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University of Exeter Medical School

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

 

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