Mairead Bermingham
Senior Teaching Fellow and Dissertation Coordinator
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
- Tel: +447393532984
- Email: mairead.bermingham@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Mairead Bermingham is the senior teaching fellow and dissertation coordinator for the brand new online programme in ‘Data Science for Health and Social Care’ that we are launching at the Usher institute within The University of Edinburgh in September this year. She has led the design and development of the programme and is responsible for teaching, assessment, student support, and coordinating student dissertations in the master’s year.
Qualifications
PhD. The multifactorial aetiology of amoebic gill disease in Ireland, National University of Ireland, Cork.
MSc. Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
P.G.Cert. Academic Practice, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Research activities
- Use of computational tools in genetic studies of human disease
- IGMM XD Challenge – Bridging Disciplines through Biology
- How to Create a 2D White Board Animation to Illustrate Your Research
- ‘Mighty Mitochondria – Powerhouses of the Cell’ activity
- ‘Connecting codes to cures’ activity
- IGMM 'Science Insights' Work Experience Programme
- Catalyst Editorial workshop: Research integrity
- Next generation seminar: Analytics
- Celebrating your contribution to Scottish Cohort Studies
- Launch of short film: Diabetes and stem cells
Project activity
A pilot study on the genetic epidemiology of oral health disorders with in the Generation Scotland cohort
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Identification of epigenome-wide DNA methylation differences between carriers of APOE ε4 and APOE ε2 alleles
In:
Genome Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-020-00808-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Birth weight associations with DNA methylation differences in an adult population
In:
Epigenetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2020.1827713
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Epigenome-wide analyses identify DNA methylation signatures of dementia risk
In:
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12078
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Characterisation of an inflammation-related epigenetic score and its association with cognitive ability
In:
Clinical Epigenetics, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00903-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
DNA methylation in APOE: The relationship with Alzheimer’s and with cardiovascular health
In:
Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12026
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Glycosylation of immunoglobulin G is regulated by a large network of genes pleiotropic with inflammatory diseases
In:
Science Advances, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0301
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
An epigenome-wide association study of sex-specific chronological ageing
In:
Genome Biology, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-019-0693-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of epigenetic age acceleration
In:
PLoS Genetics, vol. 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008104
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Identification of novel differentially methylated sites with potential as clinical predictors of impaired respiratory function and COPD
In:
EBioMedicine, vol. 43, pp. 576-586
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.03.072
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Leveraging DNA methylation signatures in peripheral blood as predictors of impaired respiratory function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published)