Alfred Pozarickij
PhD
Research assistant in genetic epidemiology
Alfred works as a research assistant in the China Kadoorie Biobank Group (KBC), working on a variety of projects including blood pressure and multimorbidity. He aims to leverage information from genome-wide association studies to identify novel mechanisms that influence complex phenotypes.
Alfred completed his undergraduate degree in Cell and Molecular Biology at Heriot-Watt University and MSc in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated from Cardiff University with a PhD in genetic epidemiology. He joined Oxford Population Health in 2019.
Recent publications
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Proteome-Wide Genetic Study in East Asians and Europeans Identified Multiple Therapeutic Targets for Ischemic Stroke.
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Yao P. et al, (2025), Stroke
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Associations Between Snoring, Body Mass Index and Coronary Artery Diseases: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study in Asia.
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Zhu Y. et al, (2025), Respirology, 30, 346 - 358
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Comparative studies of 2168 plasma proteins measured by two affinity-based platforms in 4000 Chinese adults.
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Wang B. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 16
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Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults.
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Xia X. et al, (2024), Lancet Public Health, 9, e1047 - e1058
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Cost-Effectiveness of Salt Substitution and Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Chinese Prehypertensive Adults.
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Sun Z. et al, (2024), Hypertension, 81, 2529 - 2539