Dr Alisha Aman
- Teaching Fellow (MVLS Education Hub)
- Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
Alisha.Aman@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Level 2 James Black Building, G12 8QQ
Publications
2025
Hayman, Madeleine M.E., Jones, Waneisha, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Anderson, Jana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2025)
Association of GLP1R locus with mental ill-health endophenotypes and cardiometabolic traits: a trans-ancestry study in UK Biobank.
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 27(4),
pp. 1845-1858.
(doi: 10.1111/dom.16178)
(PMID:39838854)
(PMCID:PMC11885074)
2024
McCallum, L. et al. (2024) UMOD genotype-dependent effects of Torasemide on ambulatory blood pressure: a multicentre genotype-blinded trial. Hypertension, 81(10), pp. 2049-2059. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23122) (PMID:39077768) (PMCID:PMC11460757)
Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Slob, Eric A.W., Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593 and Strawbridge, Rona
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2024)
Investigating the association of the effect of genetically proxied PCSK9i with mood disorders using cis-pQTLs: A drug-target Mendelian randomization study.
PLoS ONE, 19(9),
e0310396.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310396)
(PMID:39325747)
McNeilly, S. et al. (2024) Collagen IV deficiency causes hypertrophic remodeling and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization in small vessel disease with intracerebral hemorrhage. EBioMedicine, 107, 105315. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105315) (PMID:39216230) (PMCID:PMC11402910)
Da Silva Costa, Ana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-5424, Masson, Rachel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0985-6188, Lindsay, Susan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-4933, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Graham, Lesley
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-5213
(2024)
Virtual Reality as a Tool for Teaching Employable, Practical Skills in Science-Based Degrees.
The 12th European Conference on Education (ECE2024), London, UK, 11-15 July 2024.
2023
Forsyth, Lewis, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Cullen, Breda
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Lyall, Laura M., Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Smith, Daniel J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2023)
Genetic architecture of DCC and influence on psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits in multiple ancestry groups in UK Biobank.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 339,
pp. 943-953.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.052)
(PMID:37487843)
Ward, J. et al. (2023) Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan and ancestries in multiple cohorts. Scientific Reports, 13, 17262. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43193-9) (PMID:37828061) (PMCID:PMC10570373)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2023) Survey and evaluation of hypertension machine learning research. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(9), e027896. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027896) (PMID:37119074) (PMCID:PMC10227215)
2022
Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Slob, Eric A.W., Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Cullen, Breda
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2022)
Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization.
PLoS ONE, 17(12),
e0279381.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279381)
(PMID:36580462)
(PMCID:PMC9799310)
Hay, Rachel, Cullen, Breda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Smith, Daniel J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2022)
Genetic analysis of the PCSK9 locus in psychological, psychiatric, metabolic and cardiovascular traits in UK Biobank.
European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(12),
pp. 1380-1390.
(doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01107-9)
(PMID:35501368)
(PMCID:PMC9712543)
Kulyté, Agné, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Arner, Peter and Dahlman, Ingrid A.
(2022)
Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci associated with fat cell number and overlap with genetic risk loci for type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes, 71(6),
pp. 1350-1362.
(doi: 10.2337/db21-0804)
(PMID:35320353)
2021
McCallum, Linsay, Brooksbank, Katriona, McConnachie, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Lip, Stefanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-9018, Dawson, Jesse
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-2475, MacIntyre, Iain M., MacDonald, Thomas M., Webb, David J. and Padmanabhan, Sandosh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808
(2021)
Rationale and design of the genotype-blinded trial of torasemide for the treatment of hypertension (BHF UMOD).
American Journal of Hypertension, 34(1),
pp. 92-99.
(doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa166)
(PMID:33084880)
(PMCID:PMC7891239)
2020
Ford, T. J. et al. (2020) Genetic dysregulation of endothelin-1 is implicated in coronary microvascular dysfunction. European Heart Journal, 41(34), pp. 3239-3252. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz915) (PMID:31972008) (PMCID:PMC7557475)
2019
Menni, C. et al. (2019) Metabolomic profiling identifies novel associations with electrolyte and acid-base homeostatic patterns. Scientific Reports, 9, 15088. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51492-3) (PMID:31636301) (PMCID:PMC6803625)
Jones, F. E. et al. (2019) 4-Sodium phenyl butyric acid has both efficacy and counter-indicative effects in the treatment of Col4a1 disease. Human Molecular Genetics, 28(4), pp. 628-638. (doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy369) (PMID:30351356) (PMCID:PMC6360271)
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2019)
Genetics of hypertension and heart failure.
In: Dorobantu, M., Mancia, G., Grassi, G. and Voicu, V. (eds.)
Hypertension and Heart Failure.
Series: Updates in hypertension and cardiovascular protection.
Springer International Publishing, pp. 15-29.
ISBN 9783319933191
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2019)
Genomics of hypertension.
In: Touyz, R.M. and Delles, C. (eds.)
Textbook of Vascular Medicine.
Springer, pp. 171-181.
ISBN 9783030164805
(doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16481-2_16)
2018
Graham, Lesley A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-5213, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Campbell, Desmond D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-714X, Augley, Julian, Graham, Delyth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7328-4708, McBride, Martin W.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6323-124X, Fraser, Niall J., Ferreri, Nicholas R., Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608 and Padmanabhan, Sandosh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808
(2018)
Salt stress in the renal tubules is linked to TAL specific expression of uromodulin and an upregulation of heat shock genes.
Physiological Genomics, 50(11),
pp. 964-972.
(doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00057.2018)
(PMID:30216136)
(PMCID:PMC6293113)
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2018)
Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure: how to apply in practice or is a moonshot required?
Current Hypertension Reports, 20,
54.
(doi: 10.1007/s11906-018-0863-1)
(PMID:29881931)
(PMCID:PMC5992231)
2017
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2017)
Genomics of hypertension.
Pharmacological Research, 121,
pp. 219-229.
(doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2017.04.031)
(PMID:28495658)
Articles
Hayman, Madeleine M.E., Jones, Waneisha, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Anderson, Jana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2025)
Association of GLP1R locus with mental ill-health endophenotypes and cardiometabolic traits: a trans-ancestry study in UK Biobank.
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 27(4),
pp. 1845-1858.
(doi: 10.1111/dom.16178)
(PMID:39838854)
(PMCID:PMC11885074)
McCallum, L. et al. (2024) UMOD genotype-dependent effects of Torasemide on ambulatory blood pressure: a multicentre genotype-blinded trial. Hypertension, 81(10), pp. 2049-2059. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23122) (PMID:39077768) (PMCID:PMC11460757)
Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Slob, Eric A.W., Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593 and Strawbridge, Rona
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2024)
Investigating the association of the effect of genetically proxied PCSK9i with mood disorders using cis-pQTLs: A drug-target Mendelian randomization study.
PLoS ONE, 19(9),
e0310396.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310396)
(PMID:39325747)
McNeilly, S. et al. (2024) Collagen IV deficiency causes hypertrophic remodeling and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization in small vessel disease with intracerebral hemorrhage. EBioMedicine, 107, 105315. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105315) (PMID:39216230) (PMCID:PMC11402910)
Forsyth, Lewis, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Cullen, Breda
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Lyall, Laura M., Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Smith, Daniel J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2023)
Genetic architecture of DCC and influence on psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits in multiple ancestry groups in UK Biobank.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 339,
pp. 943-953.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.052)
(PMID:37487843)
Ward, J. et al. (2023) Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan and ancestries in multiple cohorts. Scientific Reports, 13, 17262. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43193-9) (PMID:37828061) (PMCID:PMC10570373)
Du Toit, C. et al. (2023) Survey and evaluation of hypertension machine learning research. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(9), e027896. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027896) (PMID:37119074) (PMCID:PMC10227215)
Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Slob, Eric A.W., Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Cullen, Breda
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Sattar, Naveed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2022)
Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization.
PLoS ONE, 17(12),
e0279381.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279381)
(PMID:36580462)
(PMCID:PMC9799310)
Hay, Rachel, Cullen, Breda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-9505, Graham, Nicholas, Lyall, Donald M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ward, Joey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Smith, Daniel J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585
(2022)
Genetic analysis of the PCSK9 locus in psychological, psychiatric, metabolic and cardiovascular traits in UK Biobank.
European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(12),
pp. 1380-1390.
(doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01107-9)
(PMID:35501368)
(PMCID:PMC9712543)
Kulyté, Agné, Aman, Alisha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Strawbridge, Rona J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Arner, Peter and Dahlman, Ingrid A.
(2022)
Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci associated with fat cell number and overlap with genetic risk loci for type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes, 71(6),
pp. 1350-1362.
(doi: 10.2337/db21-0804)
(PMID:35320353)
McCallum, Linsay, Brooksbank, Katriona, McConnachie, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Lip, Stefanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-9018, Dawson, Jesse
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-2475, MacIntyre, Iain M., MacDonald, Thomas M., Webb, David J. and Padmanabhan, Sandosh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808
(2021)
Rationale and design of the genotype-blinded trial of torasemide for the treatment of hypertension (BHF UMOD).
American Journal of Hypertension, 34(1),
pp. 92-99.
(doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa166)
(PMID:33084880)
(PMCID:PMC7891239)
Ford, T. J. et al. (2020) Genetic dysregulation of endothelin-1 is implicated in coronary microvascular dysfunction. European Heart Journal, 41(34), pp. 3239-3252. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz915) (PMID:31972008) (PMCID:PMC7557475)
Menni, C. et al. (2019) Metabolomic profiling identifies novel associations with electrolyte and acid-base homeostatic patterns. Scientific Reports, 9, 15088. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51492-3) (PMID:31636301) (PMCID:PMC6803625)
Jones, F. E. et al. (2019) 4-Sodium phenyl butyric acid has both efficacy and counter-indicative effects in the treatment of Col4a1 disease. Human Molecular Genetics, 28(4), pp. 628-638. (doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy369) (PMID:30351356) (PMCID:PMC6360271)
Graham, Lesley A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-5213, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880, Campbell, Desmond D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-714X, Augley, Julian, Graham, Delyth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7328-4708, McBride, Martin W.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6323-124X, Fraser, Niall J., Ferreri, Nicholas R., Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608 and Padmanabhan, Sandosh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808
(2018)
Salt stress in the renal tubules is linked to TAL specific expression of uromodulin and an upregulation of heat shock genes.
Physiological Genomics, 50(11),
pp. 964-972.
(doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00057.2018)
(PMID:30216136)
(PMCID:PMC6293113)
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2018)
Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure: how to apply in practice or is a moonshot required?
Current Hypertension Reports, 20,
54.
(doi: 10.1007/s11906-018-0863-1)
(PMID:29881931)
(PMCID:PMC5992231)
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2017)
Genomics of hypertension.
Pharmacological Research, 121,
pp. 219-229.
(doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2017.04.031)
(PMID:28495658)
Book Sections
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2019)
Genetics of hypertension and heart failure.
In: Dorobantu, M., Mancia, G., Grassi, G. and Voicu, V. (eds.)
Hypertension and Heart Failure.
Series: Updates in hypertension and cardiovascular protection.
Springer International Publishing, pp. 15-29.
ISBN 9783319933191
Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Dominiczak, Anna F.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-3608
(2019)
Genomics of hypertension.
In: Touyz, R.M. and Delles, C. (eds.)
Textbook of Vascular Medicine.
Springer, pp. 171-181.
ISBN 9783030164805
(doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16481-2_16)
Conference or Workshop Item
Da Silva Costa, Ana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-5424, Masson, Rachel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0985-6188, Lindsay, Susan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-4933, Aman, Alisha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-5880 and Graham, Lesley
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-5213
(2024)
Virtual Reality as a Tool for Teaching Employable, Practical Skills in Science-Based Degrees.
The 12th European Conference on Education (ECE2024), London, UK, 11-15 July 2024.
Supervision
- Hayman, Madeleine
Does severe mental illness predispose to cardiovascular and metabolic disease via an unfavourable adipose storage profile? - Liu, Qiaoling
Physical Activity and Its Association with CVD