Personal profile
Qualifications
PhD, University of Birmingham, 2021
MSc, University of Leicester, 2015
ALB, Harvard University, 2014
Biography
John studied molecular biology in the US before doing postgraduate education in bioinformatics in the UK. He learned genetics at the MRC Harwell Institute's Mammalian Genetics Unit, working in the Biocomputing group. He's been at UoB since 2016, working in the Gkoutos Group.
Research interests
John is broadly interested in neuropsychiatric genetics, including those involved in chronobiology, autism, schizophrenia, and cognitive decline. His reseach involves genes and traits in big data. On the trait side, it includes characterizing neurobehavioral phenotypes with biomedical ontologies and working with derived imaging phenotypes from MRI. On the genomic side, it encompasses GWAS, genetic epidemiology, and combining biomarkers with genomic data in machine learning models. Ultimately, he would like to advance the understanding of neuropsychiatrid disease.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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An exploratory machine learning study on paediatric abdominal pain phenotyping and prediction
Takahashi, K., Lubiatowska, M., Shehwana, H., Ruffle, J. K., Williams , J. A., Acharjee, A., Terai, S., Gkoutos, G. V., Satti, H. & Aziz, Q., 5 Nov 2025, In: PLOS One. 20, 11, 17 p., e0336215.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling clinical narrative as computable knowledge: The NICE computable implementation guidance project
Scott, P., Heigl, M., McCay, C., Shepperdson, P., Lima‐Walton, E., Andrikopoulou, E., Brunnhuber, K., Cornelius, G., Faulding, S., McAlister, B., Rowark, S., South, M., Thomas, M. R., Whatling, J., Williams, J., Wyatt, J. C. & Greaves, F., 28 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Learning Health Systems. e10394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early onset of immune-mediated diseases in minority ethnic groups in the UK
Sharma-Oates, A., Zemedikun, D., Kumar, K., Reynolds, J., Jain, A., Raza, K., Williams, J., Bravo Merodio, L., Roth Cardoso, V., Gkoutos, G., Nirantharakumar, K. & Lord, J., 13 Oct 2022, In: BMC medicine. 20, 1, 12 p., 346.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eligibility for early rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation in the UK Biobank
Kany, S., Cardoso, V. R., Bravo, L., Williams, J. A., Schnabel, R., Fabritz, L., Gkoutos, G. V. & Kirchhof, P., 14 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Heart.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inflammation and brain structure in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders: A Mendelian randomization study
PIMS collaboration, 30 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JAMA psychiatry. 2022, 5, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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