Ulla Sovio MSc PhD
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My background is in Statistics and Epidemiology. Previously I have worked as a Statistician in the University of Oulu, Finland, and more recently at Imperial College London studying genetic variation, growth and metabolic traits within the Northern Finland Birth Cohort Studies.
Affiliation
Teaching
At LSHTM, I have been tutoring on the Statistical Inference and the Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology modules, and I am lecturing the Survival Analysis module in 2012.
Research
I joined LSHTM in June 2010 as a Lecturer and I am working on projects related to childhood growth and obesity in the UK and Finland, and socio-economic differentials in morbidity and mortality in Sweden (CHESS & Karolinska Institute, University of Stockholm) and India (SANCD, PHFI, New Delhi).
Research areas
- Child health
- Public health
- Statistical methods
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Genetic epidemiology
- Genetics
- Life-course epidemiology
- Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
- Cardiovascular disease
- Chronic disease
- Obesity
Other interests
- Epidemiological Methods
- Growth
- Longitudinal And Survival Data
- social determinants of health
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Selected publications
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Association between Common Variation at the FTO Locus and Changes in Body Mass Index from Infancy to Late Childhood: The Complex Nature of Genetic Association through Growth and Development
Sovio, U.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Warrington, N.M.; Lawrence, R.; Briollais, L.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Cecil, J.; Sandling, J.K.; Syvanen, A.C.; Kaakinen, M.; Beilin, L.J.; Millwood, I.Y.; Bennett, A.J.; Laitinen, J.; Pouta, A.; Molitor, J.; Smith, G.D.; Ben-Shlomo, Y.; Jaddoe, V.W.V.; Palmer, L.J.; Pennell, C.E.; Cole, T.J.; McCarthy, M.I.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Timpson, N.J.
Plos Genetics, 2011; 7(2)
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Relation of immediate postnatal growth with obesity and related metabolic risk factors in adulthood: the northern Finland birth cohort 1966 study.
Tzoulaki, I.; Sovio, U.; Pillas, D.; Hartikainen, A.L.; Pouta, A.; Laitinen, J.; Tammelin, T.H.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Elliott, P.;
Am J Epidemiol, 2010; 171(9):989-98
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Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight.
Freathy, R.M.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Sovio, U.; Prokopenko, I.; Timpson, N.J.; Berry, D.J.; Warrington, N.M.; Widen, E.; Hottenga, J.J.; Kaakinen, M.; Lange, L.A.; Bradfield, J.P.; Kerkhof, M.; Marsh, J.A.; M?gi, R.; Chen, C.M.; Lyon, H.N.; Kirin, M.; Adair, L.S.; Aulchenko, Y.S.; Bennett, A.J.; Borja, J.B.; Bouatia-Naji, N.; Charoen, P.; Coin, L.J.; Cousminer, D.L.; de Geus, E.J.; Deloukas, P.; Elliott, P.; Evans, D.M.; Froguel, P.; Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium, .; Glaser, B.; Groves, C.J.; Hartikainen, A.L.; Hassanali, N.; Hirschhorn, J.N.; Hofman, A.; Holly, J.M.; Hypp?nen, E.; Kanoni, S.; Knight, B.A.; Laitinen, J.; Lindgren, C.M.; Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-related traits Consortium, .; McArdle, W.L.; O'Reilly, P.F.; Pennell, C.E.; Postma, D.S.; Pouta, A.; Ramasamy, A.; Rayner, N.W.; Ring, S.M.; Rivadeneira, F.; Shields, B.M.; Strachan, D.P.; Surakka, I.; Taanila, A.; Tiesler, C.; Uitterlinden, A.G.; van Duijn, C.M.; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, .; Wijga, A.H.; Willemsen, G.; Zhang, H.; Zhao, J.; Wilson, J.F.; Steegers, E.A.; Hattersley, A.T.; Eriksson, J.G.; Peltonen, L.; Mohlke, K.L.; Grant, S.F.; Hakonarson, H.; Koppelman, G.H.; Dedoussis, G.V.; Heinrich, J.; Gillman, M.W.; Palmer, L.J.; Frayling, T.M.; Boomsma, D.I.; Davey Smith, G.; Power, C.; Jaddoe, V.W.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, .; McCarthy, M.I.;
Nat Genet, 2010; 42(5):430-5
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Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population.
Sabatti, C.; Service, S.K.; Hartikainen, A.L.; Pouta, A.; Ripatti, S.; Brodsky, J.; Jones, C.G.; Zaitlen, N.A.; Varilo, T.; Kaakinen, M.; Sovio, U.; Ruokonen, A.; Laitinen, J.; Jakkula, E.; Coin, L.; Hoggart, C.; Collins, A.; Turunen, H.; Gabriel, S.; Elliot, P.; McCarthy, M.I.; Daly, M.J.; J?rvelin, M.R.; Freimer, N.B.; Peltonen, L.;
Nat Genet, 2009; 41(1):35-46
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Genetic Determinants of Height Growth Assessed Longitudinally from Infancy to Adulthood in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966
Sovio, U.; Bennett, A.J.; Millwood, I.Y.; Molitor, J.; O'Reilly, P.F.; Timpson, N.J.; Kaakinen, M.; Laitinen, J.; Haukka, J.; Pillas, D.; Tzoulaki, I.; Hoggart, C.; Coin, L.J.M.; Whittaker, J.; Pouta, A.; Hartikainen, A.L.; Freimer, N.B.; Widen, E.; Peltonen, L.; Elliott, P.; McCarthy, M.I.; Jarvelin, M.R.
PLOS Genetics, 2009; 5(3)
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No evidence that established type 2 diabetes susceptibility variants in the PPARG and KCNJ11 genes have pleiotropic effects on early growth.
Bennett, A.J.; Sovio, U.; Ruokonen, A.; Martikainen, H.; Pouta, A.; Hartikainen, A.L.; Franks, S.; Elliott, P.; J?rvelin, M.R.; McCarthy, M.I.;
Diabetologia, 2008; 51(1):82-5
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Cloninger's Temperament dimensions, socio-economic and lifestyle factors and metabolic syndrome markers at age 31 years in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.
Sovio, U.; King, V.; Miettunen, J.; Ek, E.; Laitinen, J.; Joukamaa, M.; Veijola, J.; J?rvelin, M.R.;
J Health Psychol, 2007; 12(2):371-82
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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity
Frayling, T.M.; Timpson, N.J.; Weedon, M.N.; Zeggini, E.; Freathy, R.M.; Lindgren, C.M.; Perry, J.R.B.; Elliott, K.S.; Lango, H.; Rayner, N.W.; Shields, B.; Harries, L.W.; Barrett, J.C.; Ellard, S.; Groves, C.J.; Knight, B.; Patch, A.M.; Ness, A.R.; Ebrahim, S.; Lawlor, D.A.; Ring, S.M.; Ben-Shlomo, Y.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Sovio, U.; Bennett, A.J.; Melzer, D.; Ferrucci, L.; Loos, R.J.F.; Barroso, I.; Wareham, N.J.; Karpe, F.; Owen, K.R.; Cardon, L.R.; Walker, M.; Hitman, G.A.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Doney, A.S.F.; Morris, A.D.; Smith, G.D.; Hattersley, A.T.; McCarthy, M.I.
Science, 2007; 316(5826):889-894
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