Olga Chervova

Dr. Olga Chervova is a Senior Research Fellow at University College London's Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, specializing in epigenetics and its applications to human health. Her work bridges pure mathematics and clinical sciences, with a focus on cardiovascular medicine, genetics, and oncology.

Education: PhD in Pure Mathematics (University College London, 2012); MSc in Clinical Sciences (Saratov State University, 2006).

Research interests include epigenetic mechanisms in disease, particularly DNA methylation's role in cancer evolution, cardiovascular conditions, and age-related pathologies. She has pioneered studies on epigenetic clocks, linking accelerated aging metrics to diseases like sarcoma and myocardial infarction. Her work also addresses global health challenges, such as studying war exposure effects in Syrian refugees through epigenetic biomarkers.

Key research trends in her publications include integrating multi-omics data (genomic, transcriptomic, epigenetic) for precision medicine, developing diagnostic classifiers using epigenetic signatures, and applying machine learning to interpret clinical time-series data. Her studies often emphasize longitudinal analyses and population-based cohorts.

Labs/Teams: Co-founder of the Personal Genome Project-UK (PGP-UK), an open-access multi-omics resource supporting personalized medicine research. She collaborates with international teams on lung cancer evolution and epigenetic biomarker development.