrafish model to investigate novel and repurposed drug targets for aortic valve stenosis
Supervisors
Award date
04/02/2025
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