Haolan Tu (AFHEA)

Thesis title: 5α-Reductases: Mapping pathways of Metabolic Disease

Biography

Qualifications

  • MRC DTP Precision Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 2022-present
  • BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 2019-2022

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh Student Discipline Committee, 2023-2026
  • Co-chair, Curriculum Transformation Programme Student Engagement Strategy Group
  • CTP Experiential Learning Working Group

Undergraduate teaching

I teach undergraduate courses in Deanery of Biomedical Sciences. Course tutored: 

  • Our Changing World
  • Biomedical Sciences 2
  • Medical Biology 1

I also contribute to practical demonstrations in undergraduate pharmacology courses including Chemical Pharmacology 2, Pharmacology 3, Applied Pharmacology 3, and Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology 3. 

Other teaching responsibility:

  • Group Coach, Students As Change Agents (SACHA)
  • Instructor, DUSC Data Carpentry

 

Research summary

  • Glucocorticoids, 5α-reductases
  • Metabolis, Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Pharmacoepidemiology, electronic health records
  • System biology, causal inference, gene regulatory network

Knowledge exchange

External talks

  • May 2024, Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen
  • June 2024, Centre for Translational Research in Epidemiology (TRACE), University of Bergen

Affiliated research centres

Conference details

  • Learning and Teaching Conference 2023, SACHA Think Tank: using experiential learning as a tool for co-creation in curriculum transformation

Organiser

  • Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics Symposium 2024
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