Wellcome Trust Ph.D. fellow, University of Bristola
Winfred Gatua is a Wellcome Trust Molecular Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology Ph.D. fellow at the University of Bristol where she is currently working on integrating evidence from Mendelian Randomization and Randomised Controlled trials for drug discovery for human complex diseases. She holds a BSc in Biomedical Science and Technology from Laikipia University, a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Health Research Methods from Pwani University, and KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, and MSc Bioinformatics fellow, Pwani university. During her PGD Studentship, she investigated the transmission of Rhinovirus in coastal Kenya using partial and full-length genome analysis. For her master’s research project, she worked on the determination of recombination and recombination hotspots in published mitochondrial genomes of vertebrates and insects. Her research interests are in molecular epidemiology, genetics, drug discovery, and data mining.
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