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Dr. Anwar Mulugeta is a Research Associate at Nutritional and Genetic Research Group and Steering committee member at the Australian Centre for Precision Health. He has training in Genetic Epidemiology (Ph.D. in 2019), Medical Pharmacology (M.Pharm in 2011) and Pharmacy (B.Pharm in 2008). He previously worked as lecturer in Mekelle University and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and had a role as clinical trial coordinator for project entitled "Folate with B12 in patient with Schizophrenia", a collaborative project between Massachusetts General Hospital, USA and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He currently has affiliation with Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Research Interests
Dr Anwar Mulugeta focuses on understanding the contributions of genetics, environment and the interplay between them on disease risk including cognitive impairment, dementia, depression, and other health outcomes using genetic and non-genetic statistical approaches. He also applies machine learning in risk profiling of diseases.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of South Australia
29 Feb 2016 → 29 May 2019
Masters, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
15 Sep 2009 → 18 Jan 2011
Bachelor's Degree, Jimma University Ethiopia
15 Sep 2004 → 14 Jun 2008
External positions
Affiliation , School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
15 Apr 2013 → …Keywords
- Genetics
- Genome-wide association
- Phenome-wide association
- Mendelian randomisation
- Gene-environment interaction
- population health
- Epidemiology
- Machine learning
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Research Output
Association between habitual coffee consumption and multiple disease outcomes: A Mendelian randomisation phenome-wide association study in the UK Biobank
Nicolopoulos, K., Mulugeta, A., Zhou, A. & Hyppönen, E., 1 Mar 2020, In : Clinical Nutrition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Association between major depressive disorder and multiple disease outcomes: a phenome-wide Mendelian randomisation study in the UK Biobank
Mulugeta, A., Zhou, A., King, C. & Hyppönen, E., 1 Jul 2020, In : Molecular Psychiatry. 25, 7, p. 1469-1476 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
6
Citations
(Scopus)
A data-driven approach for studying the role of body mass in multiple diseases: a phenome-wide registry-based case-control study in the UK Biobank
Hypponen, E., Gebremichael, A. M., Zhou, A. & Santhanakrishnan, V. K., 1 Jul 2019, In : The Lancet Digital Health. 1, 3, p. e116-e126Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Depression increases the genetic susceptibility to high body mass index: Evidence from UK Biobank
Mulugeta, A., Zhou, A., Vimaleswaran, K. S., Dickson, C. & Hyppönen, E., 14 Oct 2019, In : Depression and Anxiety. 36, 12, p. 1154-1162 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Using genetics to understand the causal influence of higher BMI on depression
Tyrrell, J., Gebremichael, A. M., Wood, A. R., Zhou, A., Beaumont, R. N., Tuke, M. A., Jones, S. E., Ruth, K. S., Yaghootkar, H., Sharp, S., Thompson, W. D., Ji, Y., Harrison, J., Freathy, R. M., Murray, A., Weedon, M. N., Lewis, C., Frayling, T. M. & Hypponen, E., 1 Jun 2019, In : International journal of epidemiology. 48, 3, p. 834-848 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
26
Citations
(Scopus)