Kieren, Egan - University of Surrey - School of Biosciences and Medicine

个人简介

Over the last nine years I have had a continued interest in global health with a particular interest in non-communicable diseases. My undergraduate degree was in Biological Sciences where I made a solid basis in understanding health, the physiology of the body and the development of effective interventions. After I completed this degree I undertook a PhD in dementia where I used evidence synthesis techniques to provide data driven hypotheses as to why so many candidate interventions fail at clinical trial level. Upon finishing my PhD I began a temporary position with the World Health Organization in Geneva, where I remained for 18 months. During this time I undertook different research interests including focus group studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses across mental health and substance abuse disorders- some of which have been used for the development of WHO guidelines. My current research fellowship position continues my research interest in non-communicable disease working with a rural family-based study in Brazil to understand the relationship between sleep, circadian rhythms and cardiovascular disease.

研究领域

My research interests focus on improving our understanding of non-communicable disease. My current projects with the University of Surrey focus on the relationships between sleep and circadian rhythms and cardiovascular disease with a particular interest of the role of ethnicity. Alongside this interest I maintain a number of different dementia research projects with the University of Edinburgh where I am an Honorary Fellow.

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Beijamini F, Knutson KL, Lorenzi-Filho G, Egan KJ, Taporoski TP, De Paula LKG, Negrão AB, Horimoto ARVR, Duarte NE, Vallada H, Krieger JE, Pedrazzoli M, Pereira AC, von Schantz M. (2016) 'Timing and quality of sleep in a rural Brazilian family-based cohort, the Baependi Heart Study'. Scientific Reports, 6 Article number 39283 , pp. 1-9. doi: 10.1038/srep39283 Egan KJ, von Schantz M, Negrão AB, Santos HC, Horimoto ARVR, Duarte NE, Gonçalves GC, Soler JMP, de Andrade M, Lorenzi-Filho G, Vallada H, Taporoski TP, Pedrazzoli M, Azambuja AP, de Oliveira CM, Alvim RO, Krieger JE, Pereira AC. (2016) 'Cohort profile: the Baependi Heart Study--a family-based, highly admixed cohort study in a rural Brazilian town'. BMJ Open, 6 (10) Article number e011598 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011598 Egan K, Knutson KL, Pereira AC, von Schantz M. (2016) 'The role of race and ethnicity in sleep, circadian rhythms and cardiovascular health'. Sleep Medicine Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.05.004 Egan KJ, Campos Santos H, Beijamini F, Duarte NE, Horimoto ARVR, Taporoski TP, Vallada H, Negrão AB, Krieger JE, Pedrazzoli M, Knutson KL, Pereira AC, von Schantz M. (2016) 'Amerindian (but not African or European) ancestry is significantly associated with diurnal preference within an admixed Brazilian population'. Chronobiology International: the journal of biological and medical rhythm research,