Ahmed Edris
MSc, PhD
Researcher in Genetic Epidemiology
Ahmed joined Oxford Population Health in 2022. He focuses on the genetic epidemiology of common complex-trait diseases. Ahmed aims to leverage large clinical and genetic datasets to understand complex diseases, to inform precision medicine approaches to prevention and treatment. His research involves several techniques in genetic epidemiology including genome-wide, phenome-wide and multi-omics studies.
Ahmed works as a researcher in genetic epidemiology in the China Kadoorie Biobank Group, on a variety of projects including multi-trait genome-wide association studies.
Ahmed completed his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Alexandria University and his MSc in Clinical Pharmacy at the Queen’s University Belfast. He obtained a European Respiratory Society long term research fellowship, and graduated from Ghent University with a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences.
Recent publications
Concordance of genetic determinants of acute coronary artery disease between European and Chinese populations.
Journal article
Edris A. et al, (2026), Gigascience
Proteomic organ-specific signatures, ageing traits, disease risks and genetic architecture in an East Asian population.
Journal article
Bennett DA. et al, (2026), EBioMedicine, 130
Proteome-wide Mendelian randomisation of lung function to identify potential therapeutic targets for respiratory disease
Journal article
Chen J. et al, (2026), ERJ Open Research, 00828 - 2025
Circulating proteomic landscape of lung function.
Journal article
Lee M. et al, (2026), Eur Respir J
Global multi-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases.
Journal article
White SL. et al, (2026), Nat Genet, 58, 307 - 316

