Iona Millwood
DPhil
Senior Epidemiologist; University Research Lecturer
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.
Iona joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2009, to work on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB), including designing and conducting genomic and multi-omic assays to enhance and develop the CKB resources. Current research interests focus on using genetic and molecular epidemiology to understand the aetiology of cardio-metabolic and other chronic diseases, using genetic approaches to identify and evaluate potential drug targets, and investigating the role of infection in cancer risk, and the health effects of alcohol consumption. Iona co-leads a Genetic Epidemiology module for the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology.
Recent publications
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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and incidence of esophageal cancer: a prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults.
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Sun D. et al, (2023), Gastroenterology
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Association of dietary patterns, circulating lipid profile, and risk of obesity.
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Pan L. et al, (2023), Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Healthy lifestyle, DNA methylation age acceleration, and incident risk of coronary heart disease.
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Si J. et al, (2023), Clin Epigenetics, 15
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Modeling biological age using blood biomarkers and physical measurements in Chinese adults.
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Chen L. et al, (2023), EBioMedicine, 89
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Mendelian randomisation study of body composition and depression in people of East Asian ancestry highlights potential setting-specific causality.
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O'Loughlin J. et al, (2023), BMC Med, 21