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Dr. Lina Zgaga

Associate Professor (Public Health & Primary Care)
TALLAGHT HOSPITAL

 zgagal@tcd.ie

 3531896 1545


Research Tags

  1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN-D   25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D CONCENTRATIONS   Biostatistical methods   CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE   Clinical nutrition/malnutrition   Clinical research, trials   COLORECTAL CANCER   CORTISOL   Epidemiology   Genetics   Genomes, Genomics   Human genetics   Medicine   PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS   Public health   SURVIVAL ANALYSIS   VITAMIN D   VITAMIN-D DEFICIENCY   VITAMIN-D STATUS   VITAMIN-D SUPPLEMENTATION

Research Projects

 SOGVID: Survival in Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer Patients and Vitamin D
 Integrative genomics in colorectal cancer susceptibility: developing risk reducing interventions through understanding biology
 Growing Up in Ireland Phase 2
 The development of a well-being index and identification of major disruptors of well-being in Irish children

Representations

Details Date
The National Research Ethics Committee, Member (Ministerial Appointment) ongoing since 2023
Editorial Board Member (Nutrients)
The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health, Member (Ministerial Appointment) 2020-2022
Management Team Member for Growing up in Ireland Study 2014-2020
Scientific Advisory Group for the Growing Up in Ireland Study, Member 2014-2020
Editorial Board Member (Nutrients) 2019
The St. James' Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital Joint Research Ethics Committee, JREC, level 3, member 2021-2024
External Examiner (PhD proposal reviewer, The University of Southern Denmark, The Graduate School of Health Sciences, Denmark)
External Examiner (PhD, University of Edinburgh) 2020
External Evaluator for Senior Academic Promotion (University of Haifa) 2017
Progress Review Panel, member for the SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science 2020-2024
Grant reviewer (Medical Research Council, New Investigator Research Grants (NIRG) stream) 2019
Grant reviewer (COST Association, European Cooperation in Science and Technology) 2017
Grant reviewer (Croatian National Science Foundation) 2024
Journal Reviewer for top-of-the-class journals, including: British Medical Journal (BMJ); Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI); European Journal of Epidemiology; Environmental Health Perspectives; International Journal of Cancer; Journal of Nutrition; Nutrients; PLoS Genetics; PLoS Medicine, and many other). regularly from 2009
Editorial Board Member (Endocrine Oncology and Metabolism Journal) 2015
Editorial Board Member (Journal of Global Health) 2011
Provision of expert advice to the government bodies on Medically Assisted Reproduction Act (Croatia) 2012

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Croatian Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
German Medium Medium Medium
Italian Basic Basic Basic

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
The National Research Ethics Committee (NREC) 2023 Present
The St. James' Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital Joint Research Ethics Committee (JREC) 2021 2024
The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health (member) 2020 2022
HRB Trials Methodology Research Network member and TCD lead 2018 Present
Croatian Medical Association 2006 Present
Leacy EJ, Teh JW, O'Rourke AM, Brady G, Gargan S, Conlon N, Scott J, Dunne J, Phelan T, Griffin MD, Power J, Mooney A, Naughton A, Kiersey R, Gardiner M, O'Brien C, Mullan R, Flood R, Clarkson M, Townsend L, O'Shaughnessy M, Dyer AH, Moran B, Fletcher JM, Zgaga L, Little MA, RITA Ireland Vasculitis Biobank., Effect of Immunosuppression on the Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination., International journal of molecular sciences, 25, (10), 2024, p5239 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Brennan MM, van Geffen J, van Weele M, Zgaga L, Shraim R., Ambient ultraviolet-B radiation, supplements and other factors interact to impact vitamin D status differently depending on ethnicity: A cross-sectional study., Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 43, (6), 2024, p1308-1317 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zhang X, He Y, Li X, Shraim R, Xu W, Wang L, Farrington SM, Campbell H, Timofeeva M, Zgaga L, Vaughan-Shaw P, Theodoratou E, Dunlop MG., Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and survival outcomes of colorectal cancer: evidence from population-based prospective cohorts and Mendelian randomisation., British journal of cancer, 130, (9), 2024, p1585-1591 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lina Zgaga, Margaret M. Brennan, Jos van Geffen, Michiel van Weele, and Rasha Shraim, Ambient UVB, Supplements and Other Factors Interact to Impact Vitamin D Status Differently Depending on Ethnicity: Analysis of the UK Biobank, Vitamin D Workshop, Cork, 27-29 May 2024, 2024, Poster, PUBLISHED
Rasha Shraim, Ross McManus, Lina Zgaga, Genome-wide GxE study with individualised ambient UV dose uncovers 162 novel vitamin D status variants, Vitamin D Workshop, Cork, 27-29 May 2024, 2024, Poster, PUBLISHED
Shraim R, Farran MZ, He G, Marunica Karsaj J, Zgaga L, McManus R., Systematic review on gene-sun exposure interactions in skin cancer., Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 11, (10), 2023, pe2259 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Moran GP, Zgaga L, Daly B, Harding M, Montgomery T., Does fluoride exposure impact on the human microbiome?, Toxicology letters, 2023, pS0378-4274(23)00098-X , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Shraim R, MacDonnchadha C, Vrbanic L, McManus R, Zgaga L., Share Gene-Environment Interactions in Vitamin D Status and Sun Exposure: A Systematic Review with Recommendations for Future Research., Nutrients, 14, (13), 2022, p2735-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Khanna T, Shraim R, Zarkovic M, van Weele M, van Geffen J, Zgaga L., Comprehensive Analysis of Seasonal and Geographical Variation in UVB Radiation Relevant for Vitamin D Production in Europe., Nutrients, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L., Shraim R., Bolger E., Wyse J., Statistical power in vitamin D randomized control trials investigating biomarkers as continuous outcomes, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
  

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Zgaga L, Heterogeneity of the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation in Randomized Controlled Trials on Cancer Prevention. , JAMA Netw Open, 3, (11), 2020, pe2027176 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Vitamin D, BONE HEALTH & OSTEOPOROSIS CONFERENCE, April 2019, 2019, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Causality in Vitamin D assessment, Irish Osteoporosis Society Annual Medical Conference, Dublin, October, 2019, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
L Zgaga, F O'Sullivan, J van Geffen, M van Weele , ANNUAL AMBIENT UVB AT A PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RISK OF BREAST, COLORECTAL, LUNG AND PROSTATE CANCER: A LARGE PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY., Vitamin D Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2018, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L, Vaughan-Shaw PG, O'Sullivan F, Farrington SM, Theodoratou E, Campbell H, Dunlop MG., Reply to 'Comment on 'The impact of vitamin D pathway genetic variation and circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D on cancer outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis''., Br J Cancer. , 117, (2), 2017, pe4. , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Genetics and Vitamin D, Irish Osteoporosis Society Annual Medical Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Effects of Vitamin D deficiency on human health - not just a problem for bones? , 2nd Annual Multidisciplinary Study Day in Metabolic Bone Biochemistry and Medicine , Dublin, Ireland, 4th March, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Najznačajnije grane epidemiologije [Branches of Epidemiology; in Croatian]. in, editor(s)Ivana Kolcic, Ariana Vorko-Jovic. , Epidemiologija [Epidemiology; in Croatian]. , Zagreb, Croatia, Medicinska naklada, 2012, [Ivana Kolčić, Lina Zgaga, Ariana Znaor, Ira Gjenero-Margan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L, Rudan I., Schizophrenia: Searching for the causes through many layers of complexity., Psychiatria Danubina, 24, (1), 2012, p21-2 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Psihosomatske bolesti [Psychosomatic diseases; in Croatian]. in, editor(s)Dinko Puntarić, Darko Ropac, Arijana Vorko-Jović, Ira Gjenero-Margan, Igor Rudan. , Opća epidemiologija [General epidemiology; in Croatian]. , Zagreb, Croatia, LASERplus, 2007, [Lina Zgaga], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Athena SWAN Bronze Award for the School of Medicine (Committee Chair and Athena SWAN Champion) 2022
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2021
Provost's Research Award (Provost's PhD Projects) 2019
Provost's Teaching Award 2018
Article selected as the "Editor's Pick" (Journal of Nutrition, Q1) 2017
Platform Presentation Prize Winner (Irish Society of Gastroenterology Summer Meeting) 2014
Award for outstanding scientific productivity during PhD 2011
Douglas Falconer Prize for best MSc dissertation 2009
MSc degree in genetics with distinction 2009
Grade Point Average in Medical School: 4.83 / 5.00; among top 5% of the class 2005