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2025

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Best Female Scientists

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Overview

Diana Kuh is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Diana Kuh has contributed to various scholarly venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Advances in Life Course Research
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • BMJ Open
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens" (2020), published in Advances in Life Course Research
  • "Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and risk of cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of six prospective studies" (2020), published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Novel DNA methylation signatures of tobacco smoking with trans-ethnic effects" (2021), published in Clinical Epigenetics
  • "Association Between Reproductive Life Span and Incident Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease" (2020), published in JAMA Cardiology
  • "Metabolic profiles of socio-economic position: a multi-cohort analysis" (2020), published in International Journal of Epidemiology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Rebecca Hardy
  • Andrew Wong
  • Rachel Cooper
  • Juan Castillo-Fernandez
  • Jane Maddock

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives

    Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Diana Kuh

  • Growth in utero, blood pressure in childhood and adult life, and mortality from cardiovascular disease.

    D. J.P. Barker;C. Osmond;J. Golding;D. Kuh

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology

    Diana Kuh;Yoav Ben-Shlomo

  • Life course epidemiology

    D Kuh;Y Ben-Shlomo;J Lynch;Johan Hallqvist

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies.

    Richard M. Dodds;Holly E. Syddall;Rachel Cooper;Michaela Benzeval

  • Objectively measured physical capability levels and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rachel Cooper;Diana Kuh;Rebecca Hardy

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

    Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review

    Rachel Cooper;Diana Kuh;Cyrus Cooper;Catharine R. Gale

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca Hardy
Rebecca Hardy University College London
Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong University College London
Marcus Richards
Marcus Richards University College London
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari University of Essex
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Yoav Ben-Shlomo University of Bristol
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Gita D. Mishra
Gita D. Mishra University of Queensland
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Ken K. Ong
Ken K. Ong University of Cambridge

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