Rima Mustafa
MD, MSc, PhD
Researcher in Genomic Discovery
Rima joined the Big Data Institute and Oxford Population Health in June 2023 as a researcher in genomic discovery in Papiez’s group.
Her role involves conducting genetic discovery analysis on microvascular features derived using machine learning methods. This project is part of Oxford – Novo Nordisk Collaboration.
Her research interest lies in using genetics to improve our understanding of diseases and aid in finding effective treatment and diagnostic strategies.
Rima holds a medical degree from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and MSc and PhD in Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology from Imperial College London, where she was a President’s Scholar.
Recent publications
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Genome-wide association study and multi-ancestry meta-analysis identify common variants associated with carotid artery intima-media thickness
Meena D. et al, (2025)
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Expression quantitative trait locus mapping of extracellular microRNAs in human plasma
Huan T. et al, (2024), iScience, 27
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A comprehensive study of genetic regulation and disease associations of plasma circulatory microRNAs using population-level data.
Mustafa R. et al, (2024), Genome biology, 25
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On Biases in a UK Biobank-based Retinal Image Classification Model.
Alloula A. et al, (2024), CoRR, abs/2408.02676
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Evidence for involvement of the alcohol consumption WDPCP gene in lipid metabolism, and liver cirrhosis.
O'Farrell F. et al, (2023), Scientific reports, 13