About Us

Dr Gurdeep Sagoo - Epidemiologist

Gurdeep Sagoo has been associated with the Foundation since 2004, working on projects for the Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet) and Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park. Following a spell in a Foundation-funded post at the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge, he became a PHG Foundation staff member in April 2009. He provides epidemiological support to our work programmes, undertaking empirical and methodological research for Foundation and collaborative projects and is involved in the Foundation's teaching programme and news service.

He has a BSc (Hons) in Human Genetics, an MSc in Genetic Epidemiology, a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and a PhD from the University of Sheffield’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. At present he is studying part-time for an MSc in Health Economics at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. He is member of the Society of Biology (SOB).

Gurdeep is generally interested in the sound use of evidence-based practice. He is currently using his expertise in systematic reviews to investigate the evidence-base of the global burden of disease due to birth defects as part of the Foundation's Born Healthy Programme. Gurdeep is also interested in using his newly developed skills in economic evaluation in the areas of public health economics especially as applied to the field of genomics.

Selected recent publications:

More recent articles:

• Vasilopoulos Y, Sagoo GS, Cork MJ, Walters K, Tazi-Ahnini R
  HLA-C, CSTA and DS12346 susceptibility alleles confer over 100-fold increased risk of developing psoriasis: evidence of gene interaction.
  J Hum Genet. 2011 Jun;56(6):423-7
• Minelli C, Wei I, Sagoo G, Jarvis D, Shaheen S, Burney P
  Interactive effects of antioxidant genes and air pollution on respiratory function and airway disease: a HuGE review.
  Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Mar 15;173(6):603-20
• Burton H, Alberg C, Hall A, Sagoo GS, Stewart A; Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Services
  Inherited cardiovascular conditions: the challenges of genomic medicine.
  Heart. 2010 Mar;96(6):474-6
• Gouda HN, Sagoo GS, Harding AH, Yates J, Sandhu MS, Higgins JP
  The association between the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 (PPARG2) Pro12Ala gene variant and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a HuGE review and meta-analysis.
  Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 15;171(6):645-55

Please visit PHG Foundation’s resources page for a list of our publications and other work by members of our staff.