Cecilia Lindgren
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| Alma mater | Lund University |
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| Thesis | Search for type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes using multiple approaches (2002) |
Cecilia Margareta Lindgren is Professor of Genomic Endocrinology & Metabolism in the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford, where she is also Group Head at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and a research fellow at St. Anne's College. She became director of the Big Data Institute at Oxford on 1 April 2021; she had previously been a senior group leader at the institute.
Education and career
Lindgreen earned her Ph.D. from Lund University in 2002.[1] After receiving her Ph.D. from Lund University, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Karolinska Institute before joining the faculty of Oxford.[2]
Research
Lindgren is known for her research on the genetics of obesity and other complex traits.[3][2]
Awards and honors
In 2013, Lindgren was the inaugural winner of the Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics,[4] and the 30th Khwarizmi International Award in 2017.[5] In 2018, the American Society of Human Genetics awarded Lindgren its mentorship award.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b "ASHG honors Cecilia Lindgren with ASHG Mentorship Award". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ a b "Cecilia Lindgren Biography" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Professor Cecilia Lindgren appointed Director of the Big Data Institute". Oxford Big Data Institute. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "The first Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics awarded to Dr. Cecilia Lindgren | Paulon Säätiö". www.paulo.fi. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ "The Khwarizmi International Award , 13th Feb 2017, Tehran". Ministry of Science Research and Technology. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ Md 20852. "ASHG". ASHG. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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External links
- Faculty page
- Cecilia Lindgren publications indexed by Google Scholar
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