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2024
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126
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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

David Evans is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across key fields in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a focused subfield expertise in genetics, pediatrics, molecular biology, obstetrics and gynecology, and rheumatology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of areas including:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

David Evans has contributed to several high-impact publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Dnmt3a-mutated clonal hematopoiesis promotes osteoporosis" (2021) published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Osteocyte transcriptome mapping identifies a molecular landscape controlling skeletal homeostasis and susceptibility to skeletal disease" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Ten simple rules for conducting a mendelian randomization study" (2021) published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort" (2020) published in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors working with David Evans include Nicole M. Warrington, Gunn-Helen Moen, Debbie A. Lawlor, Rachel M. Freathy, and Liang-Dar Hwang.

Their work has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavior Genetics
  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Nature Communications

David Evans' research integrates genetics and epidemiology to investigate complex traits and diseases with attention to prenatal and developmental influences. Their studies contribute to understanding genetic mechanisms involved in health outcomes, skeletal biology, and cardiometabolic risk, reflecting a wide interdisciplinary approach within biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY.

    Elizabeth J Williamson;Alex J Walker;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Seb Bacon

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    Gibran Hemani;Jie Zheng;Benjamin Elsworth;Kaitlin H Wade

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis.

    Ke Xu;David B Evans;Kei Kawabata;Riadh Zeramdini

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • [Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation].

    Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence H. Summers;George Alleyne;Kenneth J. Arrow

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty

    Kenji Shibuya;Christina Ciecierski;Emmanuel Guindon;Douglas W Bettcher

  • LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis

    Jie Zheng;Mesut A. Erzurumluoglu;Benjamin L. Elsworth;John P. Kemp

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

    M N Weedon;H Lango;C M Lindgren;C M Lindgren;C Wallace

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

    A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
John P. Kemp
John P. Kemp University of Bristol
Nicholas J. Timpson
Nicholas J. Timpson University of Bristol
Susan M. Ring
Susan M. Ring University of Bristol
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Nicole M. Warrington
Nicole M. Warrington University of Queensland
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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