Personal profile
Research interests
My main research interest is in identifying variation in DNA methylation that is associated with type 2 diabetes and related traits, with a focus on groups of people who are at higher risk of disease in later life.
Cohorts I work with include Southall And Brent Revisited (SABRE) and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents And Children (ALSPAC), where I am focussing analyses on individuals of South Asian origin and women with gestational diabetes.
I am also investigating if DNA methylation can be used as a predictor of future disease and using genetic proxies to distinguish causal pathways from non-causal biomarkers.
External positions
Chair, Molecular Epidemiology Group UK www.meg-uk.org
2021 → …
PhD supervisor - Héléne Toinét Cronjé - Epigenetic analysis of cardio-metabolic health in an African population, North West University
… → 2020
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Breastfeeding association with DNA methylation in the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium
Caramaschi, D., Fernandez de Mattos, S., Casey, E., Cruells, A., Czamara, D., Elliott, H. R., Bustamante, M. & al , E., 15 Dec 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Clinical Epigenetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Differential DNA methylation patterns in whole blood from ACPA-positive patients with DMARD-naïve rheumatoid arthritis at clinical disease onset
Svendsen, A. J., Mengel-From, J., Junker, P., Dalgard, C., Davey Smith, G., Relton, C. L., Elliott, H. R., Kyvik, K. O., Lindegaard, H., Friesgaard Christensen, A. & Tan, Q., 21 Jul 2025, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 16, 13 p., 1488161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Maternal asthma and newborn DNA methylation
Pedersen, C.-E. T., Hoang, T. T., Jin, J., Starnawska, A., Granell, R., Elliott, H. R., Huels, A., Zar, H. J., Stein, D. J., Zhang, Y., Dekker, H. T. D., Duijts, L., Felix, J. F., Sangüesa, J., Bustamante, M., Casas, M., Vrijheid, M., Kadalayil, L., Rezwan, F. I. & Arshad, H. & 26 others, , 10 May 2025, In: Clinical Epigenetics. 17, 1, 14 p., 79.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
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Pilot: Micronuclei Number in ARTful Ageing
Elliott, H. R. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/24 → 1/09/26
Project: Research
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Evaluating the role of DNA methylation changes in very early preterm birth
Elliott, H. R. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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DEEP study: Harnessing DNA methylation variation between populations to understand disease discordance across ancestries
Elliott, H. R. (Principal Investigator), Min, J. L. (Principal Investigator), Watkins, S. H. (Researcher) & Tang, H. (Researcher)
1/10/23 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
Datasets
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Additional file 4 of Characterisation of ethnic differences in DNA methylation between UK-resident South Asians and Europeans
Elliott, H. R. (Creator), Burrows, K. (Creator), Min, J. L. (Creator), Tillin, T. (Creator), Mason, D. (Creator), Wright, J. (Creator), Santorelli, G. (Creator), Davey Smith, G. (Creator), Lawlor, D. A. (Creator), Hughes, A. D. (Creator), Chaturvedi, N. (Creator) & Relton, C. L. (Creator), figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21343091.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_4_of_Characterisation_of_ethnic_differences_in_DNA_methylation_between_UK-resident_South_Asians_and_Europeans/21343091/1
Dataset
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Additional file 3 of Characterisation of ethnic differences in DNA methylation between UK-resident South Asians and Europeans
Elliott, H. R. (Creator), Burrows, K. (Creator), Min, J. L. (Creator), Tillin, T. (Creator), Mason, D. (Creator), Wright, J. (Creator), Santorelli, G. (Creator), Davey Smith, G. (Creator), Lawlor, D. A. (Creator), Hughes, A. D. (Creator), Chaturvedi, N. (Creator) & Relton, C. L. (Creator), figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21343076.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_3_of_Characterisation_of_ethnic_differences_in_DNA_methylation_between_UK-resident_South_Asians_and_Europeans/21343076/1
Dataset
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DNA methylation and diabetes
Elliott, H. (Creator), University of Bristol, 18 Dec 2016
DOI: 10.5523/bris.dg5xwj74kf761n5apszgx7ufk, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/dg5xwj74kf761n5apszgx7ufk
Dataset
Prizes
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Evaluating the role of DNA methylation changes in very early preterm birth
Elliott, H. R. (Recipient), 31 Aug 2024
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Activities
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Gagandeep Kaur Walia
Elliott, H. R. (Host)
Sept 2013 → …Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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South Asia Network Chronic Disease
Elliott, H. R. (Visitor)
May 2013Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Oak Foundation Fellowship in Molecular Epidemiology
Elliott, H. R. (Recipient)
1 Sept 2012 → 31 Aug 2016Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively