Ms Renu Bala
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
About me:
Renu holds the position of post-doctoral research associate under the supervision of Dr. Jessica Tyrrell since September 2023. Her current research focuses primarily on investigating the relationship between Major Depressive Disorders (MDD) and type 2 diabetes using various Mendelian randomization methods in big data including the UK-Biobank.
She earned her Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University (India) in 2023, where her doctoral research centered on elucidating the genetic and nutritional factors associated with the risk of Pre-term birth. She also explored how socio-demographic determinants affects pregnancy care in low-to middle-income settings and its impact on infant's birth weight.
Research Unit:
clinical and biomedical sciences
Research Supervisory team:
Dr. Jessica Tyrrell
Research Wider Research Interests:
Depression, type 2 diabetes, pregnancy, birth weight, nutrition in early life and metabolic syndromes
Please visit this link for details of Publications https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renu-Bala-14
Education:
January 2018 January 2023
India
Ph.D. in Zoology, specialization- Reproductive Genetics
