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Charles R. Newton is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a total of 334 publications in this field. Within Medicine, their work spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Recent notable papers by Charles R. Newton cover diverse aspects of health and neurological disorders. These include:

  • "Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments," published in 2020 in PEDIATRICS
  • "Keeping people with epilepsy safe during the COVID-19 pandemic," published in 2020 in Neurology
  • "The global cost of epilepsy: A systematic review and extrapolation," published in 2022 in Epilepsia
  • "Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively detects known and novel variation in underrepresented populations," published in 2021 in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy: A comprehensive review using the Bradford Hill criteria for causation," published in 2021 in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Charles R. Newton frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Symon M. Kariuki
  • Amina Abubakar
  • Paul Mwangi
  • Lukoye Atwoli
  • Rocky E. Stroud

The majority of their work has appeared in multiple publication venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Estimation of the burden of active and life-time epilepsy: A meta-analytic approach

    Anthony K. Ngugi;Christian Bottomley;Immo Kleinschmidt;Josemir W. Sander

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

    Joshua A. Salomon;Theo Vos;Daniel R. Hogan;Michael Gagnon

  • Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children

    Kevin Marsh;Dayo Forster;Catherine Waruiru;Isiah Mwangi

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Standards for epidemiologic studies and surveillance of epilepsy

    David J. Thurman;Ettore Beghi;Charles E. Begley;Anne T. Berg;Anne T. Berg

  • Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review.

    Michael K Mwaniki;Maurine Atieno;Joy E Lawn;Charles R J C Newton;Charles R J C Newton;Charles R J C Newton

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    J.A. Salomon;T. Vos;D.R. Hogan;M. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
James A. Berkley
James A. Berkley University of Oxford
Thomas N. Williams
Thomas N. Williams Imperial College London
Fenella J. Kirkham
Fenella J. Kirkham University College London
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Brian G. R. Neville
Brian G. R. Neville University College London

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