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Personal profile
Public Profile
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
Award Date: 17 Oct 2019
Masters, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
15 Sep 2009 → 18 Jan 2011
Award Date: 18 Jan 2011
Bachelor's Degree, Jimma University Ethiopia
15 Sep 2004 → 14 Jun 2008
Award Date: 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
Network
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Adiposity and cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the UK biobank
Ahmed, M., Mulugeta, A., Lee, S. H., Mäkinen, V. P., Boyle, T. & Hyppönen, E., Dec 2021, In: International Journal of Obesity. 45, 12, p. 2657-2665 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke
Pham, K., Mulugeta, A., Zhou, A., O’Brien, J. T., Llewellyn, D. J. & Hyppönen, E., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Nutritional Neuroscience.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Relationship between serum 25(Oh)d and depression: Causal evidence from a bi-directional mendelian randomization study
Mulugeta, A., Lumsden, A. & Hyppönen, E., Jan 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Unlocking the causal link of metabolically different adiposity subtypes with brain volumes and the risks of dementia and stroke: A Mendelian randomization study
Mulugeta, A., Lumsden, A. & Hyppönen, E., Jun 2021, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 102, p. 161-169 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype-associated disease risks: a phenome-wide, registry-based, case-control study utilising the UK Biobank
Lumsden, A. L., Mulugeta, A., Zhou, A. & Hyppönen, E., Sep 2020, In: EBioMedicine. 59, 102954.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access17 Citations (Scopus)