Last updated May 10, 2018
Recently approved research (2017-2018) with the UK Biobank resource is listed below by month of data release. Please click on the chart to enlarge it. You can search by keyword or year. You can also enter locations and researcher names into the search box to find the results you are looking for.
Approved Research
Dr Andrea Mechelli, Using deep learning technology to make individualised inferences in brain-based disorders
Tags: 40323, Brain disorders, clinical-tool, deep learning, neuroimaging, normative-model, translational-approach
June 2018
Professor Suzanne Leal, Identification of genetic risk factors for age-relating hearing disorders
Dr Mindie Nguyen, Interaction between metabolic syndrome and other environmental, genetic and clinical factors impacting liver disease and other health outcomes
Dr Ashley Webb, Association between FOXO3 genetic variants and cognitive performance in aged individuals
Dr Yan Gong, Pharmacogenomic Genome-wide Association Analyses of Drug Responses and Adverse Events Using UK Biobank Data
Dr Aldo Faisal, BioBank Behavioural BioMarkers (B4M)
Professor Daniel Chasman, Genetic analysis of peripheral artery disease and migraine
Professor Masud Husain, The effects of age, sex, genotype and systemic health on brain structure and function
Dr Patrick Gladding, A Mendelian Randomisation Study to Assess the Interaction between ADCY9 rs1967309, HDL, Diet and Atherosclerosis Measured by Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT)
Professor Alon Keinan, Novel methods for detecting single-marker associations, gene-gene and gene-environment interactions, with a focus on the X chromosome
Professor Paul Brenchley, Interaction of genetics and environment in triggering anti-PLA2R autoantibody in membranous nephropathy: a paradigm for initiation of autoimmunity
Dr Alain Dagher, From predictors to obesity and vascular factors: the mediating roles of cognition, affect, brain structure and function
Mr Matias Fuentealba, Discovering new drug targets to improve health during ageing
Dr Diana van Heemst, Thyroid signalling and common age-related diseases: a Mendelian Randomisation study and thyroid pathway analysis
Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis, Integrated paradigms to investigate the interplay between lifestyle behaviours, the social environment, and genetic risk in the development of cardio- metabolic disease and mental health
Dr Peter Sorensen, Genomic feature prediction models
Tags: 31269, prediction
Dr Ville-Petteri Makinen, Synergistic genetic and environmental covariates of depression, diabetes and cognitive decline
Professor Barbara Franke, Genetic underpinnings of social withdrawal in the general population
Professor Dr. Karsten Borgwardt, Building a multimodal imaging classifier for prediction of clinical outcomes in brain related disorders
Dr Christian Lambert, Cortical genotype-phenotype influences on inter-individual variability in neurodegeneration
Dr Kimmo Palin, A Genome Wide Association Studies of Colorectal Cancer, Uterine Leiomyoma and Other Tumor Types
Professor Aldo Rustichini, A study of decision making using UK Biobank and fMRI studies of economic choices
Dr Hyunjin Park, Neuroimaging correlates of obesity
Professor Yan Sun, Integrative study of genomic, environmental, and clinical factors for cardio-metabolic diseases
Dr Nicolas Jaccard, Clinical Decision Support for Automated OCT Imagery Interpretation
Professor Bernard Mazoyer, Brain white matter anomalies
Professor Helgi Schioth, Comorbidities between addiction and mental disorders ? association of genetics, biomarkers and environment (e.g. lifestyle) with mental health and cognitive function
Professor Ian Mathieson, Genetic risk prediction and variance in diverse populations
Dr Guido van Wingen, Biomarkers for brain disorders: Towards precision medicine
Dr Ulf Ekelund, Advancing knowledge on physical activity and health through investigating interrelationships with lifestyle behaviours, fitness, and subclinical outcomes
Dr Sriram Sankararaman, Methods for large-scale medical and population genetic data
Dr Bennett Landman, Population Mapping of Brain, Eye, Spinal Cord, and Abdomen Anatomy in the Context of Electronic Medical Records
Dr James Fraser, Automated screening for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from sinus rhythm ECGs.
Dr Gill Combes, Understanding the prevalence of multimorbidity in people of later working age and the impact of multimorbidity definition on characteristics of the cohort
Professor Pak Chung Sham,Novel methods for understanding of the genetic architecture of common diseases and traits
Professor Stuart Ralston, Genetic determinants of Paget’s disease
Dr Scott Delp, Big Data for Mobility Research
Dr Robert Wojciechowski, Genetic and environment studies of myopia and refractive error in the UK Biobank
Professor Andre Franke, Identification of genetic susceptibility loci for haemorrhoids disease
Miss Woori Kim, Gene-by-Environment Interactions on Pulmonary Function and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Dr Kerstin Ritter, Studying mental health via research domain criteria, neuroimaging and convolutional neural networks
Dr Johannes Soeding, Developing a Bayesian methodology for identifying disease-associated dysregulation of genes and gene subnetworks by integration of GWAS and eQTL data, with application to cardiovascular diseases
Dr Claire McEvoy, Diet, body fat and brain health: a multi-organ imaging study in the UK Biobank
Professor Velandai Srikanth, Cardiometabolic and genetic determinants of brain structure and function – a focus on obesity, type 2 diabetes and associated factors
Professor Maciej Tomaszewski: Numerical abnormalities and structural rearrangements of the Y and X chromosomes and predisposition to complex diseases
Dr Fadil Hannan: Biochemical evaluation of secondary osteoporosis: A UK Biobank study
Professor Jiang Qiu: Neural Correlates of Vulnerability to Depression using Brain Functional and Structural Imaging Data
Dr Sachin Banker: Genetic Determinants of Healthy Decision Making
Mr Jayendra Bhalodiya, Computational Modelling of Human Heart using MR Images
Dr Devanshi Seth, Genetics of alcoholic liver cirrhosis
Assistant Professor Philip Gehrman, Sleep Duration and Cognitive Function in the Population
Dr Carl Anderson, Genetic association study of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and a comparison with related phenotypes.
Professor Christopher Hammond, Genetic contribution to vision loss and disability: The UK Biobank Eye & Vision Consortium
Dr Fumihiko Takeuchi, Replication study of genetic association with cervical cancer susceptibility
Dr Claire Palles, Genetics of Barrett’s esophagus and Esophageal adenocarcinoma
Professor Pim van der Harst, Genetic dissection of cardiovascular risk factors and their relation to disease to establish causality and identify novel targets of therapy
Professor Gaolang Gong, Identifying the healthy aging pattern of topological asymmetry of human brain networks and the underlying pathway between gene, brain asymmetry and cognitive
Dr. Thomas Drake, Unravelling environmental and genetic drivers of gallstone disease
Dr Sang Hong Lee, Whole-genome approaches for dissecting (shared) genetic architecture and individual risk prediction of complex traits in human populations
Dr Gesche Huebner, Temperatures and health – Using accelerometer data to understand experienced temperatures and their relationship to sleep, mental and physical health
Dr Cecilia Lindgren, Dissection of the Genetic Susceptibility of Obesity Traits and their Comorbidities
Dr Kyle Pattinson, Brain mechanisms underlying symptom perception in asthma
Dr Gemma Cadby, Understanding the genetics of malignant mesothelioma susceptibility and prognosis
Associate Professor Sarah Medland, Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta Analysis
Dr. Vinicius Tragante do O, On the quest for tissue-specific contributions to disease
Assistant Professor Evangelos Evangelou, Multivariate approaches for the identification of novel environmental and genetic risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders, skin cancers and bone-related outcomes
Dr William Astle,The Genetics of Extreme Blood Indices by Whole Genome Sequencing
Tags: 9616, featured, genetics, haematology, haematopoiesis, regenerative medicine, Sequencing
January 2018
