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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Gordon W. Duff is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and has contributed to multiple fields related to medicine and social sciences. Their research focuses primarily on infectious diseases, with particular attention to SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, as well as COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

The main fields of study encompassed by Duff's work include Medicine and Social Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, notably Infectious Diseases, Education, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Political Science and International Relations.

Key topics addressed in Duff's publications cover SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, healthcare innovation and challenges, social policy and reform studies, housing, finance and neoliberalism, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and geriatric care and nursing homes.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Duff include:

  • Marta Wanat
  • Mary Logan
  • Jennifer Hirst
  • Charles Vicary
  • Joseph Lee

The scientist's research appears in various publication venues such as:

  • Health & Social Care in the Community
  • BMJ Open
  • Administration & Society
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers by Duff include the following:

  • Perceptions on undertaking regular asymptomatic self-testing for COVID-19 using lateral flow tests: a qualitative study of university students and staff, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Burdensome Administration and Its Risks: Competing Logics in Policy Implementation, 2020, Administration & Society
  • Feasibility and Acceptability of Community Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing Strategies (FACTS) in a University Setting, 2021, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Perceptions on undertaking regular asymptomatic self-testing for COVID-19 using lateral flow tests: A qualitative study of university students and staff, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Using discrete choice experiments to elicit the service preferences of people with mild intellectual disability: An exploratory study, 2021, Health & Social Care in the Community

In 2008, Duff was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Best Publications

  • Effects of a polymorphism in the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter on transcriptional activation

    Anthony G. Wilson;Julian A. Symons;Tarra L. McDowell;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • The interleukin-1 genotype as a severity factor in adult periodontal disease

    Kenneth S. Kornman;Allison Crane;Hwa-Ying Wang;Francesco S.di Giovlne

  • Single base polymorphism in the human tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) gene detectable by NcoI restriction of PCR product.

    A.G. Wilson;F.S. di Giovine;A.I.F. Blakemore;G.W. Duff

  • An allelic polymorphism within the human tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter region is strongly associated with HLA A1, B8, and DR3 alleles.

    A. G. Wilson;N. De Vries;F. Pociot;F. S. Di Giovine

  • Polymorphism in human IL-1 receptor antagonist gene intron 2 is caused by variable numbers of an 86-bp tandem repeat

    Joanna K. Tarlow;Alexandra I. F. Blakemore;Andrew Lennard;Roberto Solari

  • New perspectives on epidermal barrier dysfunction in atopic dermatitis: Gene–environment interactions

    Michael J. Cork;Michael J. Cork;Darren A. Robinson;Yiannis Vasilopoulos;Adam Ferguson

  • Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Δ32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes

    J. Claiborne Stephens;David E. Reich;David B. Goldstein;Hyoung Doo Shin

  • Correlation of plasma interleukin 1 levels with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.

    JulieA Eastgate;NigelC Wood;FrancescoS Di Giovine;JulianA Symons

  • Novel genetic association between ulcerative colitis and the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

    John C. Mansfield;Hazel Holden;Joanna K. Tarlow;Francesco S. Di Giovine

  • Single base polymorphism at −511 in the human interleukin-1β gene (IL1β)

    F.S. di Giovine;E. Takhsh;A.I.F. Blakemore;G.W. Duff

  • Interleukin 1: the first interleukin

    Francesco S di Giovine;Gordon W Duff

  • A Physical Map of the Region Encompassing the Human Interleukin-1α, Interleukin-1β, and Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Genes

    Martin J.H. Nicklin;Andreas Weith;Gordon W. Duff

  • A genetic association between juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and a novel interleukin-1α polymorphism

    Tarra L. Mcdowell;Julian A. Symons;Rafal Ploski;ØYstein FØRre

  • Low prevalence of a periodontitis-associated interleukin-1 composite genotype in individuals of Chinese heritage.

    Gary C. Armitage;Yafei Wu;Hwa‐Ying Wang;Julian Sorrell

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human interleukin-1B gene affect transcription according to haplotype context

    Hongmin Chen;Leon M. Wilkins;Nazneen Aziz;Christopher Cannings

  • Evidence for an Accessory Protein Function for Toll-Like Receptor 1 in Anti-Bacterial Responses

    D. H. Wyllie;E. Kiss-Toth;A. Visintin;S. C. Smith

  • Methylation status of a single CpG site in the IL6 promoter is related to IL6 messenger RNA levels and rheumatoid arthritis

    Christoper J. Nile;Robert C. Read;Mohammed Akil;Gordon W. Duff

  • Tumour necrosis factor in synovial exudates.

    F S Di Giovine;G Nuki;G W Duff

  • Arterial inflammation in mice lacking the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist gene.

    Martin J.H. Nicklin;David E. Hughes;Jenny L. Barton;Jan M. Ure

  • Interleukin–1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism as a disease severity factor in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Alexandra I. F. Blakemore;Joanna K. Tarlow;Michael J.Cork;Caroline Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Kornman
Kenneth S. Kornman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sheila E. Francis
Sheila E. Francis University of Sheffield
Angela Cox
Angela Cox University of Sheffield
Nicola J. Camp
Nicola J. Camp University of Utah
Anthony G. Wilson
Anthony G. Wilson University College Dublin
Peter J. Barnes
Peter J. Barnes Imperial College London
Richard Eastell
Richard Eastell University of Sheffield
Simon Jones
Simon Jones Microsoft (United States)
Robert C. Read
Robert C. Read University of Southampton
Sabine Bailly
Sabine Bailly Grenoble Alpes University

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