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Min GAO
PhD
Researcher
- MSc, DPhil supervisor
- Fellow of Wolfson College
Metabolic Health and Depression, Data Science, Health Behaviours Intervention
Min Gao is an Epidemiologist and Health Behaviour Scientist with a particular interest in understanding how metabolic health is linked to depression through data science, and how to break this link via modifiable health behaviours.
Min has been leading NIHR ARC-funded observational and genetic research to explore the associations and mechanisms linking obesity and cardiometabolic disorders with depression, using datasets such as UK Biobank, Qresearch and CPRD datasets.
Min has been exploring the therapeutic effects of targeting metabolic health via health behaviours (diet and drug repurposing) for depression. Min is currently leading a BRC-funded dietary intervention in people with treatment-resistant depression (DIME study), and repurposing metabolic drugs for depression. Min has conducted clinical trials in China using Social Support Theory, Behavioural Change Theory, and Digital Tools to help patients with T2DM to manage their weight and health behaviours.
Min welcomes world-wide collaborations in these research areas and accepts requests for co-supervision of Oxford DPhil and MSc students in relevant areas.
Recent publications
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Strategies to improve the implementation of preventive care in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Heath L. et al, (2024), BMC medicine, 22
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Associations between dietary patterns and incident colorectal cancer in 114,443 individuals from the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study.
Journal article
Skulsky SL. et al, (2024), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Association of gestational diabetes with long-term risk of premature mortality, and cardiovascular outcomes and risk factors: A retrospective cohort analysis in the UK Biobank
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Michalopoulou M. et al, (2024), Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26, 2915 - 2924
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Evaluating the efficacy and mechanisms of a ketogenic diet as adjunctive treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2024), Journal of Psychiatric Research, 174, 230 - 236
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Opportunistic smoking cessation interventions for people accessing financial support settings: A scoping review.
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Doody P. et al, (2024), Addiction