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Evelina Akimova

PhD
Assistant Professor, Purdue University (LCDS Postdoc Researcher 2021-2024)

Evelina is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biosocial Science on Professor Mills' ERC Advanced Grant CHRONO research project: Chronotype, health and family – the role of biology, socio- and natural environment and their interaction.

Her PhD supervised by Professor Mills and David Brazel combined social science and molecular genetics and addressed the importance of worklessness and demographic cohort differences in relation to mental health. And her thesis examined changing genetic penetrance of depression among demographic groups in the UK, along with the importance of job loss on psychological well-being. 

 

Publications

Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Akimova, E. et al. (2021) “Gene-environment dependencies lead to collider bias in models with polygenic scores”, Scientific Reports, 11.
Evelina Akimova
Akimova, E. (no date) “Advances and current methodological problems in understanding depression: a sociogenomic approach.”
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23 Dec 2024

Genetics, childhood aspirations and family background work together to shape later occupational status, careers and health

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16 May 2023

How our mental health is impacted by genetics and sleep

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19 Apr 2023

Using social media activity to monitor population displacement in Ukraine

Evelina Akimova

PhD
Assistant Professor, Purdue University (LCDS Postdoc Researcher 2021-2024)
This is the alt text
Links
Google Scholar
Twitter

Evelina is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biosocial Science on Professor Mills' ERC Advanced Grant CHRONO research project: Chronotype, health and family – the role of biology, socio- and natural environment and their interaction.

Her PhD supervised by Professor Mills and David Brazel combined social science and molecular genetics and addressed the importance of worklessness and demographic cohort differences in relation to mental health. And her thesis examined changing genetic penetrance of depression among demographic groups in the UK, along with the importance of job loss on psychological well-being. 

 

Publications

Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Akimova, E. et al. (2021) “Gene-environment dependencies lead to collider bias in models with polygenic scores”, Scientific Reports, 11.
Evelina Akimova
Akimova, E. (no date) “Advances and current methodological problems in understanding depression: a sociogenomic approach.”
Evelina Akimova

Recent

news
23 Dec 2024

Genetics, childhood aspirations and family background work together to shape later occupational status, careers and health

news
16 May 2023

How our mental health is impacted by genetics and sleep

news
19 Apr 2023

Using social media activity to monitor population displacement in Ukraine

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