Imperial College London

Dr Marika Kaakinen

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Visiting Researcher
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6537m.kaakinen Website

 
 
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Location

 

E301Burlington DanesHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Marika Kaakinen, MSc, PhD, develops and applies statistical analysis methods for genomic/omics research of metabolic health, including type 2 diabetes. She works with various types of omics data, including metabolomics, proteomics, whole-genome sequencing and gut microbiome data.

 

Publications

Journals

Maina JG, Balkhiyarova Z, Nouwen A, et al., 2023, Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization and Multiphenotype GWAS Show Causality and Shared Pathophysiology Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes., Diabetes Care, Vol:46, Pages:1707-1714

Lagou V, Jiang L, Ulrich A, et al., 2023, GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification., Nat Genet, Vol:55, Pages:1448-1461

Maina JG, Pascat V, Zudina L, et al., 2023, Abdominal obesity is a more important causal risk factor for pancreatic cancer than overall obesity., Eur J Hum Genet, Vol:31, Pages:962-966

Wang Z, Emmerich A, Pillon NJ, et al., 2022, Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention, Nature Genetics, Vol:54, ISSN:1061-4036, Pages:1332-+

Prokopenko I, Maina J, Pascat V, et al., 2022, Abdominal obesity, rather than overall obesity, is a causal risk factor for pancreatic cancer

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