Laura Portas
MSc, MScRes, PhD
Researcher in Genomic Discovery
Laura joined the wearables group at the Big Data Institute and Oxford Population Health as a postdoctoral researcher in genomic discovery in June 2022.
Her current research focuses on reproducible genomic discovery analyses using novel wearable-derived phenotypes in the context of cardiometabolic disease.
She spent several years as a statistical geneticist at the National Research Council of Italy focusing on the genetic epidemiology of common complex-trait diseases in isolated genetic populations.
Laura also worked as a postdoctoral research associate in Epidemiology/Medical Statistics at Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London, on large-scale genetic epidemiological projects.
Laura has an MSc in Biology, an MScRes in Bioinformatics, and a PhD in Epidemiology/Biostatistics.
Recent publications
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Association of daily steps with incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Evidence from the UK Biobank cohort
Preprint
Fulda ES. et al, (2024)