Peter Dixon
Research Fellow at Imperial College London
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Dixon is a research fellow with over 20 years of deep academic experience in molecular genetics and a decade-plus focused on integrating genomic and metabolomic data to predict diseases of pregnancy. Trained at Imperial College (PhD) and Reading University, he combines hands-on DNA/RNA manipulation, sequencing, genotyping and metabolite profiling with bioinformatics to translate complex molecular signals into clinical insights. His career spans senior roles at Imperial, King’s College London and UCL, reflecting sustained leadership in translational genomics and cohort-based research. An active trustee since 2012, he also brings governance and community-facing experience that complements his lab and computational skills. Notably, he returned to Imperial in 2024 to continue work at the Intersection of Research & Development in the IRDB, underscoring a long-term commitment to pregnancy-associated disease research.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
King Edward VI Camp Hill, BirminghamB. Sc., Physiology and Biochemistry, B. Sc., Physiology and Biochemistry at Reading University
French
Github Skills (33)
markov-chain10
r-package10
infectious-diseases10
markov10
chain9
agent-based-modeling9
monte-carlo9
transmission8
r8
crossword7
demography7
dm7
rcpp7
deep-learning6
modeling-tool6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mrc-ide/gf
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
🌍Global🌎Fund🌏 malaria modelling
Contributions:1 release, 20 PRs, 127 pushes in 7 months
modellingmalariafundmachine-learning
mrc-ide/cali
Feb 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:17 PRs, 54 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 8 months
calibrationvibesmodel-calibration
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