Dr Najaf Amin
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Najaf Amin
MSc, DSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Epidemiology
Dr Amin has a background in mathematics and statistics. She received her PhD degree in genetic epidemiology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2011.
Her main area of research is identifying biomarkers for neuro-psychiatric traits using plasma/CSF/brain-based and single cell-based integrative multi-omics research. She works with molecular data including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics as well as gut microbiome. She is also interested in identifying causal relationships using Mendelian Randomisation, and translation of her findings using cell-based research.
Recent publications
Proteomic signatures of smoking and their associations with risk of incident diseases and mortality in diverse populations.
Journal article
Xiao S. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 17
Domain mapping of disease mutations reveals pathogenic SORL1 variants in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal article
Andersen OM. et al, (2025), Mol Neurodegener, 20