Fellows

Alex Markham
Postdoc
Copenhagen Causality Lab, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Erin Evelyn Gabriel

Research:
Alex works in causal machine learning, ranging from foundational problems that intersect algebraic statistics and combinatorics to applications at scale using deep generative models.

Jakob Zeitler
Postdoc
Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Robin Evans and Erin Evelyn Gabriel

Research:
I research 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:
Lianyun has a background in medicine and epidemiology. Her research focuses on elucidating the genetics of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and its symptoms. During her post-doc in the SMARTbiomed, she aims to investigate the genetics of antidepressant response in Danish cohorts and advance methods for genetic correlation estimation.

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 Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
SMARTbiomed group leader: George Nicholson

Research:
Deep learning algorithms for wearable device data analysis.

Zehao Su
Postdoc
Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, DK
SMARTbiomed group leader: Erin Evelyn Gabriel

Research:
Efficient estimation of partial identification bounds with applications in diabetes.

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.