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Dr Alexandra Groom
Research Associate

Email: alix.groom@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 241 8823

Publications

Turcot V, Groom A, McConnell JC, Pearce MS, Potter C, Embleton ND, Swan DC, Relton CL. Bioinformatic selection of putative epigenetically regulated loci associated with obesity using gene expression data. Gene 2012, 499(1), 99-107.
Relton CL, Groom A, StPourcain B, Sayers AE, Swan DC, Embleton ND, Pearce MS, Ring SM, Northstone K, Tobias JH, Trakalo J, Ness AR, Shaheen SO, Davey-Smith G. DNA methylation patterns in cord blood DNA and body size in childhood. PLoS One 2012, 7(3), e31821.
McKay JA, Groom A, Potter C, Coneyworth LJ, Ford D, Mathers JC, Relton CL. Genetic and Non-Genetic Influences during Pregnancy on Infant Global and Site Specific DNA Methylation: Role for Folate Gene Variants and Vitamin B₁₂. PLoS One 2012, 7(3), e33290.
Winney B, Boumertit A, Day T, Davison D, Echeta C, Evseeva I, Hutnik K, Leslie S, Nicodemus K, Royrvik EC, Tonks S, Yang XF, Cheshire J, Longley P, Mateos P, Groom A, Relton C, Bishop DT, Black K, Northwood E, Parkinson L, Frayling TM, Steele A, Sampson JR, King T, Dixon R, Middleton D, Jennings B, Bowden R, Donnelly P, Bodmer W. People of the British Isles: preliminary analysis of genotypes and surnames in a UK-control population. European Journal of Human Genetics 2012, 20(2), 203-210.
Groom A, Potter C, Swan DC, Fatemifar G, Evans DM, Ring SM, Turcot V, Pearce MS, Embleton ND, Smith GD, Mathers JC, Relton CL. Postnatal Growth and DNA Methylation Are Associated With Differential Gene Expression of the TACSTD2 Gene and Childhood Fat Mass. Diabetes 2012, 61(2), 391-400.
Pearce M, Groom A, Relton C, Pollard T, Parker L, Francis R. Associations between sex hormones and bone mineral density and bone resorption in 50 year old men: The Newcastle thousand families study. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh, UK: BMJ Group.
Pearce MS, Groom A, Relton CL, Peaston RT, Pollard TM, Francis RM. Birth weight and early socio-economic disadvantage as predictors of sex hormones and sex hormone binding globulin in men at age 49–51 years. American Journal of Human Biology 2011, 23(2), 185-189.
Relton CL, Groom A, St Pourcain B, Sayers AE, Swan DC, Embleton ND, Pearce MS, Ring SM, Northstone K, Tobias JH, Ness AR, Shaheen SO, Smith GD. DNA Methylation Patterns in Cord Blood DNA Predict Body Size in Childhood. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
Groom A, Potter K, Turcot V, Pearce MS, Embleton ND, Relton CL. Postnatal Growth Is Associated with DNA Methylation and Childhood Adiposity: Using Genetic Variation to Infer the Direction of Causation. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
Groom A, Elliott HR, Embleton ND, Relton CL. Epigenetics and child health: basic principles. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2010, (epub ahead of print).

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Dr Alexandra Groom Research Associate

Dr Alexandra Groom
Research Associate