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Overview

Martin D. Tobin is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics centered on respiratory health and genetic factors. The main topics of study include:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Their recent papers highlight significant contributions to the understanding of respiratory conditions, genetics, and epidemiology. Notable publications include:

  • "Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy in United Kingdom healthcare workers: Results from the UK-REACH prospective nationwide cohort study," 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • "Genetic and clinical characteristics of treatment-resistant depression using primary care records in two UK cohorts," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits," 2024, Nature Genetics
  • "Identifying potential causal effects of age at menarche: a Mendelian randomization phenome-wide association study," 2020, BMC Medicine
  • "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues, including:

  • Louise V. Wain
  • Catherine John
  • Nick Shrine
  • Anna L. Guyatt
  • Ian P. Hall

Martin D. Tobin's publications are often found in venues prominently focused on respiratory and medical research. Most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • ERJ Open Research
  • European Respiratory Journal

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease.

    Nilesh J. Samani;Jeanette Erdmann;Alistair S. Hall;Christian Hengstenberg

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • 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 scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

    Veryan Codd;Christopher P Nelson;Eva Albrecht;Massimo Mangino

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Adjusting for treatment effects in studies of quantitative traits: antihypertensive therapy and systolic blood pressure.

    Martin D. Tobin;Nuala A. Sheehan;Katrina J. Scurrah;Paul R. Burton

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function.

    E Repapi;I Sayers;L V Wain;P R Burton

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genes for Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease: Serum Urate and Dyslipidemia

    Chris Wallace;Stephen J. Newhouse;Peter Braund;Feng Zhang

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Louise V. Wain
Louise V. Wain University of Leicester
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Ian P. Hall
Ian P. Hall University of Nottingham
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Christopher P. Nelson
Christopher P. Nelson University of Leicester
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Massimo Mangino
Massimo Mangino King's College London

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