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Kayesha is a Royal Society Career Development Fellow at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, leading genomic research to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying bronchiectasis and advance therapeutic development. Her work focuses on integrating large scale multi-omic data to identify genetic determinants and molecular pathways involved in the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis and related respiratory conditions.

During her PhD in Genetic Epidemiology, Kayesha led several international pharmacogenomic studies investigating the genetic determinants of drug response, including the effectiveness of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy and adverse reactions to commonly prescribed cardiovascular medications. Kayesha’s wider research interests include the genomics of understudied conditions, including chronic cough and chronic pain, as well as increasing diversity and global representation in genomic studies.

Hunt, C., Yoon, H-J., Lirio, A., Coley, K., et al. (2025). . Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 66(12):22-22.

Packer, R. J., Coley, K., Williams, A.T., et al. (2025). . PAIN. 167(2):284-296. 

Coley, K., John, C., Ghouse, J., et al. (2025). . European Respiratory Journal. 66(3):2402341.

Fawcett, K. A., Hall, R.J., Packer, R., Coley, K., et al. (2025). . ERJ Open Research. 11(6):00330-2025.

Coley, K., Wang, Q., Packer, R., et al. (2025). . Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(10):1684-1694.

Venkatesh, S. S., Ganjgahi, H., Palmer, D. S., Coley, K., et al. (2024). . Nature Communications. 15, 5801.

Williams, A. T., Chen, J., Coley, K., et al. (2023). . Nature Communications. 14, 6713.

Shrine, N., Izquierdo, A. G., … Coley, K., et al. (2023). . Nature Genetics. 55, 410–422.

Piga, N.-N., Boua, P. R., … Coley, K., et al. (2022). . Scientific Reports. 12, 18828.

Ranganathan, R., Haque, S., Coley, K., et al. (2020). . Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14, 684. 

• Royal Society Career Development Fellowship (4-year Award starting January 2026)
• Asthma + Lung UK Early Career Investigator Award – Finalist (British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting, 2024)
• Â鶹ÊÓƵ College of Life Sciences PhD Prize (2023-2024)
• Invited to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (2023) as a Young Scientist, supported by a Bayer Foundation Fellowship
• UK Biobank Doctoral Student of the Year (2022)

PhD Genetic Epidemiology, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

MSc Genomic Medicine, The University of Sheffield

BSc (Hons) Biochemistry & Genetics, The University of Sheffield