Professor Sarah Lewis
B.Sc.(Sheff.), Ph.D.(Manc.)
Current positions
Professor of Molecular Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
HARMONY – HeAlthieR sMiles fOr children with cleft bY improving caries prevention and management
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/11/2022 to 31/10/2025
Anti-seizure medication prescription during preconception period and pregnancy with risk of orofacial clefts in offspring: A UK CPRD GOLD population-based study
Role
Collaborator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2022
Identifying genetic and environmental risk factors for cleft using genome wide association study data (IEU)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2022
Establishment and Exploitation of a European-Latin American Research Consortium towards Eradication of Preventable Gallbladder Cancer
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2019 to 30/11/2025
taming the skew
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/08/2018 to 19/12/2019
Thesis supervisions
Exploring the aetiology and phenotypic consequences of non-syndromic cleft lip/palate using polygenic risk scoring and Mendelian randomization
Supervisors
Assessing application of Mendelian randomization in admixed Latin American populations
Supervisors
Anti-seizure medication prescription during preconception period and pregnancy with risk of orofacial clefts in offspring
Supervisors
Interrogating causality in the association of molecular and lifestyle factors with prostate and ovarian cancer risk
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
11/02/2026How Micronutrient Status May Affect Eating Behavior—Hypothesis and Perspectives
Nutrients
Laterality and Sidedness in Orofacial Clefts
Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal
The causal association between systolic blood pressure and breast cancer
BMC Cancer
The Long-Term Outcomes of Neural Tube Defects in Eastern Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BMJ Global Health
Copy Number Variants and their Implications for Developmental and Behavioural Problems in Cleft Lip and/or Palate
Human Molecular Genetics
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