Dr Christiana Kartsonaki
Christiana Kartsonaki
DPhil
Associate Professor
Christiana Kartsonaki is an associate professor at the Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) at Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford.
She is working on the epidemiology of cancer and other diseases, as well as on related statistical methods. Her interests include investigating the associations of risk factors and biomarkers (such as metabolomics and proteomics) with various cancers, mainly in the China Kadoorie Biobank, risk prediction, the design of case-subcohort and other studies, as well as other topics including cardiometabolic diseases, air pollution, COVID-19, and cystic fibrosis.
She has a degree in Mathematics, an MSc in Applied Statistics and a DPhil in Statistics. She has previously worked as a Biostatistician at the Department of Oncology of the University of Oxford and as a Research Associate at the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care of the University of Cambridge.
Recent publications
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Associations Between Snoring, Body Mass Index and Coronary Artery Diseases: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study in Asia.
Zhu Y. et al, (2025), Respirology
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Adiposity and risks of gastrointestinal cancers: A 10-year prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults.
Chan WC. et al, (2024), Int J Cancer
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Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults.
Cong X. et al, (2024), BMC Med, 22
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Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults.
Xia X. et al, (2024), Lancet Public Health, 9, e1047 - e1058
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Incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.
Mohamed-Ahmed O. et al, (2024), Glob Epidemiol, 8