Sarah Harris
Senior Research Fellow
- Lothian Birth Cohorts
- Psychology
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: Sarah.Harris@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 2.70
Edinburgh Futures Institute
1 Lauriston Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH3 9EF
Background
I am a molecular and statistical biologist with a background in both laboratory based experimental and statistical analyses. I am currently leading an NIH grant to identify blood biomarkers for cognitive and brain changes prior to dementia onset. I am a member (Researcher-Co-Investigator) of the core team leading a UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council grant supporting the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) waves 6 and 7 data collection and scientific analyses. I have over 20 years of experience working with the Lothian Birth Cohorts, Generation Scotland, UK Biobank and several international consortia, including the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium, to identify molecular contributions to adult cognitive function, cognitive decline and other aging-related traits. My current research is focused on multi-omics investigations into cognitive aging and dementia.
Qualifications
PhD (Expression and functional analysis of DMAHP/SIX5) University of Glasgow 1999
BSC (Hons) Biological Sciences (Genetics) IIi University of Leicester 1994
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Past PhD students supervised
Saskia Hagenaars
Research summary
My current research is focused on multi-omics investigations into cognitive ageing and dementia. I have nearly 20 years of experience working with the Lothian Birth Cohorts, Generation Scotland, UK Biobank and several international consortia, including the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium.