Dr Cecilia Lai

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Daphne Jackson Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, The William Harvey Research Institute – Centre for Endocrinology

Name: Dr Cecilia Lai
Field: Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Specialisms:

Genetics of human diseases including childhood developmental disorders, cancers and intestinal disease

Research and qualifications:

BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford
DPhil at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Post-Doctoral Fellowships at University College London and Queen Mary University of London working on molecular mechanisms of lung cancer, colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, respectively

Returning to her research after a 9-year break, Cecilia’s Fellowship is entitled: “Studying Genetic Predisposition Towards Obesity in Down Syndrome Using Polygenic Risk Scores”

Host

Queen Mary University of London

Funders

Royal Society

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