Professor Debbie Lawlor
MRC bodies you are a member of:
- Methodology Research Panel member
- Training and Careers Group
Main form of employment:
- Professor of Epidemiology and Head of Aetiological Epidemiology, School of Social and Communithy Medicine, University of Bristol
Research group/department web page/s:
Personal remuneration:
- University of bristol
Shareholdings and financial interests in companies
- None
Research income during current session [over £50k per grant]
- Lawlor DA (PI). Pregnancy changes and future health of mother and offspring. Wellcome Trust (WT094529MA). £64,650: 2012-2013.
- Næss O, Strand H, Thelle DS, Lawlor DA, Graff-Iversen S, MortensenL, Tell G, Davey Smith G. Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk over the life course and in different generations. Norwegian Research Council. NOR 6,000,000 (~£650,000) 2012-2015
- Fraser A (PI), Lawlor DA, Hughes A, Deanfield J, Sattar N. Modifiable early life determinants of adolescent NAFLD and its association with metabolic and vascular traits. British Heart Foundation (PG/11/33/28794). £130,493, 2012-2015.
- Jago R (PI), Lawlor DA, Thompson J, Sebire A. PROACTIV: - PaRental influences On physical ACTIVity and screen viewing in young children. British Heart Foundation. £237,731: 2011-2014.
- Lawlor DA (PI), Nelson S, Sattar N, Tilling K, Tobias J, Relton C, Owen-Smith A, Donovan J, Kuh D, Ring S, Davey Smith G, Propper C, Smith S, Beesley I, Fraser A.The menopausal transition and healthy ageing and wellbeing. Joint UK Research Council Funded as part of the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing - Phase 3 initiative (G1001357). £1,502,949: September 2011-September 2016.
- Lawlor DA (PI), Kipping RR, Jago R, Campbell R, Chittleborough C, Mytton J, Peters T, Noble S. Active For Life Year 5: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a primary school-based intervention to increase levels of physical activity, decrease sedentary behaviour and improve diet. NIHR Public Health Research Programme (09/3005/04). £1,464,457: 2011-2015.
- Lawlor DA (PI), Fraser A, Davey Smith G, Tilling K, Tobias J, Ring S, Nelson S, Sattar N, Relton C, Palmer TM. The relationship of the menopausal transition to healthy ageing and chronic disease risk. Wellcome Trust Programme grant (WT092830M). £1,226,786: 2011- 2015.
- Nelson S (PI), Lawlor DA, Sattar N, Lindsay R, Ring S, McConnachie A, Tilling K. Maternal thyroid status and offspring development. Chief Scientist Officer of Scotland (ETM/97). £222, 383(with £14,523 awarded to Bristol (DA Lawlor as lead)): 2011-2013.
- Nelson S (PI), Lawlor DA, Sattar N, Lindsay R, Davey Smith G, Ring S, Tilling K. Do measures in cord blood predict long term offspring phenotype. Wellcome Trust (WT094311MA). £250,000 (with £74,103 awarded to Bristol (DA Lawlor as lead)): 2011-2014.
- Hingorani A (PI), Casas JP, Kumari M, Kivimaki M, Humphries SE, Juh D, Hypponen E, Power C, Morris RW, Ebrahim S, Whincup PH, Price J, Gaunt T, Y Ben-Shlomo, I Day, Lawlor DA, Davey Smith G, Caulfield M. Programme in Applied and Translational Cardiovascular Genomics (ATCG): The UCL-London-School-Edinburgh-Bristol (UCLEB) consortium of population base prospective studies. British Heart Foundation Programme Grant £970,230: 2010-2015
- Davey Smith G (PI), Molloy L, Ring S, Ness A, Lawlor DA, Macleod J, Evans D, Emond AM, Lewis G, Tilling K, Donovan J, Tobias J, Glaser B, Burton PR, Relton C, Timpson N, Henderson AJ, Peltonen L, Lynch J. The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: An international resource for population genomics and lifecourse epidemiology. Core Programme Support. MRC/Wellcome Trust. £6,000,000: 1st January 2011 – 31st December 2013
- Sattar N (PI), Lawlor DA, Wallace M, Welsh P, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ebrahim S, Wannamethee SG, Whincup P, Morris R. Vitamin D as a (causal) determinant of insulin resistance and diabetes? An analysis of three UK based prospective studies. Diabetes UK (10/0004071) £195,540 (with £42, 000 awarded to Bristol (DA Lawlor as lead)) 2010-2012
- Tavare J, Day I, Lawlor DA. Dysfunction of insulin signalling in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a molecular and genetic pathway approach. British Heart Foundation. £258,834: 2010-2013
- Vrijheid M (PI), C-Is in alphabetical order: Davey Smith G, de Jongste J, Jaddoe V, Kogevinas M, Lawlor DA, Lucas P, Mackenbach J, Magnus P, Merletti F, Nieuwenhuijsen P, Nybo-Andersen A-M, Raat H, Stoltenberg C, Sunyer J. Developing a Child Cohort Research Strategy for Europe (CHICOS) programme. EU FP7: €1,490,124: 2010-2013.
- Adams L (PI), Olynyh J, Beilin L, Pennell C, Oddy W, Mccaskie P, Lawlor DA. Risk factors for the development of NAFLD beyond insulin resistance: genetic, development and environmental influences (66445). Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Aus $641,125: 2010-2013
- Relton C (PI), Davey Smith G, Lawlor DA, Timpson N, Glaser B, Lewis S, Ring S. Identification and Validation of Epigenetic Variation in ALSPAC. Medical Research Council (New Initiative funding for MRC CAiTE Centre). £155,905: 2009-2011
- Santos AC (PI), Lawlor DA, Barros H. Desenvolvimento da obesidade e da síndrome metabólica na infância (Development of obesity and the metabolic syndrome in infancy) (PTDC/SAU-ESA/105033/2008). Portuguese Research Council € 180.000,00: 2010-2013
- Lawlor DA (PI), Davey Smith G, Evans D, Tilling K, Lathrop M, Ring S, Timpson N, Glaser B, Gaunt T, McArdle W. Genome-wide association study of maternal pregnancy phenotypes and later-life maternal and offspring vascular and metabolic phenotypes (WT088806). Wellcome Trust £2,306,620: 2009-2012
- Lawlor DA (PI). Sorensen T, Day C, Clement K. Occurrence and determinants of adolescent Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Work Package in EU FP7 funded Fatty Liver: Inhibition of Progression (FLIP) programme €185,776: Jan 2010-Dec 2012.
Major academic collaborators [national and international]
- University of Glasgow
- University of Bradford
- Queensland University, Australia
- Adelaide University, Australia
Un-remunerated involvement with and membership of medical, bio-medical, pharmaceutical, healthcare provision or science or health policy/communication and similar activities/organisations
- British Medical Association
Political/pressure group associations:
- None
Family:
- • Partner is employed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Professor of Statistics and Epidemology)
