Dr Shona M. Kerr (BSc PhD)
Project Manager
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 651 8748
- Email: shona.kerr@ed.ac.uk
- twitter @shona_kerr
Background
Shona Kerr is a Project Manager at the MRC Human Genetics Unit. She is also Associate Director of the Edinburgh CRF Genetics Core. Her primary interests are in the genetics of complex traits in human population cohorts and methods development in biomedical collections. Prior to her current post, Shona had an academic career in molecular genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Her PhD was from King’s College London through the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science, University of Glasgow (Biochemsitry, First Class Honours)
PhD, King's College London
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VIKING II, a Worldwide Observational Cohort of Volunteers with Northern Isles Ancestry
In:
International Journal of Population Data Science, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2121
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Impact of preeclampsia on cardiovascular events: an analysis of the Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study
In:
Journal of Human Hypertension
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-023-00812-2
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A practical checklist for return of results from genomic research in the European context
In:
European Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01328-6
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Clinical case study meets population cohort: Identification of a BRCA1 pathogenic founder variant in Orcadians
In:
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 31, pp. 588–595
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01297-w
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk
(13 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 55, pp. 410-422
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01314-0
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Feasibility and ethics of using data from the Scottish newborn blood spot archive for research
(8 pages)
In:
Communications Medicine, vol. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00189-2
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DecodeME: Community recruitment for a large genetics study of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome
In:
Bmc neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02763-6
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A first update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19
In:
Nature, vol. 608, pp. E1-E10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04826-7
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Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals
In:
Communications biology, vol. 5, pp. 580
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03448-z
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Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 54, pp. 581-592
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01062-7
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Urinary peptides in heart failure: a link to molecular pathophysiology
(13 pages)
In:
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 23, pp. 1875-1887
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2195
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts
(13 pages)
In:
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, vol. 8, pp. 696-708
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30101-6
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Increased ultra-rare variant load in an isolated Scottish population impacts exonic and regulatory regions
(30 pages)
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PLoS Genetics, vol. 15, pp. 1-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008480
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Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 51, pp. 1459–1474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0504-x
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The genetic landscape of Scotland and the Isles
(7 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 116, pp. 19064-19070
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904761116
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An actionable KCNH2 Long QT Syndrome variant detected by sequence and haplotype analysis in a population research cohort
In:
Scientific Reports, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47436-6
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A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals
(16 pages)
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Nature Genetics, vol. 51, pp. 957-972
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0407-x
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Flexible and scalable diagnostic filtering of genomic variants using G2P with Ensembl VEP
(10 pages)
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10016-3
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Author Correction: New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries
In:
Nature Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0438-3
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Assessment of dried blood spots for DNA methylation profiling
In:
Wellcome Open Research , vol. 4, pp. 44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15136.1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)