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Thesis Title
Genetic and Psychoneuroimmunological Mechanisms Underlying Stress, Suboptimal Sleep, and Health
Supervisors
Professor Andrew Steptoe, DSc and Professor Karoline Kuchenbäcker, PhD
Lay summary
Odessa S. Hamilton is a Doctoral Researcher in Biobehavioural Epidemiology and Precision Medicine. Her research uses a psychoneuroimmunological framework and genetically informed designs, to explore the interplay between stress and sleep in the aetiopathogenesis of mental and physical health across a spectrum of severity. Using observational data from large cohort studies, Odessa engages in advanced statistical modelling and epidemiological techniques, such as structural equation modelling, causal inference, machine learning multiple imputation, polygenic risk prediction, and Mendelian randomization.
Background
Odessa is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, a Visiting Fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a registered Psychologist, licensed in psychometrics, with MBPsS status at the British Psychological Society (BPS). With experience that traverses Corporate, Government, and HE to Board level, Odessa also holds multiple awards for innovation, and has transnational achievements in entrepreneurship. She is an expert contributor to major global publishing enterprises, she has peer-reviewed papers in leading publications, and her work has been featured by media outlets across the world.
Appointments
Odessa taught post-graduate Biostatistics at UCL by appointment, and was a guest Lecturer on the LSE Executive MBA and Leadership programme, directed by Associate Professor Dr Grace Lordan in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.
Qualifications
Having trained at some of the world’s top 10 universities, Odessa gained an MSc in Psychological Sciences with Distinction and secured a First-Class Degree with honours in Organisational Psychology, summa cum laude.
Awards
Joint Economic and Social Research Council Studentship
Joint Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Studentship
Harvard University Tuition Scholarship
APS Scholar Award
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6296-935X
Contact details
https://www.linkedin.com/in/odessahamilton/