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Overview

David G. Clayton is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily in Medicine with an emphasis on areas intersecting with engineering and social sciences.

The main fields of study covered by Clayton include:

  • Medicine

Their work also involves various subfields, which are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Language and Linguistics

Clayton's research topics reflect a broad scope across engineering, health, and social sciences. Notable areas include:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
  • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Chinese history and philosophy

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications across various venues:

  • Drilling Dysfunction Demystified Using In-Bit Strain Sensors, 2023, SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition
  • Myelin Water Fraction of Slowly Evolving Lesions is Associated With Disability in Multiple Sclerosis (P10-3.017), 2023, Neurology
  • Changing Methodologies? The Activities Teachers Use in Japanese High School English Classes, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Crossed Paths: Labor Activism and Colonial Governance in Hong Kong, 1938-1958 by Lu Yan, 2020, Twentieth-Century China
  • Reproductive health data and its relationship to baseline brain imaging and cognitive measurements in cognitively unimpaired female PSEN1 E280A mutation carriers and non-carriers from the API ADAD Trial, 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Clayton are:

  • Irene M. Vavasour
  • Colm Elliott
  • Douglas L. Arnold
  • Stefano Magon
  • Ulrike Bonati

Publication venues where Clayton has contributed include:

  • SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition
  • Neurology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Twentieth-Century China
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

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

  • Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease

    H Ueda;Howson Jmm.;L Esposito;J Heward

  • Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis find that over 40 loci affect risk of type 1 diabetes

    Jeffrey C Barrett;David G Clayton;Patrick Concannon;Beena Akolkar

  • Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes.

    John A. Todd;Neil M. Walker;Jason D. Cooper;Deborah J. Smyth

  • Haplotype tagging for the identification of common disease genes

    Gillian C.L. Johnson;Laura Esposito;Bryan J. Barratt;Annabel N. Smith

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association studies: theoretical and practical concerns

    William Y S Wang;Bryan J Barratt;Bryan J Barratt;David G Clayton;John A Todd

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

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

  • The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. International RET mutation consortium analysis.

    Charis Eng;Charis Eng;David Clayton;Isabelle Schuffenecker;Gilbert Lenoir

  • Genetically Distinct Subsets within ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

    Paul A Lyons;Tim F Rayner;Sapna Trivedi;Julia U Holle

  • Complement C3 Variant and the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    John R W Yates;Tiina Sepp;Baljinder K Matharu;Jane C Khan

  • A generalization of the transmission/disequilibrium test for uncertain-haplotype transmission.

    David Clayton

  • Shared and distinct genetic variants in type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.

    Deborah J. Smyth;Vincent Plagnol;Neil M. Walker;Jason D. Cooper

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • A genome screen in multiple sclerosis reveals susceptibility loci on chromosome 6p21 and 17q22

    Stephen Sawcer;Hywel B. Jones;Robert Feakes;Julia Gray

  • A genome-wide association study of nonsynonymous SNPs identifies a type 1 diabetes locus in the interferon-induced helicase (IFIH1) region.

    Deborah J Smyth;Jason D Cooper;Rebecca Bailey;Sarah Field

  • Genetic association studies

    Heather J Cordell;David G Clayton

  • Specific mutations of the RET proto-oncogene are related to disease phenotype in MEN 2A and FMTC.

    Lois M. Mulligan;Lois M. Mulligan;Charis Eng;Catherine S. Healey;David Clayton

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Epidemiological methods for studying genes and environmental factors in complex diseases

    David Clayton;Paul M McKeigue

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Todd
John A. Todd University of Oxford
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace University of Cambridge
Stephen Sawcer
Stephen Sawcer University of Cambridge
John R.W. Yates
John R.W. Yates University of Cambridge
Jason D. Cooper
Jason D. Cooper AstraZeneca
Deborah J. Smyth
Deborah J. Smyth University of Cambridge
Vincent Plagnol
Vincent Plagnol University College London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London
Martin Farrall
Martin Farrall University of Oxford

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