DrAbbasDehghan

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Reader in Cardiometabolic Disease Epidemiology

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 3347a.dehghan CV

Location

Building E - Sir Michael UrenWhite City Campus

Summary

Abbas Dehghan MD PhD FESCis a medical doctor and an epidemiologist. He studied Epidemiology at Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES) and worked with the Rotterdam Study at the department of epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands for more than 10 years. In 2016, he joined the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Imperial College London as a reader in cardiometabolic disorders.

Dr Dehghan is a member of the steering committee of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium and has led or been involved in many genome-wide association (GWAS) studies. He has been co-PI of COMBI-BIO, an FP7 EU funded project on the metabolomics of atherosclerosis.

Dr Dehghan is working on the genetics of omics, in particular metabolomics, and applying Mendelian Randomisation approach to investigate causal determinants of complex traits and diseases including cardiometabolic disorders, dementia and cancers.

Since January 2020, Dr Dehghan is the director of postgraduate research at the school of public health.

Publications

Journals

Hahn J, Bressler J, Domingo-Relloso A, et al.Hahn J, Bressler J, Domingo-Relloso A, Chen M-H, McCartney DL, Teumer A, van Dongen J, Kleber ME, Aïssi D, Swenson BR, Yao J, Zhao W, Huang J, Xia Y, Brown MR, Costeira R, de Geus EJC, Delgado GE, Dobson DA, Elliott P, Grabe HJ, Guo X, Harris SE, Huffman JE, Kardia SLR, Liu Y, Lorkowski S, Marioni RE, Nauck M, Ratliff SM, Sabater-Lleal M, Spector TD, Suchon P, Taylor KD, Thibord F, Trégouët D-A, Wiggins KL, Willemsen G, Bell JT, Boomsma DI, Cole SA, Cox SR, Dehghan A, Greinacher A, Haack K, März W, Morange P-E, Rotter JI, Sotoodehnia N, Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A, Smith JA, Johnson AD, Fornage M, Smith NL, Wolberg AS, Morrison AC, de Vries PS close, 2023, DNA methylation analysis is used to identify novel genetic loci associated with circulating fibrinogen levels in blood., J Thromb Haemost, Vol:21, Pages:1135-1147

Huang J, Gill D, Zuber V, et al.Huang J, Gill D, Zuber V, Matthews PAUL, Elliott PAUL, Tzoulaki I, Dehghan ABBAS close, 2023, Circulatory proteins relate cardiovascular disease to cognitive performance: a Mendelian randomisation study, Frontiers in Genetics, Vol:14, ISSN:1664-8021, Pages:1-11

Kojouri M, Pinto R, Mustafa R, et al.Kojouri M, Pinto R, Mustafa R, Huang J, He G, Elliott P, Tzoulaki I, Dehghan A close, 2023, Metabolome-wide association study on physical activity, Scientific Reports, Vol:13, ISSN:2045-2322, Pages:1-9

Huang J, Su B, Karhunen V, et al.Huang J, Su B, Karhunen V, Gill D, Zuber V, Ahola-Olli A, Palaniswamy S, Auvinen J, Herzig K-H, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Salmi M, Jalkanen S, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT, Matthews PM, Elliott P, Tsilidis KK, Jarvelin M-R, Tzoulaki I, Dehghan A close, 2023, Inflammatory diseases, inflammatory biomarkers, and Alzheimer disease: an observational analysis and mendelian randomization, Neurology, Vol:100, ISSN:0028-3878, Pages:e568-e581

Al-Jafar R, Wahyuni NS, Belhaj K, et al.Al-Jafar R, Wahyuni NS, Belhaj K, Ersi MH, Boroghani Z, Alreshidi A, Alkhalaf Z, Elliott P, Tsilidis KK, Dehghan A, Al Jafar R close, 2023, The impact of Ramadan fasting on anthropometric measurements and body composition: evidence from London Ramadan Study and a meta-analysis, Frontiers in Nutrition, Vol:10, ISSN:2296-861X, Pages:1-24

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