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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2001 - Bisset Hawkins Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Kay-Tee Khaw is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various aspects of medicine, with a strong focus on physiology, public health, genetics, molecular biology, and ophthalmology. The scientist's work is reflected in over 200 publications, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach.

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kay-Tee Khaw include:

  • "Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Plasma metabolites to profile pathways in noncommunicable disease multimorbidity," 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort," 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Nicholas J. Wareham
  • Robert Luben
  • Phyo Kyaw Myint
  • Shabina Hayat
  • Hermann Brenner

Khaw's publications appear regularly in specific journals and venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • European Heart Journal
  • Nutrients

Their work bridges clinical and epidemiological perspectives, often focusing on the genetic and environmental factors influencing health and disease outcomes.

The scientist has been recognized with awards including the Bisset Hawkins Medal from the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2001 and has been named a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

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

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • 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

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • 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

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Triglycerides and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease 10 158 Incident Cases Among 262 525 Participants in 29 Western Prospective Studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;John Danesh;Gudny Eiriksdottir;Gunnar Sigurdsson

  • Effect of four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality in men and women living in the community: randomised double blind controlled trial.

    Daksha P Trivedi;Richard Doll;Kay Tee Khaw

  • Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Rajiv Chowdhury;Samantha Warnakula;Setor Kunutsor;Francesca Crowe

  • Association of hemoglobin A1c with cardiovascular disease and mortality in adults: the European prospective investigation into cancer in Norfolk.

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Nicholas Wareham;Sheila Bingham;Robert Luben

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality.

    Nicolas Rodondi;Wendy P. J. den Elzen;Douglas C. Bauer;Anne R. Cappola

  • 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 of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults

    Steven C. Moore;I-Min Lee;Elisabete Weiderpass;Peter T. Campbell

  • Glycated haemoglobin, diabetes, and mortality in men in Norfolk cohort of european prospective investigation of cancer and nutrition (EPIC-Norfolk).

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Nicholas Wareham;Robert Luben;Sheila Bingham

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Robert Luben
Robert Luben University College London
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay

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