Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist; University Research Lecturer
Iona Millwood completed an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and a DPhil in Molecular Genetics at the University of Oxford. She worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, on large-scale genetic epidemiological projects including the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, and also spent several years as a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Australia, developing and conducting clinical trials for biomedical methods of HIV prevention in Australia and South-East Asia.
Iona joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2009, to work on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB), including designing and conducting genomic and multi-omic assays to enhance and develop the CKB resources. Current research interests focus on using genetic and molecular epidemiology to understand the aetiology of cardio-metabolic and other chronic diseases, using genetic approaches to identify and evaluate potential drug targets, and investigating the role of infection in cancer risk, and the health effects of alcohol consumption. Iona co-leads a Genetic Epidemiology module for the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology.
Recent publications
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Trans-ancestry genome-wide investigation of tobacco and alcohol use in up to 3.4 million individuals
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Saunders GRB. et al, (2022), Nature
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Intracranial Aneurysm Classifier Using Phenotypic Factors: An International Pooled Analysis.
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Morel S. et al, (2022), J Pers Med, 12
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A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids.
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Ramdas S. et al, (2022), Am J Hum Genet, 109, 1366 - 1387
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Investigation into the Health Effects of Reduced Chymase Function Using Predicted Loss-of-Function Mutations in CMA1.
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Fairhurst-Hunter Z. et al, (2022), J Cardiovasc Transl Res
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Applying Mendelian randomization to appraise causality in relationships between nutrition and cancer.
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Wade KH. et al, (2022), Cancer Causes Control