Dr Qian Yang
MPhil, BMed, BA
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Her research interests lie in the areas of genetic and aetiological epidemiology, specifically using Mendelian randomization to help strength causal inference. She used to be involved in Shanghai allergy cohort and 'Children of 1997' a Hong Kong Chinese birth cohort, and now focuses on Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and the UK Biobank. Her MPhil thesis entitled "Do Health Effects of Milk Involve Gut Microbiome or Branched-Chain Amino Acids". Her PhD project aims to identify causes of pregnancy complications, and adverse effects of these complications on maternal and offspring health in their later life.
Publications
Recent publications
29/01/2024Integrating multiple lines of evidence to assess the effects of maternal BMI on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
BMC Medicine
Accuracy of outcome definitions in Mendelian randomisation of maternal health
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Efficacy of metformin targets on cardiometabolic health in the general population and non-diabetic individuals
EBioMedicine
The effect of maternal BMI, smoking and alcohol on congenital heart diseases
BMC Medicine
Associations between insomnia and pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: Evidence from Mendelian randomization and multivariable regression analyses
PLoS Medicine
Thesis
Individual and joint effects of chronotype and sleep patterns on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
Supervisors
Award date
27/09/2022