Dr. Karl Smith Byrne

Biography

Karl Smith-Byrne is a senior molecular epidemiologist at the Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) of the University of Oxford. He co-leads a metabolomics and proteomics research program focusing on the aetiology of prostate cancer, employing an integrative multi-omics approach to research risk prediction and cancer outcomes in the Million Women Study. Karl also serves as a research fellow at Green Templeton College. He completed his post-doctoral work at the Genomic Epidemiology Branch of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, where he focused on implementing multi-omic methods to understand the factors contributing to the aetiology, early detection, and prognosis of various cancers, particularly lung and renal neoplasms. Karl earned his DPhil in Population Health from the University of Oxford with a focus on molecular epidemiology and prostate cancer, alongside genetics and proteomics. He obtained his MPhil in Biological Anthropology, emphasizing human evolutionary perspectives on cancer genomics from the University of Cambridge, and a BSc in Psychology with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and behavioral ecology from the University of Dundee.

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