DR. NİLÜFER RAHMİOĞLU

Nilufer Rahmioglu is a senior research fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford (http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/nilufer-rahmioglu).  She received her PhD in genetic epidemiology from King’s College London in 2011; her MSc in Environmental Health from Cyprus International Institute in association with Harvard School of Public Health in 2007; her BA in Biology with a focus on cancer biology from Clark University in 2006. Nilufer’s research interests are investigation of disease patterns in different population and exploration of the underlying genetic and environmental reasons. Her current research focus is on investigation of the genetic and environmental risk factors or endometriosis and related health conditions with substantial public health burden. She has a strong epidemiological, biological and computational background, with extensive experience in analysis of large-scale phenotypic and genotypic datasets. She is the co-lead post-doc in the World Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project (EPHect). She is also the lead post-doc in design and maintenance of Endometriosis Oxford (ENDOX) cohort. She presented her research in numerous international conferences and has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications.