Kyla Fong Wen Xuan
Thesis title: Understanding the fetal impacts of maternal diabetes – do aberrations in fetal adrenal development contribute to adverse perinatal outcomes?
Reproductive Health (PhD)
Year of study: 2
- Centre for Reproductive Health
- Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Contact details
- Email: KylaWX.Fong@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Centre for Reproductive Health
Institute for Regeneration and Repair
4-5 Little France Drive - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4UU
Background
Kyla studied Pharmacology at the University of Dundee (BSc (Hons)) before moving to The University of Edinburgh for her PhD in September 2025. Her project, funded by the Albert McKern PhD Studentship, focusses on understanding whether maternal diabetes leads to aberrations in fetal adrenal development and if these changes contribute to adverse perinatal outcomes. She is supervised by Dr. Caroline Ovadia, Dr. Lisa Story and Dr. Mathias Lorbeer.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Pharmacology