PhD student
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Currently I am a third year PhD student in Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse epidemiology at the University of Bristol, under the supervision of Venexia Walker, Christy Burden, George Davey Smith and Neil Davies. I have previous experience in my role as an Epidemiological Associate Researcher within the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at Bristol University.
My research focuses on genetic epidemiology under the working title, "A pharmacoepidemiological study of maternal prescriptive drug use: the risks and benefits to mothers and neonates". This research explores the prediction of adverse and beneficial maternal and neonatal outcomes subsequent to prescriptive drug exposure throughout pregnancy via two means. First, prescribing patterns and corresponding maternal and neonatal outcomes will be analysed to assess the current landscape. Second, genetic proxies for intrauterine drug exposure will be developed and implemented in a Mendelian Randomization framework to determine whether it is possible to simulate a randomised controlled trial of intrauterine drug exposure.
