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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Klim McPherson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research includes investigations in areas such as Uterine Myomas and Treatments, Endometriosis Research and Treatment, Gynecological Conditions and Treatments, and various aspects of COVID-19 epidemiological, clinical, and mental health studies, including digital contact tracing.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Klim McPherson include:

  • Uterine-Artery Embolization or Myomectomy for Uterine Fibroids (2020), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Universal weekly testing as the UK COVID-19 lockdown exit strategy (2020), The Lancet
  • Weekly COVID-19 testing with household quarantine and contact tracing is feasible and would probably end the epidemic (2020), Royal Society Open Science
  • Uterine artery embolization or myomectomy for women with uterine fibroids: Four-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial (2021), European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology X
  • Effects on heavy menstrual bleeding and pregnancy of uterine artery embolization (UAE) or myomectomy for women with uterine fibroids wishing to avoid hysterectomy: The FEMME randomized controlled trial (2022), International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Frequent collaborators include Isaac Manyonda, Lee Middleton, Versha Cheed, Olívia Wu, and Füsun Sirkeci, each having co-authored multiple works with Klim McPherson.

Key venues for publication comprising the scientist's work include:

  • Royal Society Open Science
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • The Lancet
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology X
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Klim McPherson has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. analysis and examples.

    R Peto;M C Pike;P Armitage;N E Breslow

  • The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments

    Boyd A Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Kevin D Hall;Klim McPherson

  • Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK

    Y Claire Wang;Klim McPherson;Tim Marsh;Steven L Gortmaker

  • Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. I. Introduction and design.

    R. Peto;M. C. Pike;P. Armitage;N. E. Breslow

  • ABC of breast diseases. Breast cancer--epidemiology, risk factors and genetics.

    K M McPherson;C M Steel;J M Dixon

  • Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

    Tim Lobstein;Rachel Jackson-Leach;Marjory L Moodie;Kevin D Hall

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Small-Area Variations in the Use of Common Surgical Procedures: An International Comparison of New England, England, and Norway

    Klim McPherson;John E. Wennberg;Ole B. Hovind;Peter Clifford

  • Cancer patients' information needs and information seeking behaviour: in depth interview study

    Geraldine M Leydon;Mary Boulton;Clare Moynihan;Alison Jones

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Mortality and Reoperation after Open and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    Noralou P. Roos;John E. Wennberg;David J. Malenka;Elliott S. Fisher

  • Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies

    Timothy J Key;Gary E Fraser;Margaret Thorogood;Paul N Appleby

  • The epidemiology of hysterectomy: Findings in a large cohort study

    M.P. Vessey;L Villard-Mackintosh;K McPherson;A Coulter

  • Mortality in oral contraceptive users.

    M.P. Vessey;K. Mcpherson;D. Yeates

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa : randomised controlled trial

    Peter J Cooper;Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz;Mireille Landman

  • Final report of the Medical Research Council/Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Multicentre Randomised Trial of Cervical Cerclage

    M C Macnaughton;I G Chalmers;V Dubowitz;P M Dunn

  • Methods in health services research. Interpreting the evidence: choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies

    Martin McKee;Annie Britton;Nick Black;Klim McPherson

  • Systematic review of the prospective cohort studies on meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analytical approach.

    Manjinder S. Sandhu;Ian R. White;Klim McPherson

  • Impact of postmenopausal hormone therapy on cardiovascular events and cancer: pooled data from clinical trials

    Elina Hemminki;Klim McPherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Vessey
Martin Vessey University of Oxford
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Julian Peto
Julian Peto London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Bain
Chris Bain Monash University
Margaret Thorogood
Margaret Thorogood University of Warwick
Richard Doll
Richard Doll University of Oxford
John E. Wennberg
John E. Wennberg Dartmouth College
Nick Black
Nick Black London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
Gary E. Fraser
Gary E. Fraser Loma Linda University

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