Episode 18: Polygenic risk scores...

Episode 18: Polygenic risk scores and the side effects of exogenous hormone use - Therese Johansson

ResearchBytes by Lachlan Gray, Felix Kohane and Imtiaz Desai

Episode notes

In this episode we chat with Therese Johansson who is a PhD student at Uppsala University in Stockholm, Sweden. Therese is a population geneticist and epidemiologist who investigates how genetic variants - individual specific changes in DNA - can influence risk of anorexia nervosa and deep vein thrombosis. Additionally, Therese has undertaken important research into the long-term side effects of exogenous hormone use.

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