Masoud Shirali

I am a senior statistical geneticist. My research is focused on applying genome-wide association study (GWAS) and post GWAS methods such as gene mapping, pathway analysis and Mendelian randomization in UK Biobank and other large cohorts. My research outputs resulted in discovering associated genes and pathways for varying diseases such as psychiatric and neurological traits. I recently delivered a project on discovering shared genetic and environmental relationships and, two-sample Mendelian randomization between metabolic measures and psychotic/neurological traits in Generation Scotland cohort.