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Hywel C. Williams is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, with a research focus in medicine, particularly dermatology. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics including dermatology and skin diseases, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, asthma and respiratory diseases, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, contact dermatitis and allergies, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and the Delphi technique in research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the subfields of dermatology, immunology and allergy, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, along with general health professions. Dermatology represents the most significant area of their research activity.

Frequent collaborators of Hywel C. Williams include Kim S Thomas, Joanne R Chalmers, Miriam Santer, Matthew J Ridd, and Laura Howells.

The venues where Williams has regularly published include the British Journal of Dermatology, Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Clinical & Experimental Allergy, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, and the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.

Williams' recent scholarly papers include the following:

  • "Guidelines for Reporting Trial Protocols and Completed Trials Modified Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Extenuating Circumstances," published in 2021 in JAMA
  • "Daily emollient during infancy for prevention of eczema: the BEEP randomised controlled trial," published in 2020 in The Lancet
  • "Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies," published in 2020 in BMJ
  • "Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for early detection of skin cancer in community and primary care settings: a systematic review," published in 2022 in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "The HOME Core outcome set for clinical trials of atopic dermatitis," published in 2022 in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Atopic Dermatitis

    Hywel C. Williams;Donald Y.M. Leung;Kristian Thestrup-Pedersen;T. J. David

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in childhood: ISAAC Phases One and Three repeat multicountry cross-sectional surveys

    M. Innes Asher;Stephen Montefort;Bengt Björksten;Christopher K. W. Lai

  • International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods.

    M. I. Asher;U. Keil;H. R. Anderson;R. Beasley

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Revised nomenclature for allergy for global use: Report of the Nomenclature Review Committee of the World Allergy Organization, October 2003.

    S.G.O Johansson;Thomas Bieber;Ronald Dahl;Peter S Friedmann

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Daniel Dicker;Daniel Dicker;Amanda Pain;Hannah Hamavid

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Development of a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies (AXIS)

    Martin J Downes;Marnie L Brennan;Hywel C Williams;Rachel S Dean

  • The Global Burden of Skin Disease in 2010: An Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Skin Conditions

    Roderick J. Hay;Nicole E. Johns;Hywel C. Williams;Ian W. Bolliger

  • The U.K. Working Party's Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis. I. Derivation of a minimum set of discriminators for atopic dermatitis.

    H C Williams;P G Burney;R J Hay;C B Archer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan J Deeks
Jonathan J Deeks University of Birmingham
Jochen Schmitt
Jochen Schmitt TU Dresden
Carsten Flohr
Carsten Flohr King's College London
Paul McCrone
Paul McCrone King's College London
Roderick J. Hay
Roderick J. Hay King's College London
Eric L. Simpson
Eric L. Simpson Oregon Health & Science University
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
David P. Strachan
David P. Strachan St George's, University of London
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London

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