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  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Cathie Sudlow is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans primarily the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in several subfields such as Epidemiology, Oncology, Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work is disseminated across a variety of publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal for Population Data Science
  • Stroke
  • Wellcome Open Research

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Cathie Sudlow are:

  • "Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score", 2020, BMJ
  • "The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A foundation model for generalizable disease detection from retinal images", 2023, Nature
  • "Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157,366 participants: a reanalysis", 2020, BJPsych Open
  • "Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms identifies 17 risk loci and genetic overlap with clinical risk factors", 2020, Nature Genetics

Cathie Sudlow has collaborated extensively with a number of frequent co-authors including Spiros Denaxas, William Whiteley, Kamlesh Khunti, Ashley Akbari, and Amitava Banerjee.

Their research interests are reflected in key topics such as:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes being awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018.

Best Publications

  • UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age

    Cathie Sudlow;John Edward Gallacher;Naomi Allen;Valerie Beral

  • Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients

    C Baigent;C Sudlow;R Collins;R Peto

  • Comparison of Sociodemographic and Health-Related Characteristics of UK Biobank Participants With Those of the General Population.

    Anna Fry;Thomas J. Littlejohns;Catherine Sudlow;Nicola Doherty

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Comparable studies of the incidence of stroke and its pathological types: results from an international collaboration. International Stroke Incidence Collaboration.

    C.L.M. Sudlow;C.P. Warlow

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score.

    Stephen R. Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

  • The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions

    Thomas J. Littlejohns;Jo Holliday;Lorna M. Gibson;Lorna M. Gibson;Steve Garratt

  • Comparing Stroke Incidence Worldwide What Makes Studies Comparable

    C.L.M. Sudlow;C.P. Warlow

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Genetic risk factors for ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (the METASTROKE collaboration): a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Matthew Traylor;Martin Farrall;Elizabeth G Holliday;Cathie Sudlow

  • Epidemiology of stroke and its subtypes in Chinese vs white populations: a systematic review.

    Chung-Fen Tsai;Brenda Thomas;Cathie L.M. Sudlow

  • UK Biobank: Current status and what it means for epidemiology

    Naomi Allen;Cathie Sudlow;Paul Downey;Tim Peakman

  • Genetic Heritability of Ischemic Stroke and the Contribution of Previously Reported Candidate Gene and Genomewide Associations

    Steve Bevan;Matthew Traylor;Poneh Adib-Samii;Rainer Malik

  • Lacunar stroke is associated with diffuse blood–brain barrier dysfunction

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Joanna M. Wardlaw;Fergus Doubal;Paul Armitage;Francesca Chappell

  • Shared genetic aetiology between cognitive functions and physical and mental health in UK Biobank (N = 112 151) and 24 GWAS consortia.

    S P Hagenaars;S E Harris;S E Harris;G Davies;W D Hill

  • improving interrater agreement about brain microbleeds: development of the Brain Observer MicroBleed Scale (BOMBS).

    Charlotte Cordonnier;Gillian M. Potter;Caroline A. Jackson;Fergus Doubal

  • UK Biobank Data: Come and Get It

    Naomi E. Allen;Cathie Sudlow;Tim Peakman;Rory Collins

  • Shared genetic susceptibility to ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease: a genome-wide analysis of common variants.

    M Dichgans;R Malik;I R König;J Rosand

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score

    Stephen R Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a variant in HDAC9 associated with large vessel ischemic stroke

    C. Bellenguez;S. Bevan;A. Gschwendtner;C. C. A. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Dichgans
Martin Dichgans Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jonathan Rosand
Jonathan Rosand Harvard University
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Hugh S. Markus
Hugh S. Markus University of Cambridge
Peter M. Rothwell
Peter M. Rothwell University of Oxford
Matthew Traylor
Matthew Traylor University of Cambridge
Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Vincent Thijs
Vincent Thijs Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
James F. Meschia
James F. Meschia Mayo Clinic

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