Conference presentations
2022
Si Fang. Poster presentation. Genetically proxied PCSK9 inhibition provides indications of lower prostate cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization study. Target Validation using Genomics and Informatics virtual conference 2022 (May 2022, Online).
Si Fang. Oral presentation (with travel award for early career researchers). Constructing an atlas of associations between polygenic scores from across the human phenome and circulating metabolic biomarkers. CHARGE Seattle meeting 2022 (October 2022, Seattle, USA).
Si Fang. Oral presentation. Genetically proxied PCSK9 inhibition provides indications of lower prostate cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization study. American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting 2022 (October 2022, Los Angeles, USA).
2021
Fernanda Morales Berstein. Poster. 'Assessing the casual role of epigentic clocks in the development of mulitple cancers: a Mendelian randomization study.' 85th Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitive Biology: Biological Time Keeping. 2021
Flo Martin, Poster `Novel risk factors for menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea in adolescence using the ALSPAC cohort`, SSM Annual Scientific Meeting, Friday 17th September 2021
2020
Si Fang. Poster. 'A recall-by-genotype study on the metabolomic signatures of body mass index.' Annual Conference of Metabolomics Society. October 2020.
Si Fang. Poster. 'A Mendelian randomization study to evaluate the effect of genetically predicted alcohol consumption on disease risk.' Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics. October 2020.
2019
Paul Madley Dowd. Poster and presentation. 'Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offsrping Intellectual Disability: Casual Analysis in an inter Generational Danish Cohort of Over 1 Million Individuals'. 2019
Thomas Battram. Poster. 'The EWAS Catalog: a database of epigenome-wide association studies'. 2019
Ciarrah-Jane Barry. Oral presentation. International Conference on Mendelian Randomisation. 2019
2018
Tom Battram. Longitudinal Studies. Oral: “Coronary artery disease, genetic risk and the metabolome”; May 2018
Monika Frysz. Poster. Age at peak height velocity is related to proximal femur shape in adolescents , Liverpool, 2018.
April Hartley. Serum citrate: a novel biomarker of bone resorption? Bone Research Society Annual Meeting, Winchester 2018.
Charlie Hatcher. Poster presentation. 'Leveraging brain cortex-derived molecular data to elucidate epigenetic and transcriptomic drivers of neurological function and disease.`American Society of Human Genetics, 2018.
Christina Dardani. Poster presentation.Causal pathways from ADHD and Autism to educational attainment: Evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Glasgow, UK, 2018.
Tom Battram. Poster presentation.“What are the limits of epigenome-wide association studies?” American Society of Human Genetics, 2018.
Caroline Bull. Poster presentation "Molecular and epidemiological investigations of the association between statin use and advanced prostate cancer" Keystone Tumor Metabolism conference; Utah, USA, 2018.
Paul Madley-Dowd. Conference talk Investigating the proportion of missing data in multiple imputation, Organisation of missing data, imputation and analysis (MiDIA) group, UCL London, 2018.
Hannah Sallis. Oral presentation-Investigating the association between genetic liability for schizophrenia and childhood trauma – World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, 2018
Hannah Sallis. Poster presentation.Smoking and personality: using Mendelian randomization to investigate causality. Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting, 2018
Hannah Sallis. Poster presentation. Investigating the association between genetic liability for schizophrenia and childhood trauma – World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, 2018
Zoe Reed. Poster presentation. Geographical variation in genetic and environmental influences on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Sweden and the United Kingdom using both twin analyses and polygenic risk scores”. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, October 2018.
2017
Anna Guyatt.Poster presentation (CNVs and neuropsychiatric traits): Human Genome Meeting 2017, Barcelona
Zoe Reed. Talk: “Early handwriting style has both genetic and environmental origins”. Behavior Genetics Association Annual Meeting, June 2017.
Zoe Reed. Poster: “Mapping geographical variation in the genetic and environmental aetiology of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Sweden”. Behavior Genetics Association Annual Meeting, June 2017.
Zoe Reed. Poster: “Assessing the causal role of adiposity on disordered eating in childhood, adolescence and adulthood: a Mendelian randomization analysis”. Mendelian Randomization Conference: In the age of large-scale accessible genomics data, July 2017.
Tom Battram. Translational Bioinformatics. Poster: “Appraising the causal relevance of DNA methylation for risk of lung cancer”; June 2017.
Tom Battram. Mendelian Randomization. Poster: “Appraising the causal relevance of DNA methylation for risk of lung cancer”; July 2017.
Tom Battram. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). Oral: “Coronary artery disease, genetic risk and the metabolome”; October 2017.
Monika Frysz. Oral. The effect of age and puberty on proximal femur shape, Las Vegas, 2017.
Monika Frysz. Poster. Investigation of relationships between hip bone mineral density and hip shape in adolescent and adult females, Bristol, 2017.
Monika Frysz. Poster. Bone mineral density is related to proximal femur shape: findings from a cross-sectional study in middle aged women , Denver, USA, 2017.
Monika Frysz. Poster. Investigation of relationships between hip bone mineral density and hip shape in adolescent and adult females, Las Vegas, 2017.
Monika Frysz. Poster. The effect of age and puberty on proximal femur shape, Bristol, 2017.
April Hartley. Sarcopenia is negatively related to osteogenic impacts achieved through habitual physical activity: findings from a population-based cohort of older females. Bone Research Society Annual Meeting, Bristol 2017
Caroline Bull. Poster presentation (Blood lipids and prostate cancer: a Mendelian randomization study) Mendelian randomization in the age of largescale accessible genomics data conference; Bristol, UK, 2017.
Paul Madley-Dowd.Conference poster:` investigating the proportion of missing data in multiple imputation`at the Society for Epidemiological Research's 50th annual conference in Seattle, USA, 2017.
Hannah Sallis. Oral presentation. Childhood psychopathology in the ALSPAC cohort - Eighteenth Biennial ISRCAP Scientific Meeting, 2017
2016
Dee Knipe. Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP), Tokyo, 2016 (2 oral & 1 poster).
Hannah Sallis.ALSPAC and depression: using Mendelian randomization to investigate causality - WPA Section on Epidemiology and Public Health 2016 Meeting (invited speaker).
Anna Guyatt. Poster presentation (GWAS of mitochondrial DNA copy number): ASHG 2016, Vancouver, Canada.
Monika Frysz. Poster.Gender differences in proximal femur shape: findings from a population based study in adolescents, Atlanta USA, 2016.
Monika Frysz. Poster and presentation. Hip shape development in adolescence, Keele, 2016.
Caroline Bull. Oral presentation (LDL-lowering and prostate cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis) Therapeutic interventions for cancer prevention – the way forward, British Association for Cancer Research (BACR) meeting; Bristol, UK, 2016.
Caroline Bull. Poster presentation (Molecular aspects of prostate cancer: LDL cholesterol metaboism) IARC 50th anniversary conference; Lyon, France, 2016.
Kaitlin Wade. MR-Base: an online platform for Mendelian randomization using summary data” – International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) 50th Anniversary Conference on Global Cancer in Lyon, 2016
2015
Caroline Bull. Blood lipids and prostate cancer: a Mendelian randomisation approach. The rank prize mini-symposium on Nutrition and Cancer, February 2015 & from Population Health to Pharmaceutical Developments Conference; Bristol, UK, 2015.
Caroline Bull. Poster presentation "Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and the IGF axis in prostate cancer" University of Bristol School of Clinical Sciences Academic Day, 2015.
Michelle Taylor. Use of Mendelian randomization to assess whether smoking is causally associated with alcohol consumption; Platform; SSA PhD annual research meeting 2015
Michelle Taylor. Use of Mendelian randomization to assess whether smoking is causally associated with alcohol consumption; Poster; SSM 2015.
Michelle Taylor. Invited talk. Effect of Caffeic Acid on Smoking Heaviness: From Causal Evidence to Clinical Research; New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University; 2015
Kaitlin Wade. Presented at International Genetic Epidemiology Society conference in Baltimore, 2015
Rebecca Richmond. Oral presentation. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease; Cape Town, South Africa, November 2015
Rebecca Richmond. Oral presentation. CRUK Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme Launch; Bristol, UK, October 2015 (Invited)
Rebecca Richmond. Oral presentation. Mendelian Randomization; Bristol, UK, June 2015
Rebecca Richmond. Oral presentation. Epigenome and the Social Environment Event; Bristol, UK, May 2015 (Invited)
Rebecca Richmond. Oral presentation. Longitudinal Studies: Maximising their value for Ageing Research; Cambridge; UK, 21-23 July 2015
Dee Knipe. British Isles Research Workshop on Suicide & Self-harm, Oxford, 2015 (1 oral).
Dee Knipe.ASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, New York, 2015 (1 oral & 1 poster).
Anna Guyatt. Poster presentation (Autism and 2D:4D): IMFAR 2015, Salt Lake City, USA
Monika Frysz. Oral. Osteoporosis and atherosclerosis: higher bone density is associated with greater carotid intima-media thickness in middle-aged women, Edinburgh, 2015.
Monika Frysz. Poster. Higher bone mineral density is associated with greater carotid intima-media thickness in middle-aged women, Seattle, USA, 2015.
Hannah Sallis. Genetics of depression across adolescence: findings from the ALSPAC cohort – American Society for Human Genetics, 2015 (Poster)
Hannah Sallis. IL-6 and adolescent depression: Exploring the inflammatory hypothesis using Mendelian randomization - Mendelian randomization: From population health to pharmaceutical development, 2015 (Poster)
Hannah Sallis. IL-6 and adolescent depression: A Mendelian randomization approach - European Society of Human Genetics Conference 2015, 2015 (Poster)
Hannah Sallis. A Mendelian randomization investigation of the causal relationship between IL-6 and adolescent depression – World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, 2015 (Poster)
Hannah Sallis. IL-6 and adolescent depression: A Mendelian randomization approach - Bloomsbury Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics Annual Meeting 2015, 2015 (Poster)
Hannah Sallis. Investigating causality in the relationship between atopic dermatitis and childhood mental health using Mendelian randomization – International Genetic Epidemiology Society, 2015 (Poster).
2014
Kaitlin Wade. Associations between blood pressure and mortality using offspring blood pressure as an instrument for own blood pressure: results from the HUNT Study” – MRC-IEU Instrumental Variable Workshop, 2014
Andrew Crawford. Genome-wide association study of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction in depressed males. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress, Berlin, October 2014.
Andrew Crawford. Are genetic variants able to differentially predict sexual dysfunction in men following treatment with citalopram or reboxetine? Findings from a randomised trial.The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Copenhagen, October, 2014.
Andrew Crawford. Are we able to guide treatment choice to reduce antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction in males using genome-wide data from randomised controlled trials?International Genetic Epidemiology Society Annual Conference, Vienna, August 2014.
Kimberley Burrows. Genome Variation and Human Health, Human Genome Meeting, Geneva, April 2014.
Michelle Taylor. Use of Mendelian randomization to assess whether smoking is causally associated with alcohol consumption, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Seattle, USA, February, 2014.
Rebecca Richmond. University of Bristol Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Away Day, Bristol, UK, July 2014.
Rebecca Richmond. Canadian Perinatal Research Meeting, Banff, Canada, February 2014.
Dee Knipe. 15th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, Tallinn, Estonia, August 2014.
Hannah Sallis. Omega-3 fatty acids and perinatal depression: a Mendelian randomisation study, 4th International Regional (North America) Stress and Behavior Conference, New Orleans, June 2014.
Hannah Sallis. Omega-3 fatty acids and perinatal depression: a Mendelian randomisation study, International Genetic Epidemiology Society, 23rd Annual Conference, August 2014.
Mary Ward. Epigenetic Programming and Inheritance conference in Boston, USA, April 2014.
Sean Harrison. IEA World Congress of Epidemiology conference, Anchorage, Alaska, August 2014.
2013
John Kemp. Does bone resorption stimulate periosteal expansion? A cross sectional analysis of β-C-telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX), genetic markers of resorption, and periosteal circumference as measured by pQCT. American Society of Bone Mineral Research Conference in Baltimore, USA: October 2013.
John Kemp. Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density facilitates the identification of skeletal site specificity on the genetic regulation of bone. 6th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2013.
John Kemp. Phenotypic dissection of bone mineral density facilitates the identification of skeletal site specificity on the genetic regulation of bone. 40th European Calcified Tissue Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, May 2013.
Vanessa Tan. Mechanisms of transciptional regulation of FSCN1, a cell motility protein associated with carcinoma progression in prostae carcinoma cells. The Tumour Microenvironment Conference, July 2013.
Andrew Crawford. Adverse Effects from Antidepressant Treatment: Findings from the GENPOD study. British Association for Psychopharmacology Summer Meeting, Harrogate, July 2013.
Andrew Crawford. Genetic Predictors of Adverse Effects of Antidepressants. The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology Thematic Meeting, Jerusalem, April 2013.
Andrew Crawford. Are baseline physical symptoms characteristic of severe depression or a poor prognostic factor? A secondary analysis of the GENPOD trial. International Anxiety Disorder Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2013.
Andrew Crawford. Severity of Anxiety and Response to Citalopram or Reboxetine: GENPOD Randomised Controlled Trial. International Anxiety Disorder Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2013.
Kaitlin Wade. Presentation of a proposal for work using metagenomic data to assess the association between meat consumption and blood pressure,Metagenomics: Managing, Analysing and Visualising Data Course, Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK, September 2013.
Kaitlin Wade. Longitudinal Blood Pressure Genetics, 63rd ASHG Annual Meeting in Boston, USA, October 2013.
Kaitlin Wade. Removing the bias: Mendelian randomization in epidemiology” - United Kingdom Molecular Epidemiology Group (UKMEG) held at Newcastle University, 2013 (invited talk).
Rebecca Richmond. MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Launch, Bristol, UK, November 2013.
Rebecca Richmond. Epigenomics of Common Disease, Cambridge, UK, November 2013.
Rebecca Richmond. The Impact of Genomics on Public Health course, Cardiff, UK, April 2013.
Rebecca Richmond. Genomics of Common Disease; Oxford, UK, September 2013.
2012
John Kemp. Genome-wide association analysis of skull BMD in children: a powerful strategy to identify genetic determinants of osteoporosis-related traits. American Society of Bone Mineral Research Conference in Minneapolis, USA, October 2012.
John Kemp. Meta-analysis of genome-wide scans for total body BMD reveals an interaction with weight bearing at the WNT16 locus. National Osteoporosis and Bone Conference in Manchester, UK, July 2012.
Ghazaleh Fatemifar. MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, Bristol, UK, 2012.
Ghazaleh Fatemifar. The American Society of Human Genetics Conference in San Francisco, USA, November 2012.
Ghazaleh Fatemifar. The Osteoporosis and Bone Conference, National Osteoporosis Society in Manchester, UK, July 2012.
Ghazaleh Fatemifar. The European Calcified Tissue Society Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, May 2012.
Alex Stiby. Comparison of genome wide association studies for smoking behaviour between self-reported and biomarker measures. American Society for Human Genetics in San Francisco, November 2012.
Alex Stiby. Association of Maternal smoking With Child Cotinine levels’. Presented in a cross department ‘away day’ UoB conference.
Andrew Crawford. Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of the Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Discontinuation from Antidepressant Treatment. International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Liverpool, July 2012.
Kaitlin Wade. Application of Mendelian randomization on L-ascorbic acid and hypertension risk in >18,000 participants from 5 independent studies - Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics held at Downing College, Cambridge, 2012.
Kaitlin Wade. Does L-ascorbic acid decrease blood pressure and hypertension risk? Mendelian randomization using genetic variation at SLC23A1 in >17,000 participants from 5 independent studies” - American Society of Human Genetics in San Francisco, 2012 (Poster).
Michelle Taylor. Validity of the Mendelian randomization approach: do the principles really hold?American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, USA, November 2012.
Rebecca Richmond. The 62nd American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, USA, November 2012.
2011
Ghazaleh Fatemifar. The MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology 2011, Bristol, UK May 2011.
Alex Stiby. The MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology 2011, Bristol, UK, May 2011.
Vanessa Tan. Wellcome Trust away day talk, December, 2011.
Vanessa Tan. The prognostic role of fascin-1 in cancer progression insights from epidemiology and cell biology.The American Society of Cell Biology, Denver, USA, December, 2011.
Andrew Crawford. Asthma, Atopy and Suicide: Findings from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort.Population Health Annual Symposium, Bristol, November 2011.
2009
Chris Boustred. Genome-wide association study of lipid related phenotypes in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents & Children. American Society of Human Genetics Annual General Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 2009.
Dylan Williams. Infant nutrition is not associated with insulin resistance measures in early adulthood: the Barry-Caerphilly Growth cohort study. European Congress of Epidemiology. Warsaw, Poland, August 2009.