Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist
- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
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.
She joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2009, to work on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) prospective cohort study. Current research interests focus on the genetic and molecular epidemiology of cardiometabolic diseases, and the health effects of alcohol consumption.
Recent publications
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Metabolic and lifestyle risk factors for acute pancreatitis in Chinese adults: A prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people.
Journal article
Pang Y. et al, (2018), PLoS Med, 15
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Diabetes, plasma glucose and incidence of colorectal cancer in Chinese adults: a prospective study of 0.5 million people.
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Pang Y. et al, (2018), J Epidemiol Community Health
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Adiposity and risks of colorectal and small intestine cancer in Chinese adults: a prospective study of 0.5 million people.
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Pang Y. et al, (2018), Br J Cancer
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Diabetes, plasma glucose and incidence of fatty liver, cirrhosis and liver cancer: A prospective study of 0.5 million people.
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Pang Y. et al, (2018), Hepatology
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Association of vitamin D with risk of type 2 diabetes: A Mendelian randomisation study in European and Chinese adults.
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Lu L. et al, (2018), PLoS Med, 15