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115
Citations
72793
World Ranking
4438
National Ranking
438

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Nicholas J. Wald is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily revolves around medicine, with notable subfields including rheumatology, surgery, economics and econometrics, epidemiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work spans several critical topics, reflecting a wide range of interests and expertise. These main topics include:

  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Among the frequent publication venues for this researcher are:

  • Journal of Medical Screening
  • UNC Libraries
  • BMJ
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicholas J. Wald include:

  • Lung cancer mortality reduction by LDCT screening: UKLS randomised trial results and international meta-analysis (2021), published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Performance of polygenic risk scores in screening, prediction, and risk stratification: secondary analysis of data in the Polygenic Score Catalog (2023), published in BMJ Medicine
  • Folic acid and neural tube defects: Discovery, debate and the need for policy change (2022), published in Journal of Medical Screening
  • GRAIL-Galleri: why the special treatment? (2024), published in The Lancet
  • Fully Effective Folic Acid Fortification (2023), published in JAMA

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Joan K. Morris
  • Jonathan P. Bestwick
  • Stephen W. Duffy
  • Aroon D. Hingorani
  • Stephen H Vale

Nicholas J. Wald has been recognized with several honors throughout their career. These include election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2004 and membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2019. They are also a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of neural tube defects: Results of the Medical Research Council vitamin study

    N Wald;J Sneddon;J Densem;C Frost

  • Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies

    M R Law;J K Morris;N J Wald

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • Quantifying effect of statins on low density lipoprotein cholesterol, ischaemic heart disease, and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    M R Law;N J Wald;A R Rudnicka

  • Prevention of neural tube defects: results of the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study. MRC Vitamin Study Research Group.

    J. F. Sneddon;J Densem;N Wald;C Frost

  • A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80

    N J Wald;M R Law

  • Association between infection with Helicobacter pylori and risk of gastric cancer: evidence from a prospective investigation.

    D. Forman;D. G. Newell;F. Fullerton;J. W. G. Y. Yarnell

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

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • By how much and how quickly does reduction in serum cholesterol concentration lower risk of ischaemic heart disease

    M R Law;N J Wald;S G Thompson

  • Value of low dose combination treatment with blood pressure lowering drugs: analysis of 354 randomised trials

    M R Law;N J Wald;J K Morris;R E Jordan

  • First-Trimester or Second-Trimester Screening, or Both, for Down???s Syndrome

    Fergal D. Malone;Jacob A. Canick;Robert H. Ball;David A. Nyberg

  • Combination therapy versus monotherapy in reducing blood pressure: meta-analysis on 11,000 participants from 42 trials.

    David S. Wald;Malcolm Law;Joan K. Morris;Jonathan P. Bestwick

  • Maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome in early pregnancy.

    N. J. Wald;H. S. Cuckle;J. W. Densem;K. Nanchahal

  • Randomized trial of preventive angioplasty in myocardial infarction.

    David S. Wald;Joan K. Morris;Nicholas J. Wald;Alexander J. Chase

  • The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke.

    A K Hackshaw;M R Law;N J Wald

  • First and Second Trimester Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome: The Results of the Serum, Urine and Ultrasound Screening Study (SURUSS):

    N J Wald;C Rodeck;A K Hackshaw;J Walters

  • Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence

    M R Law;J K Morris;N J Wald

  • First and second trimester antenatal screening for Down's syndrome: the results of the Serum, Urine and Ultrasound Screening Study (SURUSS).

    N J Wald;C Rodeck;A K Hackshaw;J Walters

  • Estimating a woman's risk of having a pregnancy associated with Down's syndrome using her age and serum alpha-fetoprotein level.

    H. S. Cuckle;N. J. Wald;S. G. Thompson

  • Antenatal Thyroid Screening and Childhood Cognitive Function

    John Henry Lazarus;Jonathan P. Bestwick;Susan Jane Channon;Ruth Paradice

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan Hackshaw
Allan Hackshaw University College London
James E. Haddow
James E. Haddow Brown University
Stephen W. Duffy
Stephen W. Duffy Queen Mary University of London
Glenn E. Palomaki
Glenn E. Palomaki Brown University
Keith M. Kerr
Keith M. Kerr Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
David M. Hansell
David M. Hansell National Institutes of Health
Mahesh K. B. Parmar
Mahesh K. B. Parmar University College London
Paula R Williamson
Paula R Williamson University of Liverpool
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Tom Meade
Tom Meade London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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