Professor Stephen Burgess

Professor Stephen Burgess

PhD

Director of Statistics

Stephen Burgess is a Professor at the University of Cambridge and the Lead Statistician at Sequoia Genetics. He earned his BA and MMath degrees from the University of Cambridge and completed his PhD at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, focusing on Mendelian randomization. After joining the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in 2011, he received a Wellcome Trust fellowship to continue his research. He later returned to the MRC Biostatistics Unit on a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, establishing a research group where he now leads a team. Recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2019, Stephen has published over 380 papers and co-chairs the European Causal Inference Meeting. He also leads courses at the University of Cambridge on Mendelian randomization and Genetics in Drug Development.

At Sequoia Genetics, Stephen applies his extensive expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology and Mendelian randomization to provide insights into causal inference and genetic analysis, drawing on his experience in advanced statistical methods.

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