Dr Michael Weedon

About me:

I'm a Professor working on the genetics of diabetes and related traits. This involves the study of common complex diseases such as Type 2 diabetes using the genome-wide association study method to identify new common genetic variant associations, as well as whole genome sequencing approaches to identify rare mutations causing familial diabetes, particularly Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY). I primarily work within the genetics of complex traits group (see http://www.t2diabetesgenes.org) and the monogenic diabetes research team (http://www.diabetesgenes.org). I also teach on the undergraduate Medical Sciences degree and lead the Bioinformatics and Advanced Bioinformatics modules on the Genomics Medicine MSc.