Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist; University Research Lecturer
- 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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Causal effects of gallstone disease on risk of gastrointestinal cancer in Chinese.
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Pang Y. et al, (2021), Br J Cancer
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A large-scale genome-wide association analysis of lung function in the Chinese population identifies novel loci and highlights shared genetic etiology with obesity.
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Zhu Z. et al, (2021), Eur Respir J
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Alcohol drinking and risks of total and site-specific cancers in China: a 10-year prospective study of 0.5 million adults.
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Im PK. et al, (2021), Int J Cancer
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Metabolic signatures of genetically elevated vitamin D among Chinese: observational and Mendelian randomization study.
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Zhuang Z. et al, (2021), J Clin Endocrinol Metab
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Improved lipidomic profile mediates the effects of adherence to healthy lifestyles on coronary heart disease.
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Si J. et al, (2021), Elife, 10