Dr Robin Walters
Robin Walters
MA, PhD, PgDip
Senior Scientist
Dr Robin Walters completed degrees in Natural Sciences (Cambridge) and in Genetics (Liverpool) before working for 17 years on the biophysics, biochemistry and genetics of plant photosynthesis, first in Sheffield and then in Oxford. He then held a post as a Research Fellow at Imperial College London, before moving to CTSU in June 2012.
Dr Walters’s recent research has focussed on investigating the contribution of structural variation in the human genome to disease risk and phenotypic variation, with a particular focus on diabetes and obesity. He played a leading role in work identifying the highly penetrant obesity phenotype associated with a deletion on chromosome 16p, and the reciprocal effects of a duplication at the same locus.
He continues to have an interest in the development of novel methodologies for the identification and analysis of genomic structural variants. His current role is to plan and lead the genetic analysis of stroke risk in the China Kadoorie Biobank.
Recent publications
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Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns.
Journal article
Li J. et al, (2022), Cell, 185, 95 - 112.e18
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Improved prediction of fracture risk leveraging a genome-wide polygenic risk score
Conference paper
Lu T. et al, (2021), Genome Medicine, 13
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The relative and attributable risks of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in China: a case-cohort study.
Journal article
Yang L. et al, (2021), Lancet Public Health, 6, e888 - e896
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Trans-ethnic Mendelian-randomization study reveals causal relationships between cardiometabolic factors and chronic kidney disease.
Journal article
Zheng J. et al, (2021), Int J Epidemiol
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Metabolic risk factors, genetic predisposition, and risk of severe liver disease in Chinese: a prospective study of 0.5 million people.
Journal article
Pang Y. et al, (2021), Am J Clin Nutr, 114, 496 - 504