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Email
myers@stats.ox.ac.uk

Websites

Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
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Simon Myers

Recombination and Statistical Genetics

My group's research interests focus on the area of population genetics, specifically the use of stochastic models to understand patterns of variation in samples drawn from a population. Work is also ongoing on methods to map disease genes in admixed populations, and methods for fine-mapping association signals. I spend part of my time in the Department of Statistics, and part of my time at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG).

Recent publications

Interactions with polygenic background impact quantitative traits in the UK Biobank.

Ferreira LAF. et al, (2025), medRxiv

The Length of Haplotype Blocks and Signals of Structural Variation in Reconstructed Genealogies

Ignatieva A. et al, (2025), Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42

The effect of nitrile gloves on temperature perception during hot water immersion.

Cussons D. et al, (2025), Burns, 51

Fine-scale population structure and widespread conservation of genetic effect sizes between human groups across traits

Hu S. et al, (2025), Nature Genetics, 57, 379 - 389

A Genomics England haplotype reference panel and imputation of UK Biobank

Shi S. et al, (2024), Nature Genetics, 56, 1800 - 1803

Subject areas

Courses

Doctoral Training Centre Degrees

Genomic Medicine and Statistics