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Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

 Caitlin Decina

Caitlin Decina

Postgraduate Researcher
Medical Science

level 4
University of Exeter
RILD Building - University of Exeter Medical School
RD&E Hospital Wonford - Barrack Road
Exeter EX2 5DW

About me:

Caitlin completed her BSc in Biomedical Science at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. There, she developed an interest in the field of epidemiology and continued on to complete an MSc in Population Medicine in 2018.

 

Caitlin joined the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Exeter in 2020 after being awarded a QUEX studentship. She is currently working with Dr. Rachel Freathy, using genetics to explore the effect of maternal nutrition on offspring birthweight, and the relationship between low birthweight babies and increased risk of later-life cardiometabolic diseases.


Interests:

Human population health, statistical modelling of determinants of health and disease, physiology, medical embryology, and metabolic control of disease.


Qualifications:

  • PhD – current
  • MSc, Population Medicine
  • BSc, Biomedical Science

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