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Wallace, S, Hall, V, Charlett, A, Kirwan, PD, Cole, M, Gillson, N, Atti, A, Timeyin, J, Foulkes, S, Taylor-Kerr, A, Andrews, N, Shrotri, M, Rokadiya, S, Oguti, B, Vusirikala, A, Islam, J, Zambon, M, Brooks, TJG, Ramsay, M, Brown, CS, Chand, M, Hopkins, S. 2022. Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination on the subsequent incidence of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective cohort study among UK healthcare workers - the SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) study protocol. BMJ Open 12:e054336. PubMed PMID:35768083

Münch, MM, van de Wiel, MA, van der Vaart, AW, Peeters, CFW. 2022. Semi-supervised empirical Bayes group-regularized factor regression. Biom J :. PubMed PMID:35730912

Kemp, SA, Cheng, MTK, Hamilton, WL, Kamelian, K, Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), Singh, S, Rakshit, P, Agrawal, A, Illingworth, CJR, Gupta, RK. 2022. Transmission of B.1.617.2 Delta variant between vaccinated healthcare workers. Sci Rep 12:10492. PubMed PMID:35729228

Williamson, SF, Jacko, P, Jaki, T. 2022. Generalisations of a Bayesian decision-theoretic randomisation procedure and the impact of delayed responses. Comput Stat Data Anal 174:107407. PubMed PMID:35698662

Seaman, SR, Nyberg, T, Overton, CE, Pascall, DJ, Presanis, AM, De Angelis, D. 2022. Adjusting for time of infection or positive test when estimating the risk of a post-infection outcome in an epidemic. Stat Methods Med Res :9622802221107105. PubMed PMID:35695245

Yee, CS, Gordon, C, Akil, M, Lanyon, P, Edwards, CJ, Isenberg, DA, Rahman, A, Teh, LS, Tosounidou, S, Stevens, R, Prabu, A, Griffiths, B, McHugh, N, Bruce, IN, Ahmad, Y, Khamashta, MA, Farewell, VT. 2022. The BILAG-2004 index is associated with development of new damage in SLE. Rheumatology (Oxford) :. PubMed PMID:35686924

Nicholson, G, Blangiardo, M, Briers, M, Diggle, PJ, Fjelde, TE, Ge, H, Goudie, RJB, Jersakova, R, King, RE, Lehmann, BCL, Mallon, AM, Padellini, T, Teh, YW, Holmes, C, Richardson, S. 2022. Interoperability of statistical models in pandemic preparedness: principles and reality. Stat Sci 37:183-206. PubMed PMID:35664221

Mesa-Eguiagaray, I, Wild, SH, Bird, SM, Williams, LJ, Brewster, DH, Hall, PS, Figueroa, JD. 2022. Breast cancer incidence and survival in Scotland by socio-economic deprivation and tumour subtype. Breast Cancer Res Treat 194:463-473. PubMed PMID:35648299

McDonald, S, Yiu, S, Su, L, Gordon, C, Truman, M, Lisk, L, Solomons, N, Bruce, IN, MASTERPLANS Consortium. 2022. Predictors of treatment response in a lupus nephritis population: lessons from the Aspreva Lupus Management Study (ALMS) trial. Lupus Sci Med 9:. PubMed PMID:35640982

Coscia, C, Gill, D, Benítez, R, Pérez, T, Malats, N, Burgess, S. 2022. Avoiding collider bias in Mendelian randomization when performing stratified analyses. Eur J Epidemiol :. PubMed PMID:35639294

Batool, F, Patel, A, Gill, D, Burgess, S. 2022. Disentangling the effects of traits with shared clustered genetic predictors using multivariable Mendelian randomization. Genet Epidemiol :. PubMed PMID:35638254

Chadwick, FJ, Clark, J, Chowdhury, S, Chowdhury, T, Pascall, DJ, Haddou, Y, Andrecka, J, Kundegorski, M, Wilkie, C, Brum, E, Shirin, T, Alamgir, ASM, Rahman, M, Alam, AN, Khan, F, Swallow, B, Mair, FS, Illian, J, Trotter, CL, Hill, DL, Husmeier, D, Matthiopoulos, J, Hampson, K, Sania, A. 2022. Combining rapid antigen testing and syndromic surveillance improves community-based COVID-19 detection in a low-income country. Nat Commun 13:2877. PubMed PMID:35618714

Bird, SM. 2022. Medical research, data sharing, and properly informed consent. Signif (Oxf) 19:4-5. PubMed PMID:35602418

Mayerhofer, E, Malik, R, Parodi, L, Burgess, S, Harloff, A, Dichgans, M, Rosand, J, Anderson, CD, Georgakis, MK. 2022. Genetically predicted on-statin LDL response is associated with higher intracerebral haemorrhage risk. Brain :. PubMed PMID:35598204

Yuan, S, Carter, P, Mason, AM, Yang, F, Burgess, S, Larsson, SC. 2022. Genetic liability to rheumatoid arthritis in relation to coronary artery disease and stroke risk. Arthritis Rheumatol :. PubMed PMID:35583917

Musara, K, Nadarajah, S, Wiegand, M. 2022. Statistical modeling of annual highest monthly rainfall in Zimbabwe. Sci Rep 12:7698. PubMed PMID:35546167

Ochoa, E, Zuber, V, Bottolo, L. 2022. Accurate Measurement of DNA Methylation: Challenges and Bias Correction. Methods Mol Biol 2432:25-47. PubMed PMID:35505205

Yuan, S, Mason, AM, Burgess, S, Larsson, SC. 2022. Differentiating Associations of Glycemic Traits with Atherosclerotic and Thrombotic Outcomes: Mendelian Randomization Investigation. Diabetes :. PubMed PMID:35499407

Sumner, EJ, Almeida, B, Palman, J, Bale, P, Heard, C, Holzinger, D, Roth, J, Foell, D, Robinson, E, Ursu, S, Wallace, C, Gilmour, K, Wedderburn, LR, Ralph, E. 2022. Use of MRP8/14 in clinical practice as a predictor of outcome after methotrexate withdrawal in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Clin Rheumatol :. PubMed PMID:35486225

Maile, HP, Li, JO, Fortune, MD, Royston, P, Leucci, MT, Moghul, I, Szabo, A, Balaskas, K, Allan, BD, Hardcastle, AJ, Hysi, P, Pontikos, N, Tuft, SJ, Gore, DM. 2022. Personalized Model to Predict Keratoconus Progression From Demographic, Topographic, and Genetic Data. Am J Ophthalmol 240:321-329. PubMed PMID:35469790

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