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Kathryn P. Burdon

Kathryn P. Burdon

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D-Index
66
Citations
15417
World Ranking
2619
National Ranking
91

Overview

Kathryn P. Burdon is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on ophthalmology and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of ophthalmology, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine. Their work addresses various topics, notably retinal diseases and treatments, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinal imaging and analysis, connexins and lens biology, genetic associations and epidemiology, corneal surgery and disorders, as well as multiple sclerosis research studies.

Recent publications include:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Keratoconus, 2020, Annual Review of Vision Science
  • Association of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Glycemic Risk Factors With Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 2021, JAMA Ophthalmology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jamie E. Craig (32 publications)
  • David A. Mackey (23 publications)
  • Alex W. Hewitt (22 publications)
  • Robert P. Igo (13 publications)
  • Emmanuelle Souzeau (13 publications)

The scientist's research has been published in several prominent venues. These include:

  • Communications Biology (4 publications)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (3 publications)
  • Ophthalmology (3 publications)

Kathryn P. Burdon's research work integrates genetic and environmental factors contributing to ocular diseases, with a particular emphasis on glaucoma, keratoconus, and age-related macular degeneration. Their interdisciplinary approach combines genetic epidemiology, clinical ophthalmology, and molecular biology techniques to explore disease susceptibility and progression.

The breadth of publications and collaboration with multiple researchers highlights a consistent engagement in advancing the understanding of eye diseases through genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses, among other methodologies.

Best Publications

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for open angle glaucoma at TMCO1 and CDKN2B-AS1

    Kathryn P Burdon;Stuart Macgregor;Alex W Hewitt;Alex W Hewitt;Shiwani Sharma

  • Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;G Bragi Walters;Alex W Hewitt;Alex W Hewitt;Gisli Masson

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus.

    Yi Lu;Veronique Vitart;Kathryn P. Burdon;Chiea Chuen Khor

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2 , ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

    Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Stephanie J. Loomis;Jae H. Kang;R. Rand Allingham

  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression

    Jamie E. Craig;Xikun Han;Xikun Han;Ayub Qassim;Mark Hassall

  • A systematic meta-analysis of genetic association studies for diabetic retinopathy.

    Sotoodeh Abhary;Alex W. Hewitt;Kathryn P. Burdon;Jamie E. Craig

  • Genome-wide analysis of multi-ancestry cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma

    Pirro G Hysi;Ching-Yu Cheng;Henriët Springelkamp;Stuart Macgregor

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies five new susceptibility loci for cutaneous malignant melanoma

    Matthew H. Law;D. Timothy Bishop;Jeffrey E. Lee;Myriam Brossard

  • Common variants near ABCA1, AFAP1 and GMDS confer risk of primary open-angle glaucoma

    Puya Gharahkhani;Kathryn P. Burdon;Kathryn P. Burdon;Rhys Fogarty;Shiwani Sharma

  • Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity

    Tomokazu Souma;Stuart W. Tompson;Benjamin R. Thomson;Owen M. Siggs

  • Ancestral LOXL1 variants are associated with pseudoexfoliation in Caucasian Australians but with markedly lower penetrance than in Nordic people.

    Alex W. Hewitt;Alex W. Hewitt;Shiwani Sharma;Kathryn P. Burdon;Jie Jin Wang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Tan Do;Hongyan Jia;Masakazu Nakano

  • Nine loci for ocular axial length identified through genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error

    Ching-Yu Cheng;Ching-Yu Cheng;Maria Schache;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;Terri L. Young;Terri L. Young

  • Genome-wide Association Study of Intraocular Pressure Uncovers New Pathways to Glaucoma

    Stuart MacGregor;Jue-Sheng Ong;Jiyuan An;Xikun Han

  • Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility

    Maria Teresa Landi;D. Timothy Bishop;Stuart MacGregor

  • New insights into the genetics of primary open-angle glaucoma based on meta-analyses of intraocular pressure and optic disc characteristics

    Henriët Springelkamp;Adriana I. Iglesias;Aniket Mishra;Aniket Mishra;René Höhn

  • Assessment of polygenic effects links primary open-angle glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration

    Gabriel Cuellar-Partida;Jamie E Craig;Kathryn Penelope Burdon;Jie Jin Wang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for open angle glaucoma at TMCO1 and CDKN2B-AS1

    K. P. Burdon;S. MacGregor;A. W. Hewitt;S. Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie E. Craig
Jamie E. Craig Flinders University
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Stuart MacGregor
Stuart MacGregor QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
John Landers
John Landers University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore

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