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Jemma Hopewell

BSc (Hons) MSc PhD (Cantab) FESC


Professor of Precision Medicine & Epidemiology

  • MSc in Global Health Science Module Co-lead: Genetic Epidemiology
  • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Health Data Science Module Lead: Genetics
  • Visiting Professor & Affiliate, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University
  • NIHR Oxford BRC, Cardiovascular Medicine Theme Co-lead

Interests: Cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, risk factors, clinical trials, epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, pharmacogenetics

Professor Jemma Hopewell leads a team of genetic epidemiologists, clinical fellows, medical statisticians and bioinformaticians in a programme of research focusing on the use of genetic and clinical trial-based studies to investigate the causes and treatments for cardiovascular disease and arrhythmias.

She has particular interests in using epidemiological, genetic and other large-scale 'omic approaches to improve our understanding of drug targets and disease mechanisms, perform genomic characterisation of vascular disease and its risk factors, particularly Lp(a), and in determining predictors of patient response to therapy.

Jemma leads and collaborates on numerous trial-based, epidemiological, and genetic epidemiological projects involving the Clinical Trials Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU)'s vascular mega-trials (such as HPS, SEARCH, THRIVE, REVEAL), large-scale studies and biobanks (such as PROCARDIS, UK Biobank), and international consortia (such as CARDIoGRAMplusC4D), and working with colleagues from across academia and other industries.

She has steering committee, data monitoring committee, and invited expert roles in numerous large-scale studies and clinical trials, as well as for national agencies and funders, ranging from the Lp(a) Scientific Advisory Board, to MHRA, British Heart Foundation Project Grants Committee Member, to Chairing the American Heart Association Fellowship Committee (Human Studies 22-23).

Hopewell Group  (Cardiovascular Precision Medicine)

  • Research staff

Dr Parag Gajendragadkar, Senior Clinical Fellow

Dr Imen Hammami, Senior Medical Statistician

Federico Murgia, Bioinformatician

Dr Alison Offer, Senior Statistical Programmer

Dr Elsa Valdes-Marquez, Senior Medical Statistician

Adam Von Ende, Senior Medical Statistician

  • Research students and affiliates

Dr Christian Fielder Camm, Hopewell group affiliate

Dr Amy Mallorie, MD student

Federico Murgia, DPhil student (p/t)

Dr Ange Tchuisseu, DPhil student

Charilaos Zisou, DPhil student

  • Administration

Luiza Scurtu, Personal Assistant

  • Past staff and students

Dr Stephen Brennan, MSc Student

Alexander Tinworth, MSc Student

Dr Christian Fielder Camm, DPhil student and British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow

Dr Katerina Lind, DPhil student

Dr Alexander Stiby, Senior Genetic Epidemiologist

Dr Maddalena Ardissino, MSc Student

Cori Campbell, Oxford British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Student

Lorna Cowan, Oxford British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Student

Tanya Domun, UNIQ+/Oxford British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Student

Dr Parag Gajendragadkar, DPhil Student & British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow

Dr Issaac Ghinai, MSc Student

Mengyu Gu, Statistical Training Fellow

Dr Maysson Ibrahim, Senior Bioinformatician

Kingwai Lau, Bioinformatician

Dr Lerato Magosi, DPhil Student

Dr Evangelos Oikonomou, DPhil Student

Jonathan Tan, RSCI Student

Larissa Ange Tchuisseu-Kwangoua, Genetic Epidemiology Clinical Intern

Hanning Zhu, Medical Statistician