Anna Helgadottir, MD, PhD
Research Summary
Anna received her MD from the University of Iceland in 1996. Following a rotating internship in Medicine and Surgery at University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, she joined deCODE Genetics in Iceland in 1998, where she worked as a Project Leader for myocardial infarction genetic program for 10 years. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Iceland in 2008. She moved to Oxford in September 2008 having been awarded an Intermediate Fellowship from the BHF CRE. She works at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and is based in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. Her research is focused on genetic studies of coronary artery disease.
Publication List
- Peden, J.F., Hopewell, J.C., Saleheen, D. & other authors 2011. 'A genome-wide association study in Europeans and South Asians identifies five new loci for coronary artery disease'. (2011) Nat Genet. Mar 6. [Epub ahead of print] View on Pubmed
- Gudbjartsson, D. F., Bjornsdottir, U. S., Halapi, E. & other authors 2009. 'Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction'. Nat Genet vol 41, pp 342-347. View on Pubmed
- Thorleifsson, G., Walters, G. B., Gudbjartsson, D. F. & other authors 2009. 'Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity'. Nat Genet vol 41, pp 18-24. View on Pubmed
- Emilsson, V., Thorleifsson, G., Zhang, B. & other authors 2008. 'Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease'. Nature vol 452, pp 423-428. View on Pubmed
- Gretarsdottir, S., Thorleifsson, G., Manolescu, A. & other authors 2008. 'Risk variants for atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25 associate with ischemic stroke'. Ann Neurol vol 64, pp 402-409. View on Pubmed
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Contact Details
Email annah@well.ox.ac.uk
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