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Prof Caroline Relton

Pro-Director Res. & Academic Development

United Kingdom

I am Pro Director for Research and Academic Development at LSHTM. As a member of the Executive Team my responsibilities include oversight of research, innovation and impact strategy, research culture, governance and integrity, partnerships, the Doctoral College, inter-disciplinary Centres and academic development (career development and promotions).
I have a 0.8FTE position at LSHTM and have retained a 0.2FTE position at the University of Bristol (my previous host institution) where I am continuing to pursue active research.

Affiliations

Executive Office
Professional Support Services

Teaching

I have experience of teaching undergraduate, Master's and short course programmes, mainly in the field of Molecular Epidemiology, but am currently not involved in taught course delivery at LSHTM.

Research

My research interests are in genetic and epigenetic epidemiology. My work has involved both methodological development and applied research, with the aim of seeking to understand the role of DNA methylation in common complex disease, and the use of this molecular feature in disease prediction, prognosis and patient stratification.
Research Area
Genetic epidemiology
Molecular epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
Cancer
Obesity
Mental health
Cardiovascular diseases
Country
India
Gambia
United States of America
Canada
Norway
Netherlands
France

Selected Publications

Novel genomic variants related to visceral adiposity index (VAI) and body adiposity index (BAI) in Indian sib-pairs.
Agarwal, T; Lyngdoh, T; Khadgawat, R; Dudbridge, F; Kinra, S; RELTON, C; Smith, GD; Ebrahim, S; Prabhakaran, D; Chandak, GR; Gupta, V; Walia, GK;
2024
International journal of obesity (2005)
Cohort Profile: Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA-Barshi).
Mhatre, SS; Bragg, F; Panse, N; Judge, PK; Manjrekar, A; Burrett, JA; Patil, S; Davey Smith, G; Kotkar, L; RELTON, CL; Doibale, P; Gadhave, B; Chaturvedi, P; Sherliker, P; Jha, P; Lewington, S; Dikshit, R;
2024
International journal of epidemiology
Blood-based DNA methylation markers for lung cancer prediction
Onwuka, JU; Guida, F; Langdon, R; Johansson, M; Severi, G; Milne, RL; Dugué, P-A; Southey, MC; Vineis, P; Sandanger, T; Nøst, TH; Chadeau-Hyam, M; RELTON, C; Robbins, HA; Suderman, M; Johansson, M;
2024
BMJ Oncology
Acute and long-term outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in school-aged children in England: Study protocol for the joint analysis of the COVID-19 schools infection survey (SIS) and the COVID-19 mapping and mitigation in schools (CoMMinS) study.
Looker, KJ; McClenaghan, E; Judd, A; Pierotti, L; Downing, H; PHELAN, J; WARREN-GASH, C; Ngozi, K; Dawe, F; RELTON, C; Christensen, H; Hay, AD; MANGTANI, P; NGUIPDOP-DJOMO, P; Denholm, R;
2024
PloS one
Blood-based epigenome-wide analyses of chronic low-grade inflammation across diverse population cohorts.
Hillary, RF; Ng, HK; McCartney, DL; Elliott, HR; Walker, RM; Campbell, A; Huang, F; Direk, K; Welsh, P; Sattar, N; Corley, J; Hayward, C; McIntosh, AM; Sudlow, C; Evans, KL; Cox, SR; Chambers, JC; Loh, M; RELTON, CL; Marioni, RE; Yousefi, PD; Suderman, M;
2024
Cell genomics
Ultra-processed foods, adiposity and risk of head and neck cancer and oesophageal adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study: a mediation analysis.
Morales-Berstein, F; Biessy, C; Viallon, V; Goncalves-Soares, A; Casagrande, C; Hémon, B; Kliemann, N; Cairat, M; Blanco Lopez, J; Al Nahas, A; Chang, K; Vamos, E; Rauber, F; Bertazzi Levy, R; Barbosa Cunha, D; Jakszyn, P; Ferrari, P; Vineis, P; Masala, G; Catalano, A; Sonestedt, E; Borné, Y; Katzke, V; Bajracharya, R; Agnoli, C; ... EPIC Network,
2023
European journal of nutrition
Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude.
Kadalayil, L; Alam, MZ; White, CH; Ghantous, A; Walton, E; Gruzieva, O; Merid, SK; Kumar, A; Roy, RP; Solomon, O; Huen, K; Eskenazi, B; Rzehak, P; Grote, V; Langhendries, J-P; Verduci, E; Ferre, N; Gruszfeld, D; Gao, L; Guan, W; Zeng, X; Schisterman, EF; Dou, JF; Bakulski, KM; Feinberg, JI; ... Holloway, JW.
2023
Clinical epigenetics
The association of DNA methylation at birth with adolescent asthma is mediated by atopy.
Rathod, A; Melaram, R; Zhang, H; Arshad, H; Ewart, S; Ray, M; RELTON, CL; Karmaus, W; Holloway, JW;
2023
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
DNA methylation at the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) gene influences height in childhood.
ISSARAPU, P; Arumalla, M; Elliott, HR; Nongmaithem, SS; Sankareswaran, A; Betts, M; Sajjadi, S; Kessler, NJ; Bayyana, S; Mansuri, SR; Derakhshan, M; Krishnaveni, GV; Shrestha, S; Kumaran, K; Di Gravio, C; Sahariah, SA; Sanderson, E; RELTON, CL; Ward, KA; Moore, SE; PRENTICE, AM; Lillycrop, KA; Fall, CH D; SILVER, MJ; Chandak, GR; ... EMPHASIS study group,
2023
Nature communications
Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023
Burgess, S; Davey Smith, G; Davies, NM; Dudbridge, F; Gill, D; Glymour, MM; Hartwig, FP; Kutalik, Z; Holmes, MV; Minelli, C; Morrison, JV; Pan, W; RELTON, CL; Theodoratou, E;
2023
Wellcome Open Research
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