Albert Henry

Albert Henry

MD | Computational scientist

University College London

I am a BHF Cardiovascular Biomedicine PhD student at the UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science and UCL Institute of Health Informatics / Health Data Research UK. I am a fully-trained clinician (general practictioner) in Indonesia and a computational scientist. My research interest is applying computational methods to elucidate causal biology and inform the development of therapeutic strategies using large-scale genomics, molecular traits, and deep phenotype datasets. Aside from my own research, I co-lead the UCL Code Club, a community aiming to promote good coding and data science practice in research.

Interests
  • Human genetics & genomics
  • Molecular & genetic epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Heart failure
  • Data science
  • Data visualization
  • Reproducible research
Education
  • PhD in Cardiovascular Biomedicine, 2018 - present

    University College London, UK

  • MSc in Health and Biomedical Data Science, 2017

    University College London, UK

  • Medicine, 2014

    Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

Skills

Things I’m not totally bad at…

Clinical medicine
Human genetics
Cardiovascular biomedicine
Health data science
Biostatistics
Data visualization
R
python
Shell scripting
High performance computing
Snakemake workflow
Making memes!

Story so far

 
 
 
 
 
Visiting scholar
Jul 2022 – Present Cambridge, MA, USA
In progress
 
 
 
 
 
PhD in Cardiovascular Biomedicine
Oct 2018 – Present London, United Kingdom
In progress
 
 
 
 
 
Research asssistant
Mar 2018 – Oct 2018 London, United Kingdom
Helped in statistical analysis, data visualisation, and manuscript preparation for genome-wide association study meta-analysis of heart failure
 
 
 
 
 
MSc in Data Science for Research in Health and Biomedicine
Oct 2016 – Oct 2017 London, United Kingdom
Graduated with Distinction
 
 
 
 
 
Lab intern
May 2016 – Aug 2016 Semarang, Indonesia
Conducted DNA extraction, karyotyping test, genetic counseling
 
 
 
 
 
Practicing clinician
RSUD (district hospital) & Puskesmas (public health centre) Ambarawa
Oct 2014 – Oct 2015 Ambarawa, Indonesia
Served in accident & emergency department, hospital wards, outpatient clinic, and carried public health programmes

Awards & Certificates

🏆 Best poster
London Genetics Network inaugural meeting 2020
🏆 Best poster
Alzheimer’s Indonesia conference 2017
Dean’s List of top performing students 2016/2017
Awarded for MSc in Data Science for Research in Health and Biomedicine programme

Publications

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(2022). Therapeutic Targets for Heart Failure Identified Using Proteomics and Mendelian Randomization. Circulation.

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(2021). The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium. ESC Heart Fail.

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(2021). Life-Time Covariation of Major Cardiovascular Diseases: A 40 Year Longitudinal Study and Genetic Studies. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.

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(2020). Estimating the effect of reduced attendance at emergency departments for suspected cardiac conditions on cardiac mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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(2020). Genetic and functional insights into the fractal structure of the heart. Nature.

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(2020). Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure. Nature Communications.

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(2019). The relationship between sleep duration, cognition and dementia: a Mendelian randomization study. IJE.

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