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  Stroke in South Asian populations


   School of Biological Sciences

   Applications accepted all year round  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

About the Project

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the commonest cause of disability. The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2050 around 80% of the entire world’s burden of stroke will be in India and China. As their populations expand and age, their governments, as well as countries where there is a large Indian diaspora, are needing to understand the causes and treatments for stroke in these populations.

We have amassed one of the largest repositories of stroke in South Asians recruited from the UK, India, Qatar and Sri Lanka. This large BRAINS cohort (Bio-Repository of DNA in Stroke) will be used for analysing the epidemiology, social interactions and genetic data to establish causes and consequences of stroke in South Asians.


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