Fellows
Alex Markham
Postdoc
Copenhagen Causality Lab, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Erin Evelyn Gabriel
Research:
Using perturb-seq data to learn causal graphical models that facilitate reasoning about regulatory pathways underlying common complex diseases.
Ciarrah-Jane Shannon Barry
Postdoc
National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Esben Agerbo and Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Research:
Investigating and developing statistical and methodological approaches to enhance the accuracy and validity of genetic research findings.
Danni Chen
Postdoc
National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Andrew Schork, and Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Research:
Developing methods to integrate the exposome into life-course models of mental health disorders
Duncan Palmer
Senior Pioneer Fellow
Big Data Institute and Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK.
SMARTbiomed group leader: Chris Holmes
Research:
Developing and applying statistical and computational methods to gain insight into disease mechanisms.
Elena Sabbioni
Postdoc
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Peter Visscher and Pier Palamara
Research:
Quantifying the dimension of the human heritable phenome.
Fang Li
Postdoc
Department of Psychiatry , University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Max Taquet
Research:
Leveraging large-scale electronic health records to identify, evaluate, and prioritize existing medications for repurposing in psychiatry.
Hanwen Xing
Postdoc
Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Christopher Yau
Research:
Investigating and developing probabilsitic and interpretable deep learning models for multiomics data.
Jakob Zeitler
Postdoc
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Robin Evans and Erin Evelyn Gabriel
Research:
Investigating methods of bounding causal effects to yield more reliable statistical analysis of common complex diseases
Lianyun Huang
Postdoc
National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Research:
Investigating the genetics of antidepressant response in Danish cohorts and advance methods for genetic correlation estimation.
Luisa Schäfer
Postdoc
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Henriette Svarre Nielsen
Research:
Investigating deep learning for enhanced adenomyosis diagnosis.
Moh Sallam
Postdoc
Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Peter Sørensen
Research:
Developing computationally efficient, biologically relevant methods for polygenic risk scoring and fine mapping.
Niels Rasmus Lorenzen
Postdoc
National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA), DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Nidhi Gupta
Research:
Developing robust models for analysis of wearable device data by leveraging self-supervised deep learning.
Nikki Hubers
Postdoc
National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Julie Werenberg Dreier and Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Research:
Developing methods to translate genetic research into applications by integrating large-scale registry and genetic datasets.
Paweł Morzywołek
Senior Pioneer Fellow
Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Erin Gabriel
Research:
Conducting research in causal and statistical inference with an emphasis on infinite-dimensional parameters and their applications to understanding common complex diseases.
Shadi Zabad
Postdoc
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
SMARTbiomed group leader: Pier Palamara
Research:
Developing statistical methods and algorithms for large-scale analyses of complex traits and diseases.
Solange Pruilh
Postdoc
Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Jordi Merino
Research:
Leveraging continuous glucose monitoring data to uncover heterogeneity and patterns in healthy individuals: towards early profiling leading to type 2 diabetes.
Yong Wang
Postdoc
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Naomi Wray
Research:
Developing deep learning algorithms for wearable device data analysis.
Xiaotong Wang
Postdoc
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Naomi Wray
Research:
Developing statistical methods to analyse genetic data and translating the findings into clinical care through multidisciplinary integration.
Zehao Su
Postdoc
Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Erin Evelyn Gabriel
Research:
Investigating efficient estimation of partial identification bounds with applications in diabetes.
The Pioneer Centre
for SMARTbiomed
We have funding to appoint Pioneer SMARTbiomed fellows – junior or senior postdoctoral researchers. We encourage applications from those with computational and methods skills whose PhD research was not biomedical, as well as those with an existing strong track record in biomedical research. SMARTbiomed will provide funding for appointments of three years.
Fellows will have agency to conduct research of their choice under the broad umbrella of SMARTbiomed research boundaries, but example projects will be listed on this site. New PhD graduates can benefit from relatively close supervision of senior researchers (Pioneer Mentors), whereas more senior postdoctoral researchers who are already established in their research journey can propose their own projects and select their own mentorship team. Each mentorship team will include senior researchers from both Denmark and Oxford and will include both methods experts and complex disease clinicians. Pioneer Fellows will be mentored towards student and postdoctoral supervision commensurate with their experience.
We anticipate that two-thirds of the appointments will be primarily based in Denmark (across multiple institutions) and all appointees will spend some time in each of Oxford and Denmark, establishing a strong network of collaboration.