Dr. Kanta Chechi

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kanta Chechi is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London specializing in the causal role of gut microbiome in cardiometabolic disease. Her current research utilizes multi-omics, systems biology, and genetic epidemiology approaches, including Mendelian randomization in population settings. Kanta joined Imperial as a MRC Skills Development Fellow in 2018. Before her position at Imperial, she was awarded the Banting Fellowship from the Canadian Institute of Health Research and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute. During her previous research, she characterized the 'fat-burning' potential of human epicardial adipose tissue related to cardiometabolic disease through animal models and in vitro approaches. Kanta holds a PhD, during which she investigated the effects of maternal dietary fat intake during pregnancy on lipid metabolism and vascular function in adulthood, using various animal models.

Research Interests

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.