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Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

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Genetics
UK
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
UK
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
116
Citations
82372
World Ranking
433
National Ranking
69

Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
93845
World Ranking
3012
National Ranking
307

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, and Hematology.

The scientist contributed extensively to studies related to malaria and infectious diseases, reflecting a broad interest across various topics including Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Insect Resistance and Genetics, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Their recent notable papers included:

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England, 2021, published in Nature
  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in England: Insights from linking epidemiological and genetic data, 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7, 2021, published in Cell Reports
  • Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial, 2020, published in The Lancet
  • An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples, 2021, published in Wellcome Open Research

Their frequent co-authors included Sónia Gonçalves, Kirk A. Rockett, Richard D. Pearson, Eleanor Drury, and Roberto Amato. These collaborations contributed substantially to a range of research outputs.

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski published in several journals and platforms, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Harvard Dataverse, Wellcome Open Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Scientific Reports.

They received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • 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

  • Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Ashley Ea;Dhorda M;Fairhurst Rm;Amaratunga C

  • Detecting recent positive selection in the human genome from haplotype structure

    Pardis C Sabeti;David E Reich;John M Higgins;Haninah Z P Levine

  • Common West African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria

    Adrian V. S. Hill;Catherine E. M. Allsopp;Dominic Kwiatkowski;Nicholas M. Anstey

  • Variation in the TNF-alpha promoter region associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria.

    William McGuire;Adrian V. S. Hill;Catherine E. M. Allsopp;Brian M. Greenwood

  • 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

  • How malaria has affected the human genome and what human genetics can teach us about malaria.

    Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

  • TNF concentration in fatal cerebral, non-fatal cerebral, and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    D. Kwiatkowski;A. V. S. Hill;I. Sambou;P. Twumasi

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Systemic cytokine response after major surgery

    R J Baigrie;P M Lamont;D Kwiatkowski;M J Dallman

  • Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

    Cécile Crosnier;Leyla Y. Bustamante;S. Josefin Bartholdson;Amy K. Bei

  • Natural selection of hemi- and heterozygotes for G6PD deficiency in Africa by resistance to severe malaria.

    C Ruwende;S C Khoo;R W Snow;S N Yates

  • Association of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with the interleukin 8 gene region in UK families.

    J Hull;A Thomson;D Kwiatkowski

  • Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

    O Miotto;R Amato;E A Ashley;B MacInnis

  • 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

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirk A. Rockett
Kirk A. Rockett University of Oxford
Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Olivo Miotto
Olivo Miotto Mahidol University
Susana Campino
Susana Campino London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Thomas N. Williams
Thomas N. Williams Imperial College London
Sarah Auburn
Sarah Auburn Charles Darwin University
Margaret Pinder
Margaret Pinder Durham University
David J. Conway
David J. Conway London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bronwyn MacInnis
Bronwyn MacInnis Broad Institute
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford

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