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Anna Dearman

Postgraduate Research Student
Institute for Social and Economic Research
Research Officer
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
 Anna Dearman

Profile

Biography

I am a PhD student at ISER, in the Soc-B Centre for Doctoral Training. In 2020, after fifteen years working in laboratories, I completed a master’s in bioinformatics and have since worked at ISER as a Senior Research Officer in the biomarker team, where most of my work focused on the proteomics dataset.

Qualifications

  • MSc Bioinformatics Queen Mary University of London, (2020)

  • BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Anglia Ruskin University, (2009)

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Senior Research Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (1/6/2021 - 31/3/2023)

Other academic

  • Biorepository Research Assistant, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge (13/5/2013 - 30/8/2019)

  • Senior Research Laboratory Technician, Eastern Sequencing and Informatics Hub, University of Cambridge (14/11/2011 - 10/5/2013)

  • Senior Research Laboratory Technician, Neurology Unit, University of Cambridge (6/7/2009 - 4/11/2011)

Teaching and supervision

Previous supervision

Benedict John Hignell
Benedict John Hignell
Thesis title: Acculturative Stress and Neighbourhood Sociocultural Context: The Role of Physiological Dysregulation and Consequences for Psychological Distress and Well-Being
Degree subject: Biosocial Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/4/2026
Evelyn Rose Dilkes
Evelyn Rose Dilkes
Thesis title: The Biopsychosocial Model of Depersonalisation and Derealisation: An Updated Framework
Degree subject: Biosocial Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 20/3/2026

Publications

Journal articles (5)

Yu, J., Fu, D., Wu, X., Gao, W., Chen, H., Jia, X., Pu, F., Zhao, Y., Sun, K., Zhang, L., Wang, W., Huang, H., Dearman, A. and Liu, Z., (2026). Plasma proteomic signatures of childhood adversity. Protein & Cell, pwag028-

Shen, X., Barbu, M., Caramaschi, D., Arathimos, R., Czamara, D., David, FS., Dearman, A., Dilkes, E., Herrera-Rivero, M., Huider, F., Kühn, L., Lu, K-C., Palviainen, T., Schowe, AM., Shireby, G., Weihs, A., Wong, CCY., Davyson, E., Casey, H., Adams, MJ., Allgaier, A-K., Barber, M., Burrage, J., Caspi, A., Costeira, R., Dunn, EC., Feldmann, L., Frank, J., Freisleder, FJ., Gadd, DA., Greimel, E., Hannon, E., Harris, SE., Homuth, G., Howard, DM., Iurato, S., Korhonen, T., Lu, T-P., Martin, NG., Martins, J., McDermott, E., Meinert, S., Navarro, P., Ollikainen, M., Pehl, V., Piechaczek, C., Scherff, AD., Stein, F., Streit, F., Teumer, A., Völzke, H., van Dongen, J., Walker, RM., Yusupov, N., Arseneault, L., Bell, JT., Berger, K., Binder, E., Boomsma, DI., Cox, SR., Dannlowski, U., Evans, KL., Fisher, HL., Forstner, AJ., Grabe, HJ., Kaprio, J., Kircher, T., Kopf-Beck, J., Kumari, M., Kuo, P-H., Li, QS., Moffitt, TE., Mulcahy, H., Murphy, TM., Schulte-Körne, G., Mill, J., Lewis, CM., van Dongen, J., Wray, NR. and McIntosh, AM., (2025). A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison. Nature Mental Health. 3 (10), 1152-1167

Lammi, V., Nakanishi, T., Jones, SE., Andrews, SJ., Karjalainen, J., Cortés, B., O’Brien, HE., Ochoa-Guzman, A., Fulton-Howard, BE., Broberg, M., Haapaniemi, HH., Kanai, M., Pirinen, M., Schmidt, A., Mitchell, RE., Mousas, A., Mangino, M., Huerta-Chagoya, A., Sinnott-Armstrong, N., Cirulli, ET., Vaudel, M., Kwong, ASF., Maiti, AK., Marttila, MM., Posner, DC., Rodriguez, AA., Batini, C., Minnai, F., Dearman, AR., Warmerdam, CAR., Sequeros, CB., Winkler, TW., Jordan, DM., Rešcenko, R., Miano, L., Lane, JM., Chung, RK., Guillen-Guio, B., Leavy, OC., Carvajal-Silva, L., Aguilar-Valdés, K., Frangione, E., Guare, L., Vergasova, E., Marouli, E., Striano, P., Zainulabid, UA., Kumar, A., Ahmad, HF., Edahiro, R., Azekawa, S., Niemi, MEK., St-Cyr, J., Adra, D., Durand, M., Bujold, D., Bourque, G., Boisclair, A., Bertrand, M., Auld, D., Laurent, L., Yanishevsky, S., Lathrop, GM., Shi, F., Rousseau, S., Ragoussis, J., Perley, D., Mooser, V., Morrison, DR., Balla, D., Heggemann, J., Schultz, S., Behzad, P., Nöthen, MM., Miller, A., Pensel, MC., Maj, C., Cho, K., Cai, T., Iyengar, SK., Aguilar Salinas, CA., Lee, SHT., Moreno-Macias, H., Pajukanta, P., Duran-Gomez, M., Trogstad, L., Rader, DJ., Ritchie, MD., Verma, A., Kripke, CM., Papiol, S., Wiltfang, J., Schneider, J., Schulze, TG., Winter, C., Wallin, E., Frithiof, R., Senner, F., Spinner, CD., Protzer, U., Cordioli, M., Mueller, NS., Dinkel, A., Kalman, JL., Maricic, T., Adorjan, K., Lipcsey, M., Fricke, L., Larsson, I-M., Heilbronner, U., Budde, M., Erber, J., Harvey, NR., Forgetta, V., Hignell, B., Espinosa-Parrilla, Y., Saez Hidalgo, JM., Nova-Lamperti, E., Gutiérrez-Richards, S., Donoso, G., Cerpa, LC., Echeverria, CA., Cabrera, C., Bocchieri, P., Fuentes-Guajardo, M., Muñoz, CA., Oróstica, KY., Figueroa, A., Guajardo, LG., Signore, IA., Monardes-Ramírez, VA., Tobar-Calfucoy, EA., Quiñones, LA., Yáñez, CE., Zapata-Contreras, D., Zuñiga-Pacheco, P., Quiroga, R., Martínez, MF., Alarcon, TA., Silva, AX., Selman, CS., Sanhueza, S., Retamales-Ortega, R., Arévalo, TV., Lamoza, E., Valenzuela-Jorquera, H., Donaire, MS., Sarvadhavabhatla, S., Ostrowski, SR., Brunak, S., Westergaard, D., Feenstra, B., Mortensen, ASB., Guyatt, AL., de Cid, R., Iraola-Guzmán, S., Moncunill, G., Blasco, A., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Blay, N., Dobaño, C., Carreras, A., Farré, X., Kogevinas, M., Castaño-Vinyals, G., Furini, S., Fallerini, C., Zguro, K., Baldassarri, M., Colombo, F., Hannah, T., Ilinskaya, A., Trofimov, M., Shaheen, L., Plotnikov, N., Kim, A., Kharitonov, D., Ilinsky, V., Kamelin, A., Tanudjaja, F., Sandoval, E., Washington, NL., White, S., Neveux, I., Dabe, S., Bolze, A., Schiabor Barrett, KM., Christaki, E., Milionis, H., Tzoulaki, I., Liontos, A., Evangelou, E., Ntzani, E., Aliannejad, R., Zarei, V., Soltani, N., Sharififard, B., Tadi, HA., Amirsavadkouhi, A., NamKoong, H., Thompson, RC., Charney, AW., Sloofman, LG., Simons, NW., Vishnyakova, O., Xinyi, X., Taher, J., Elliott, LT., Rovite, V., Raitis, P., Briviba, M., Klovinš, J., Saxena, R., Burns, AC., Cherry, JM., Maher, M., Kukkonen, A., Tettamanti, M., Ronzoni, L., Prati, D., Peyvandi, F., Carpani, R., Muscatello, A., Margarita, S., Malvestiti, F., Lamorte, G., Mantero, M., Franke, A., Ellinghaus, D., Iannotti, N., Montano, N., Nobili, A., Degenhardt, F., Bandera, A., Blandini, F., Blasi, FBA., Karlsen, TH., Luoh, S-W., Erikstrup, C., Pedersen, OBV., Lerner-Ellis, J., Colombo, A., Grzymski, JJ., Ishii, M., Okada, Y., Beckmann, ND., Kumari, M., Wagner, R., Heid, IM., John, C., Short, PJ., Magnus, P., Ansone, L., Valenti, LVC., Lee, SA., Wain, LV., Verdugo, RA., Banasik, K., Geller, F., Franke, LH., Rakitko, A., Duncan, EL., Renieri, A., Tsilidis, KK., de Cid, R., Niavarani, A., Abner, E., Tusié-Luna, T., Verma, SS., Smith, GD., Timpson, NJ., Madduri, RK., Cho, K., Daly, MJ., Ganna, A., Schulte, EC., Richards, JB., Ludwig, KU., Marks-Hultström, M., Zeberg, H. and Ollila, HM., (2025). Genome-wide association study of long COVID. Nature Genetics. 57 (6), 1402-1417

Dearman, A., Bao, Y., Schalkwyk, L. and Kumari, M., (2025). Serum proteomic correlates of mental health symptoms in a representative UK population sample. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 44, 100947-100947

Wang, W., Dearman, A., Bao, Y. and Kumari, M., (2023). Partnership status and positive DNA methylation age acceleration across the adult lifespan in the UK. SSM - Population Health. 24, 101551-101551

Reports and Papers (3)

Dearman, A., Kumari, M. and Bao, Y., (2023). Understanding Society: pre-analytic condition impacts on measurement

Shen, X., McIntosh, AM., Dearman, A., Kumari, M. and et al, (2023). A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case-control classification and trans-ancestry comparison

Lammi, V., Nakanishi, T., Jones, SE., Andrews, SJ., Karjalainen, J., Cortés, B., O’Brien, HE., Fulton-Howard, BE., Haapaniemi, HH., Schmidt, A., Mitchell, RE., Mousas, A., Mangino, M., Huerta-Chagoya, A., Sinnott-Armstrong, N., Cirulli, ET., Vaudel, M., Kwong, ASF., Maiti, AK., Marttila, M., Batini, C., Minnai, F., Dearman, AR., Warmerdam, CAR., Sequeros, CB., Winkler, TW., Jordan, DM., Guare, L., Vergasova, E., Marouli, E., Striano, P., Zainulabid, UA., Kumar, A., Ahmad, HF., Edahiro, R., Azekawa, S., Grzymski, JJ., Ishii, M., Okada, Y., Beckmann, ND., Kumari, M., Wagner, R., Heid, IM., John, C., Short, PJ., Magnus, P., Banasik, K., Geller, F., Franke, LH., Rakitko, A., Duncan, EL., Renieri, A., Tsilidis, KK., de Cid, R., Niavarani, A., Tusié-Luna, T., Verma, SS., Smith, GD., Timpson, NJ., Daly, MJ., Ganna, A., Schulte, EC., Richards, JB., Ludwig, KU., Hultström, M., Zeberg, H. and Ollila, HM., (2023). Genome-wide Association Study of Long COVID

Contact

ad21432@essex.ac.uk

Location:

2N2.5B.01, Colchester Campus

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