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human complex disease genetics (Nature 2007), and the discovery of concerted down-regulation of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation pathway in human diabetic muscle as a cause of impaired glycaemic status (Nature
Genetics 2003). Since becoming an independent investigator in 2009 she has led seminal studies in the genetics of obesity and related phenotypes, which has delivered thousands of genetic loci predisposing to common obesity (Nature Genetics 2008, Nature Genetics 2019, HMG 2019). Importantly, she has demonstrated that sexual dimorphism of fat distribution relates causally to cardiometabolic and reproductive disease (Nature Genetics 2011, Nature 2015, HMG 2018, PLoS Genetics 2019, Nature Genetics 2019). This new paradigm has opened a whole new field of research dissecting the biology underpinning common diseases in women and men. She has co-authored over 600 papers, amassing over 123,000 citations and a H-index of 126 (Google Scholar), 111 (Scopus).
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