Genetics of Intrinsic Capacity

This is a collaborative project between Professor Renuka Visvanathan and Dr Azmeraw Amare who leads the G-ENomics of mentAl well-Being and heaLthy age-ING (ENABLING) research group at the University of Adelaide. 

Collaborators include Professor John Beard, Porfessor Matteo Cesari and Dr Olga Theou. The team will be utilising data from the UK Biobank Study and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Publications from this research are anticipated to be available from 2024.

Dr Amare and Prof Visvanathan are co-supervising PhD Candidate Mr Melkamu Bedimo who in 2023 has been working on 2 research projects:

1. A scoping review of the genetics of intrinsic capacity
2. Creating an intrinsic capacity scoring system for the UK Biobank

In 2024, Mr Melkamu Bedimo will be progressing GWAS analaysis on the UK biobank data to help progress our teams understanding about the genetics of intrinsic capacity.