Profile Matthias Wielscher

Matthias Wielscher

Matthias Wielscher holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Genetics and Microbiology and PhD in Biotechnolgoy. After completing his degree, he spent three years at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Imperial College London, working on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and DNA methylation studies. He then spent two years at Genomics England, contributing to the 100,000 Genomes Project and creating the largest call set from whole genome sequencing data outside the US at that time.

In 2020, Matthias joined the Medical University of Vienna. Since Spring 2023, he has been working with UK Biobank data on the ERC Advanced CLOCKrisk project, using genetic data to understand potential causal relationships between sleep and cardiovascular health and developing genetic scores to predict resilience to night shift work.