Adam Butterworth PhD

Adam Butterworth following training in genetics at the University of Cambridge and genetic epidemiology at the University of Sheffield, Adam completed a Ph.D. in a meta-analysis of genetic association studies of coronary heart disease at the University of Cambridge. This research was carried out jointly with the PNG Foundation, the MRC Biostatistics Unit, and the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit.

Adam has worked in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, initially as a post-doctoral Research Associate, from 2012 as a University Lecturer in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, from 2018 as a Reader in Molecular Epidemiology, and since 2021 as a Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, leading a research group of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scientists in genomic and molecular epidemiology.