Dr Grace Power
PhD in Genetic Epidemiology(Brist.), MSc in Epidemiology(Lond.), BA in Anthropology(Lond.)
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Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Genetic Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Biography
Prior to beginning my PhD, I completed a part-time MSc in Epidemiology (Distinction) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine at the same time as working as a Project Manager and Researcher in their Departments of Disease Control and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. There, my research focused on health equity, assessing the relationship between social factors indicative of socioeconomic position and adverse outcomes following pre- and postnatal exposure to vector-borne diseases, predominately in the Latin American context. I have spent a significant amount of time working in Brazil, India, and Vietnam. My early academic background lies in anthropology and previous work experience in international development.
Research interests
Grace Power specialises in applying genetic epidemiology to lifecourse research, integrating genetic techniques with conventional methods to identify time-sensitive opportunities for disease prevention. She is currently a Researcher at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol and co-leads the Lifecourse GWAS Consortium, an international initiative she founded during her PhD. She also maintains an active collaboration with the genetic epidemiology team at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, where she spent part of her doctoral training.
Prior to her PhD, Grace completed an MSc in Epidemiology (Distinction) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine while working as a Project Manager and Researcher in the Departments of Disease Control and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Her research focused on health equity in Latin America, investigating the relationship between socioeconomic position and outcomes following exposure to vector-borne diseases. She has extensive field experience in Brazil, and has lived and worked in India, and Vietnam. In addiiton, Grace draws on an academic foundation in anthropology and a professional background in international development to inform her interdisciplinary approach.
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
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2025 to 30/04/2027
Lifecourse GWAS Consortium
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
Acute, chronic, and recurring, adverse health conditions that emerge in later life are often shaped by processes experienced throughout life. Gaining a better understanding of how exposures at different stages…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2023 to 31/10/2028
Publications
Selected publications
08/11/2023Methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities in the application of Mendelian randomisation to lifecourse epidemiology
European Journal of Epidemiology
The role of body image dissatisfaction in the relationship between body size and disordered eating and self-harm
Molecular Psychiatry
A structural mean modelling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity
American Journal of Epidemiology
Recent publications
17/02/2025A structural mean modelling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity
American Journal of Epidemiology
Lifecourse Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis Refines the Critical Life Stages for the Influence of Adiposity on Breast Cancer
Science Advances
A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceptions of Stakeholders Involved in Vector Control and Vector-Borne Disease Research and Surveillance in Orinoquia, Colombia
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Systematic Review and Indirect Treatment Comparisons of Ritlecitinib against Baricitinib in Alopecia Areata
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology