Dr Andrew D. Bretherick
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 8500
- Email: a.bretherick@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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MRC Human Genetics Unit
Institute of Genetics and Cancer
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road South - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH4 2XU
Background
Dr Andrew Bretherick is a Quantitative Geneticist in the MRC Human Genetics Unit and Consultant in Anaesthetics (Pain Medicine) for NHS Tayside. He has extensive expertise in drug-target discovery using genetics and molecular traits, having previously worked to identify factors underlying host susceptibility to Covid-19.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in Medical Sciences (with first class honours in Molecular Biology) in 2006, and Medicine in 2009. Following an academic foundation post in the south-east of Scotland, he worked in Queensland, Australia in 2011/2012, before returning to undertake clinical training in Anaesthetics. He was appointed to the prestigious Wellcome funded Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track (ECAT) scheme in 2015, completing a PhD in Quantitative Genetics in 2020, and clinical training in Anaesthetics in 2023. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA), and a fellow of the faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA).
Research summary
Drug-target Discovery; Instrumental Variable Analysis; Quantitative Genetics; Fibromyalgia; Proteomics; Machine Learning.