Dr Karen Forbes
Associate Professor of Molecular Endocrinology and Reproduction at University of Leeds
Dr Karen Forbes in an Associate Professor of Molecular Endocrinology and Reproduction at University of Leeds. Karen received her PhD in Physiology & Pharmacology from University Strathclyde. She then undertook a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Reproductive Endocrinology at University of Manchester before being awarded a University Fellowship to start her own research team. In 2014 Karen moved to University of Leeds to take up a position as Lecturer in Molecular Genetics and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.
Karen’s research is focussed on understanding how factors in the maternal environment (diet, microRNAs and extracellular vesicles) contribute to altered placental and fetal growth, particularly in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes. She has a programme of research spanning from understanding the basic mechanisms of disease progression, through to the development of potential novel therapeutics for prevention of these conditions.
Karen’s research is focussed on understanding how factors in the maternal environment (diet, microRNAs and extracellular vesicles) contribute to altered placental and fetal growth, particularly in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes. She has a programme of research spanning from understanding the basic mechanisms of disease progression, through to the development of potential novel therapeutics for prevention of these conditions.
