Nilufer Rahmioglu PhD, MSc

Nilufer Rahmioglu is a senior research fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford. She received her Ph.D. in genetic epidemiology from King’s College London in 2011, her MSc in Environmental Health from Cyprus International Institute in association with Harvard School of Public Health in 2007, and her BA in Biology with a focus on cancer biology from Clark University in 2006. Nilufer’s research interests are an investigation of disease patterns in different populations and the exploration of the underlying genetic and environmental reasons.

Nilufer Rahmioglu's current research focus is on the investigation of the genetic and environmental risk factors for endometriosis and related health conditions with a substantial public health burden. She has a strong epidemiological, biological, and computational background, with extensive experience in the analysis of large-scale phenotypic and genotypic datasets. She is the co-lead post-doc in the World Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project (EPHect). She is also the lead post-doc in the design and maintenance of the Endometriosis Oxford (ENDOX) cohort. She presented her research at numerous international conferences and has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications.