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Prof AJ McKnight

@aj-mcknight.bsky.social
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Interested in bioinformatics, healthy ageing, kidney & rare diseases, Shelties, books, & randomly weird facts...Professor of Molecular Epidemiology & Public Health

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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
An unusual end to an excellent @ukkidney.org #UKKW26….sadly no flight home tonight or tomorrow from Leeds so fingers crossed we make it Leeds->Manchester and get home that way tomorrow evening! Hope everyone else travelled safely home. #RenalResearchNI #RareDiseaseNI @claire-hill.bsky.social
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Claire Hill @claire-hill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
💗 Love Your Kidneys – They’ll Love You Back! 💗 📍 Part of Love Your Health at QUB WWIEM for NI Science Festival 🔗 lnkd.in/ethSwjpK 💙 Thanks to our funders: @vivensa.bsky.social • @lifearc.bsky.social • @kidneyresearchuk.org • lnkd.in/eJkEMSvH @aj-mcknight.bsky.social
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Teamwork! En route to our @lifearc.bsky.social @kidneyresearchuk.org rare #kidney disease meeting in Solihull today, supported locally by the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund #RenalResearchNI #RareDiseaseNI
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Couple of hours after high tide and still impressive! Wow…
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
✅ 11 #epigenetic markers associated with progression of diabetic #kidney disease #DKD ✅ #methylation changes predictive of DKD progression ✅ methylation data+ clinical risk factors improved identification of risk #RenalResearchNI @finndiane.bsky.social @niinasandholm.bsky.social 👀 rdcu.be/e0bUC
Blood DNA markers associated with DKD progression paper screenshot
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Sharing progress and strategic planning at our #RareDisease UK Mirror and Action Group for @erdera.bsky.social yesterday. Excellent conversations in Leeds! #RareDiseaseNI.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Delighted to have contributed to developing UK #RareDisease quality standards within our 4-nation project led by Sue Farrington rarediseaseqs.org -> draft quality standard for consultation 6-20 Jan 2026 Have your voice heard! #RareDiseaseNI - please add your perspectives on what matters most!
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Developing QS for rare disease across the rare disease community
Developing quality statements for rare disease via consensus across the rare disease community.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thank you for our funders supporting this research, including @vivensa.bsky.social @ukri.org @mdukcharity.bsky.social NI Kidney Research UK NI HSC R&D & @lifearc.bsky.social
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thanks to @claire-hill.bsky.social & Dr Grace McMacken showcasing their research in our @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Molecular Epidemiology & Public Health team-packed RVH room today. #Ageing #RareDiseaseNI #RareDisease #ClinicalTrials #RenalResearchNI #RARDTAC #Neuromuscular #kidney.
Claire presenting ageing biomarkersGrace presenting building diagnostic equity and trial readiness for clinical neuromuscular trials.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Congratulations to everyone nominated in the @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social staff excellence awards…scrolling through I had a lovely surprise to see my name listed for Outstanding #leadership. Thank you! It’s been a busy year with lots of success for our Team’s ECRs! www.qub.ac.uk/sites/staff-...
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Nominations 2024-25 | Staff Excellence Awards | Queen's University Belfast
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Exciting #RareDiseaseNI launching our @ukri.org funded, co-developed online resource empowering unpaid carers supporting their loved ones with a rare disease. By carers, for carers - thank you caringwithrare.org #RareDisease #carer #caregiving
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Home | Caring with Rare
A safe space for carers and families affected by rare conditions. Find stories, guidance, and tools to support your caring journey.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NI 2024-25 Progress Report for Rare Diseases Action Plan, highlighting our @lifearc.bsky.social Centre for acceleration of RD trials & doctoral training program in #RareDisease building capacity, skills and accelerating access to medicines. #RareDiseaseNI www.health-ni.gov.uk/news/departm...
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Department publishes 2024-25 Progress Report on the Northern Ireland Rare Diseases Action Plan
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has welcomed publication of the third progress report on the Northern Ireland Rare Diseases Action Plan.
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Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Great talk by @claire-hill.bsky.social about environmental sustainability in research at our #ECREvent - sharing learning from The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It’s certainly a very busy time for #RareDiseaseNI. Good to connect with colleagues and meet new friends at today’s #CamRARE25. Excellent event hosted by @camrare.bsky.social as always. Thanks for the opportunity to participate :) safe home everyone #RareDisease
Sam presenting caring with rare posterRaresummit 25 opening slide picAJ, Sam and DJ in Hinxton Hall picHappy sunshine smile sticker
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Productive discussions with my co-chairs of the Clinical implementation and data enhancement research community last week @genomicsengland.bsky.social #RareDisease #RareDiseaseNI
Picture of panel leads: transforming science into healthcare
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Delighted to have launched activities within our #RareDisease clinical and academic research network yesterday. Excellent conversations & cake! Thanks all who contributed - formal pics and report to follow! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #RenalResearchNI #RareDiseaseNI #RARDTAC
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Delighted to have our in-person launch for yr 1 of our @ukri.org NILAB doctoral training program. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social students and faculty gathering today :) #ArtificialIntelligence #BigData #DataScience #HealthyAgeing #RareDiseaseNI #RenalResearchNI
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Claire Hill @claire-hill.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🧬 PhD Opportunity | Using Molecular Biomarkers of Aging to Decode Health Inequalities 🧬 📅 Deadline - 8th December 2025 🔗 Apply now or learn more: lnkd.in/eWhnyVQg @vivensa.bsky.social @aj-mcknight.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Pleasure to welcome our latest new Postgraduate Research students #PhD, #MD, #MPhil to our @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social . Looking forward to hearing their progress! #LoveQUB #PGR
Pic of QUB lit up to support rare disease day
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Welcoming the latest member of our family :) #Sheltie #PuppyLove
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Interested in #RareDisease; therapies for #orphan conditions; #HealthEconomics? #Job with Prof McCabe and #RareDiseaseNI @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social working with our @lifearc.bsky.social Centre for Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials team. Closes 29/09/2025 hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Beautiful start to the day for @ishg.ie #Genetics conference today. #RareDiseaseNI
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Honoured to have attended the Royal Hillsborough Garden Party this week. #RareDiseaseNI @QUB @RAiNAllIreland #RARDTAC #RareDisease gaining recognition!
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New #Job opportunity with our #RareDiseaseNI team. Experience communicating with stakeholders? Enjoy using multimedia tools? Want to support our local rare disease community? Apply by 8th Sept!
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#job 18.5 hr/wk closes 25th Aug. Help us map & improve how people affected by #RareDisease engage in clinical #research locally and internationally. Join #RareDiseaseNI at #LoveQUB. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Polygenic #risk scores associated with #BMI in children and adult; #PGS also associated with weight loss in intervention #trials. Thank you for the opportunity for @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to contribute to this study analyzing >5 million people. @natmed.nature.com #obesity #RenalResearchNI
Screenshot: polygenic prediction of BMI and obesity across the life course
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#RenalResearchNI opportunity to sign your name to an open letter highlighting the importance of #KidneyDisease to the UK government and NHS. Time for Action to support kidney disease! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.ukkidney.org/prime-minist...
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Add Your Name: Call on the Prime Minister to Tackle Kidney Disease
Kidney disease affects more than 7 million people in the UK, yet was largely overlooked in the Government’s new 10-year health plan for the NHS. Without action, it will place an unsustainable burden o...
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🌟 Apply Now 🌟 10 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social funded PhD studentships available➡️new doctoral training program associated with the Future Medicines Institute. Students will develop bespoke skills for working with industry. #DTP #PhD #PhDStudentships ⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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future medicine institute qub PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 10 PhDs Listed
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in future medicine institute qub. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
LifeArc recommendations to accelerate #RareDisease research. Strategic long-term investment required with commitment across the devolved UK nations for action and funding to ensure deliverables are met. #RareDiseaseNI #RareConditions #ChangeTheRareFuture #Research. www.lifearc.org/2025/lifearc...
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LifeArc and Genetic Alliance UK launch a new report calling for the acceleration of research and development (R&D) for rare diseases   - LifeArc
LifeArc and Genetic Alliance UK have launched a report calling for the UK Government, NHS, researchers, industry, patient groups and policymakers to work together to transform the lives of more than 3...
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
#RareDisease researchers, clinician, funder, patient advocate or work in health policy in rare disease? We want to hear from you! Survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/newcastle/.... Experiences navigating rare disease - clinical trial UK regulation landscape please!
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Looking forward to today’s stakeholder & expert discussions #AI #health #OneHealth #genomics #bioscience #multiomics #LoveQUB Our first PhD students on this @ukri.org award start Oct 2025. #ExcitingTimes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social #ageing #RenalResearchNI #RareDiseaseNI
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 12/06/2025
☀️ It’s the 3rd & final day of #UKKW25! We hope everyone enjoyed the annual dinner last night. Let’s dive into another big day of learning! Don't miss the 8:30 Plenary: 🧠 Kelly Lambert 🏆 Osman Award – Amy J McKnight 🔬 Stewart Cameron – Becky Foster #Nephrology #KidneyCare
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Claire Hill @claire-hill.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congratulations to @aj-mcknight.bsky.social on her Osman Award at UK Kidney Week 2025! Her award lecture was a fantastic overview of her work explorong kidney disease determinants - including genetic, epigenetic and environmental - and her impacts on rare disease research/care in NI and beyond. 🎊 👏
Prof McKnight presenting at UK Kidney Week. Her slides show projects such as GENIE, NICOLA, SPACE, Rardtac, Rain and RenGenPect
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
@niinasandholm.bsky.social expertly presenting her team’s multiomic research for #diabetes #kidney disease #DKD #GENIE @finndiane.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #RenalResearchNI #UKKW25
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Prof Jennifer McKinley presenting #exposome #environmental impacts for #kidney disease #UKKW25 #RenalResearchNI #SPACE @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 10/06/2025
🎉 Day 1 of #UKKW25 is here! Join us for the Opening Plenary: 🩺 John Feehally 🔮 Stephen Powis 🏅 David Wheeler (O'Donoghue Award) 👋Be sure to visit the UKKA stand in the exhibition hall where you'll find the UK Renal Registry, Radar & KQIP teams.
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
@ukkidney.org Trustees meeting tomorrow & then roll on #UKKW25 in Bournemouth. Looking forward to excellent conversations, catching up with colleagues, & exciting science! #KidneyDisease #RenalResearchNI
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Delighted to see another of our #GENIE papers! Massive effort for #genetics of #KidneyDisease expertly coordinated by Joanne and Emma #RenalResearchNI thanks to all involved! Incorporating multiomic data -> genes with diabetes-specific effects on kidney function. journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Quantitative Kidney... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
sociation study loci in diabetic kidney disease. Background Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious diabetes complication caused by both environmental and genetic risk factors. Previous genome-w...
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WHO @who.int · 24/05/2025
#WHA78 daily update: ➡️First-ever rare diseases resolution underscores equity and inclusion ➡️Countries endorse resolution to tackle global health financing emergency ➡Countries back resolution to boost science-driven health policy and implementation Read more: bit.ly/4mBIv7U
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Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2025
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 23/05/2025
BIG NEWS! ❗We welcome the announcement today that the @who.int has formally adopted a resolution to reduce the burden of #KidneyDisease. Read more about this milestone here👇 www.ukkidney.org/about-us/new...
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 20/05/2025
⏲️3 days until the #UKKW25 registration deadline! Join us at UK Kidney Week, Bournemouth... 🧠 Explore a broad programme covering all areas of kidney care 👥 Network with leading experts in the field 🎓Gain up to 14 external CPD points Big discounts for UKKA members: 🔗 www.ukkw.org/registr...
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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 18/05/2025
Less than a week remains to register for the largest UK kidney professionals event! The programme covers: ❇️ The latest clinical guidelines ❇️ Digital innovations ❇️ Workforce development ❇️ Patient-led initiatives + more Don't delay, register today: www.ukkw.org/registr... #KidneyCare
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Many congratulations to @claire-hill.bsky.social winning EDNSG conference Best Communication Award for 2025! #RenalResearchNI #diabetes #kidney @vivensa.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Well done @claire-hill.bsky.social presenting accelerated biological ageing with #diabetes and further diabetic #kidney disease in Amsterdam. #RenalResearchNI @finndiane.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Image of Dr Claire Hill giving her presentation
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Prof AJ McKnight @aj-mcknight.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Hello - my first day here so be gentle :). Looking forward to excellent discussions.
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