Dr Olivia Leavy

I have a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (Oxford Brookes University) and an MSc in Medical Statistics (Oxford Brookes University).

I completed a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) supervised by Professor Frank Dudbridge. My PhD focused on the genetic architecture of breast cancer.

I was then a researcher at LSHTM on the FORECEE consortium project, which aimed to develop a screening test that prevents breast, womb, ovarian and cervical cancer. I analysed genetic and epigenetic data. In 2017, during this post, I moved to the University of Leicester as a visiting researcher.

Since 2019, I have been working as a research associate at the University of Leicester, focusing on the genetic of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In 2020, I also became involved in the Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID).

My research focuses on understanding the genetics of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. I have performed analyses to assess the definition of IPF in the UK Biobank using genetic information and to estimate the proportion of IPF risk explained by known common genetic variants. I have also performed Mendelian randomisation analyses and genome-wide association interaction analyses to gain a better understanding of the disease.

As part of the Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID) I have performed analyses to better understand COVID-19 and long COVID following hospitalisation.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-5535 

PhD in Genetic Epidemiology (LSHTM, 2013-2017)

MSc in Medical Statistics (Oxford Brookes University, 2012-2013)

BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (Oxford Brookes University, 2009-2012)