Cecilia Lindgren

Cecilia Margareta Lindgren is Professor of Genomic Endocrinology & Metabolism in the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford, where she is also Group Head at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and a research fellow at St. Anne's College. She became director of the Big Data Institute at Oxford on 1 April 2021; she had previously been a senior group leader at the institute.

Cecilia Lindgren
Alma materLund University
Scientific career
ThesisSearch for type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes using multiple approaches (2002)

Education and career

Lindgreen earned her Ph.D. from Lund University in 2002.[1] After receiving her Ph.D. from Lund University, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Karolinska Institute before joining the faculty of Oxford.[2]

Research

Lindgren is known for her research on the genetics of obesity and other complex traits.[3][2]

Awards and honors

In 2013, Lindgren was the inaugural winner of the Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics,[4] and the 30th Khwarizmi International Award in 2017.[5] In 2018, the American Society of Human Genetics awarded Lindgren its mentorship award.[1][6]

References
  1. "ASHG honors Cecilia Lindgren with ASHG Mentorship Award". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  2. "Cecilia Lindgren Biography" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  3. "Professor Cecilia Lindgren appointed Director of the Big Data Institute". Oxford Big Data Institute. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. "The first Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics awarded to Dr. Cecilia Lindgren | Paulon Säätiö". www.paulo.fi. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  5. "The Khwarizmi International Award , 13th Feb 2017, Tehran". Ministry of Science Research and Technology. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  6. Md 20852. "ASHG". ASHG. Retrieved 2021-12-19.


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