Dr Branwen Hennig PhD
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Branwen Hennig is based within the MRC International Nutrition Group at LSHTM and MRC Keneba, The Gambia, since 2007. She works on various genetic epidemiology projects, with an emphasis on nutritional genetics and projects based in The Gambia. She came to LSHTM in April 2003, working predominantly on a research project investigating the effect of host genetic factors on vaccine-induced immunity to hepatitis B. Previously she worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford, where she was involved in studies assessing genetic susceptibility to hepatitis C and other infectious diseases. Her background is in human molecular genetics and she trained in epidemiology at LSHTM. She is an active member of the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) in her role as membership secretary.
Affiliation
- Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
MSc Epidemiology, MSc Public Health Nutrition, Intensive Course in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (ICEMS), Short Course in Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines (SEEV) and Co-organiser of Distance Learning Module in Genetic Epidemiology
Research
Branwen's research interest is in genetic epidemiology in the broadest sense, and in particular in the genetic control of immunity induced by vaccination; nutritional genetics; genetic regulation of growth and body composition, genetic susceptibility to infectious and non-communicable diseases; and maternal nutritional status and epigenetic changes in their offspring. Most of her work relates to studies based in The Gambia (West Africa).
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Genetic epidemiology
- Genetics
Disease and Health Conditions
- Chronic disease
- Infectious disease
Other interests
- Africa
- Epigenetics
- MARCH
- Nutritional Genetics
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Selected publications
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Host genetic factors in hepatitis B infection, liver cancer and vaccination response: A review with a focus on Africa.
Hennig, B; Hall, A;
Sci Total Environ, In Press;
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SNPs in the TLR3 and CD44 genes are associated with persistence of vaccine-induced immunity to serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine
Moore, CE; Hennig, BJ; Perrett, KP; Hoe, JC; Lee, SJ; Fletcher, H; Brocklebank, D; OConnor, D; Snape, MD; Hall, AJ; Segal, S; Hill, AV; Pollard, AJ;
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, In Press;
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Maternal nutritional status, C1 metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: a review of current evidence in human subjects.
Dominguez-Salas, P. ; Cox, S.E. ; Prentice, A.M. ; Hennig, B.J. ; Moore, S.E. ;
Proc Nutr Soc, 2011; :1-12
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Host Genetic Factors and Vaccine-Induced Immunity to HBV Infection: Haplotype Analysis
Ryckman, K.K.; Fielding, K.; Hill, A.V.; Mendy, M.; Rayco-Solon, P.; Sirugo, G.; van der Sande, M.A.; Waight, P.; Whittle, H.C.; Hall, A.J.; Williams, S.M.; Hennig, B.J.
Plos One, 2010; 5(8)
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Haptoglobin and sickle cell polymorphisms and risk of active trachoma in gambian children.
Savy, M.; Hennig, B.J.; Doherty, C.P.; Fulford, A.J.; Bailey, R.; Holland, M.J.; Sirugo, G.; Rockett, K.A.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.; Prentice, A.M.; Cox, S.E.;
PLoS One, 2010; 5(6):e11075
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CD4 Intragenic SNPs Associate With HIV-2 Plasma Viral Load and CD4 Count in a Community-Based Study From Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Hennig, B.J.; Velez Edwards, D.R.; Schim van der Loeff, M.F.; Bisseye, C.; Edwards, T.L.; Tacconelli, A.; Novelli, G.; Aaby, P.; Kaye, S.; Scott, W.K.; Jaye, A.; Whittle, H.C.; Williams, S.M.; Hill, A.V.; Sirugo, G.;
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2010;
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FTO gene variation and measures of body mass in an African population.
Hennig, B.J.; Fulford, A.J.; Sirugo, G.; Rayco-Solon, P.; Hattersley, A.T.; Frayling, T.M.; Prentice, A.M.;
BMC Med Genet, 2009; 10:21
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Landscape analysis of interactions between nutrition and vaccine responses in children.
Savy, M.; Edmond, K.; Fine, P.E.; Hall, A.; Hennig, B.J.; Moore, S.E.; Mulholland, K.; Schaible, U.; Prentice, A.M.;
J Nutr, 2009; 139(11):2154S-218S
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