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Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
52843
World Ranking
3366
National Ranking
93

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Dallas R. English is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including cancer risks and factors, vitamin D research studies, epigenetics and DNA methylation, nutritional studies and diet, colorectal cancer screening and detection, global cancer incidence and screening, as well as obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • The D-Health Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D on mortality, 2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Factors Explaining Socio-Economic Inequalities in Cancer Survival: A Systematic Review, 2021, Cancer Control
  • Vitamin D supplementation and major cardiovascular events: D-Health randomised controlled trial, 2023, BMJ
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Biological Aging Measures Based on Blood DNA Methylation and Risk of Cancer: A Prospective Study, 2020, JNCI Cancer Spectrum

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dallas R. English include:

  • Roger L. Milne
  • Graham G. Giles
  • Allison Hodge
  • John L. Hopper
  • Brigid M. Lynch

The scientist's work often appears in recurrent publication venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Cancer

Best Publications

  • Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

    Amy Berrington De Gonzalez;Patricia Hartge;James R. Cerhan;Alan J. Flint

  • Multiple newly identified loci associated with prostate cancer susceptibility.

    Rosalind A Eeles;Rosalind A Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Graham G Giles;Graham G Giles;Ali Amin Al Olama

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Iron-overload-related disease in HFE hereditary hemochromatosis

    Katrina J. Allen;Lyle C. Gurrin;Clare C. Constantine;Nicholas J. Osborne

  • Heritability of mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer.

    Norman F Boyd;Gillian S Dite;Jennifer Stone;Anoma Gunasekara

  • The quanitification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia: Part 1

    D.R. English;D'Arcy Holman;Elizabeth Milne;M.G. Winter

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Does intermittent sun exposure cause basal cell carcinoma? a case-control study in Western Australia.

    Anne Kricker;Bruce K. Armstrong;Bruce K. Armstrong;Dallas R. English;Peter J. Heenan

  • Glycemic Index and Dietary Fiber and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Allison M. Hodge;Dallas R. English;Kerin O’Dea;Graham G. Giles

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Ali Amin Al Olama;Graham G. Giles;Graham G. Giles

  • Body size and composition and prostate cancer risk: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

    Robert J. MacInnis;Robert J. MacInnis;Dallas R. English;Dallas R. English

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

  • A Pooled Analysis of Waist Circumference and Mortality in 650,000 Adults

    James R. Cerhan;Steven C. Moore;Eric J. Jacobs;Cari M. Kitahara

  • Effect of physical activity and body size on survival after diagnosis with colorectal cancer

    Andrew Haydon;R J MacInnis;Dallas R English;Graham G Giles

  • Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: Reanalysis of 13 studies

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A W Roddam;A W Roddam

  • UV and skin cancer: specific p53 gene mutation in normal skin as a biologically relevant exposure measurement.

    Hisayoshi Nakazawa;Dallas English;Peter L. Randell;Keiko Nakazawa

  • Sunlight and cancer

    Dallas R. English;Bruce K. Armstrong;Anne Kricker;Claire Fleming

  • Insulin-like growth factors, their binding proteins, and prostate cancer risk: analysis of individual patient data from 12 prospective studies.

    Andrew W. Roddam;Naomi E. Allen;Paul Appleby;Timothy J. Key

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Laura Baglietto
Laura Baglietto University of Pisa
Julie A. Simpson
Julie A. Simpson University of Melbourne
Daniel D. Buchanan
Daniel D. Buchanan University of Melbourne
Anita E. Wluka
Anita E. Wluka Monash University
Peter R. Ebeling
Peter R. Ebeling Monash University

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