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Deborah Ashby is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on medicine and mathematics.

The main fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Mathematics

Within these domains, Ashby concentrates on several subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Epidemiology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Oncology

Ashby's research work covers a variety of topics, primarily related to viral infections and public health research, such as:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Science
  • medRxiv

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ashby are:

  • Rituximab versus intravenous cyclophosphamide in patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease in the UK (RECITAL): a double-blind, double-dummy, randomised, controlled, phase 2b trial, 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in England following the first peak of the pandemic, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Exponential growth, high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and vaccine effectiveness associated with the Delta variant, 2021, Science
  • Antibody prevalence for SARS-CoV-2 following the peak of the pandemic in England: REACT2 study in 100,000 adults, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Population antibody responses following COVID-19 vaccination in 212,102 individuals, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ashby include:

  • Helen Ward
  • Graham Cooke
  • William Barclay
  • Ara Darzi
  • Paul Elliott

Best Publications

  • Effects of targeted delivery of propionate to the human colon on appetite regulation, body weight maintenance and adiposity in overweight adults

    Edward S. Chambers;Alexander Viardot;Arianna Psichas;Douglas J. Morrison

  • Genetic Loci Associated With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Paul Elliott;John C. Chambers;Weihua Zhang;Robert Clarke

  • Variations in primary open-angle glaucoma prevalence by age, gender, and race: a Bayesian meta-analysis.

    Alicja R. Rudnicka;Shahrul Mt-Isa;Christopher G. Owen;Derek G. Cook

  • Effect of early vasopressin vs norepinephrine on kidney failure in patients with septic shock. The VANISH Randomized Clinical Trial

    Anthony C Gordon;Alexina J Mason;Neeraja Thirunavukkarasu;Gavin D Perkins

  • Sample size for cluster randomized trials: effect of coefficient of variation of cluster size and analysis method

    Sandra M Eldridge;Deborah Ashby;Sally Kerry

  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and Suicide in Adults: Meta-Analysis of Drug Company Data From Placebo Controlled, Randomised Controlled Trials Submitted to the MHRA’s Safety Review

    D. Gunnell;J. Saperia;D. Ashby

  • Repeated nebulisation of non-viral CFTR gene therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial

    Eric W F W Alton;David K Armstrong;Deborah Ashby;Katie J Bayfield

  • Maximum and Average Urine Flow Rates in Normal Male and Female Populations—the Liverposl Nomograms

    Bernard T. Haylen;Deborah Ashby;J. R. Sutherst;M. I. Frazer

  • DELTA2 guidance on choosing the target difference and undertaking and reporting the sample size calculation for a randomised controlled trial

    Jonathan A. Cook;Steven A. Julious;William Sones;Lisa V. Hampson;Lisa V. Hampson

  • Antidepressant treatment and the risk of fatal and non-fatal self harm in first episode depression: nested case-control study

    Carlos Martinez;Stephan Rietbrock;Lesley Wise;Deborah Ashby

  • Levosimendan for the prevention of acute organ dysfunction in sepsis

    Anthony C. Gordon;Gavin D. Perkins;Mervyn Singer;Daniel F. McAuley

  • Lessons for cluster randomized trials in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of trials in primary care

    Sandra M Eldridge;Deborah Ashby;Gene S Feder;Alicja R Rudnicka

  • Transcriptomic Signatures in Sepsis and a Differential Response to Steroids. From the VANISH Randomized Trial

    David B. Antcliffe;Katie L. Burnham;Farah Al-Beidh;Shalini Santhakumaran

  • Internal and external validity of cluster randomised trials: systematic review of recent trials

    Sandra Eldridge;Deborah Ashby;Catherine Bennett;Melanie Wakelin

  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain rarely presents in a single body site: results from a UK population study

    D. Carnes;S. Parsons;D. Ashby;A. Breen

  • Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm

    David Gunnell;Deborah Ashby

  • Psychiatric illness in residential homes for the elderly: a survey in one London borough.

    Anthony H. Mann;Nori Graham;Deborah Ashby

  • Metformin Does Not Affect Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study in the U.K. Clinical Practice Research Datalink Analyzed Like an Intention-to-Treat Trial

    Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Despoina Capothanassi;Naomi E. Allen;Evangelos C. Rizos

  • Ursodeoxycholic acid for cystic fibrosis-related liver disease.

    Katharine Cheng;Deborah Ashby;Rosalind L Smyth

  • Effect of early Vasopressin vs Norepinephrine on kidney failure in patients with septic shock

    Anthony C. Gordon;Alexina J. Mason;Neeraja Thirunavukkarasu;Gavin D. Perkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham S Cooke
Graham S Cooke Imperial College London
Ara Darzi
Ara Darzi Imperial College London
Christl A. Donnelly
Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Wendy S. Barclay
Wendy S. Barclay Imperial College London
Peter J. Diggle
Peter J. Diggle Lancaster University
Ioanna Tzoulaki
Ioanna Tzoulaki Imperial College London
Uta Griesenbach
Uta Griesenbach National Institutes of Health
Gordon D. Murray
Gordon D. Murray University of Edinburgh
Eric W.F.W. Alton
Eric W.F.W. Alton National Institutes of Health

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