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

Overview

Liam Smeeth is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Oncology, and General Health Professions.

Their work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Liam Smeeth has contributed to numerous publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • "Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY", 2020, published in Nature
  • "OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 million adult NHS patients", 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform", 2021, The Lancet
  • "Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform", 2020, The Lancet HIV

They frequently collaborate with other researchers such as Krishnan Bhaskaran, Rohini Mathur, Ian Douglas, Laurie A. Tomlinson, and Helen McDonald.

Their research outputs have been published extensively in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • BMJ
  • British Journal of General Practice

Liam Smeeth has been recognized as 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

  • Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY.

    Elizabeth J Williamson;Alex J Walker;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Seb Bacon

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • [The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) statement].

    Eric I. Benchimol;Liam Smeeth;Astrid Guttmann;Katie Harron

  • 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

  • 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

  • Data Resource Profile: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

    Emily Herrett;Arlene M Gallagher;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Harriet Forbes

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults.

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Ian Douglas;Harriet Forbes;Isabel dos-Santos-Silva

  • Blood pressure and incidence of twelve cardiovascular diseases: lifetime risks, healthy life-years lost, and age-specific associations in 1·25 million people.

    Eleni Rapsomaniki;Adam Timmis;Julie George;Mar Pujades-Rodriguez

  • Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke after Acute Infection or Vaccination

    Liam Smeeth;Sara L. Thomas;Andrew J. Hall;Richard Hubbard

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Time series regression studies in environmental epidemiology

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Antonio Gasparrini;Shakoor Hajat;Liam Smeeth

  • Type 2 diabetes and incidence of cardiovascular diseases: a cohort study in 1·9 million people

    Anoop Dinesh Shah;Claudia Langenberg;Claudia Langenberg;Eleni Rapsomaniki;Spiros Denaxas

  • Validation and validity of diagnoses in the General Practice Research Database: a systematic review

    Emily Herrett;Sara L. Thomas;W. Marieke Schoonen;Liam Smeeth

  • Effect of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system and other antihypertensive drugs on renal outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Juan P Casas;Weiliang Chua;Stavros Loukogeorgakis;Patrick Vallance

  • Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK.

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Isabel dos-Santos-Silva;David A Leon;David A Leon;Ian J Douglas

  • Type 2 diabetes and incidence of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases: a cohort study in 1-9 million people

    Anoop Dinesh Shah;Claudia Langenberg;Eleni Rapsomaniki;Spiros Denaxas

  • Risk of myocardial infarction and stroke after acute infection or vaccination

    L. Smeeth;S.L. Thomas;A.J. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Gilman
Robert H. Gilman Johns Hopkins University
Charles Agyemang
Charles Agyemang University of Amsterdam
Elizabeth A. Williamson
Elizabeth A. Williamson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Aroon D. Hingorani
Aroon D. Hingorani University College London
Stephen Evans
Stephen Evans University of London
Juan P. Casas
Juan P. Casas Boston University
Richard Hubbard
Richard Hubbard University of Nottingham
Harry Hemingway
Harry Hemingway University College London
Astrid E. Fletcher
Astrid E. Fletcher London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ian Douglas
Ian Douglas University of Manchester

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