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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
  • 2007 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Mineralogical Society of America
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Nigel Unwin is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in public health, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and dietetics, general health professions, molecular biology, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

The scientist has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Mortality attributable to diabetes in 20-79 years old adults, 2019 estimates: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition, published in 2020 in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Addressing the triple burden of malnutrition in the time of COVID-19 and climate change in Small Island Developing States: what role for improved local food production?, published in 2020 in Food Security
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture and food systems in Pacific Island countries (PICs): Evidence from communities in Fiji and Solomon Islands, published in 2021 in Agricultural Systems
  • The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts, published in 2020 in Globalization and Health
  • Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points: A Participatory, Stakeholder Engagement Approach in the Caribbean, published in 2020 in Nutrients

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Nigel Unwin include:

  • Cornelia Guell
  • Madhuvanti M. Murphy
  • Viliamu Iese
  • Emily Hampton Haynes
  • Eden Augustus

The scientist's work has appeared in several publication venues multiple times, such as:

  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Nutrients
  • Globalization and Health
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Nigel Unwin has received notable recognitions, including being named Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1983, Distinguished Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Society of America in 2007, and Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition.

    Pouya Saeedi;Inga Petersohn;Paraskevi Salpea;Belma Malanda

  • Glucose tolerance and mortality: comparison of WHO and American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria

    K Borch-Johnsen;A Neil;B Balkau;S Larsen

  • Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycaemia: the current status on definition and intervention

    N. Unwin;J. Shaw;P. Zimmet;K. G. M. M. Alberti

  • The Burden of Mortality Attributable to Diabetes: Realistic estimates for the year 2000

    Gojka Roglic;Nigel Unwin;Peter H. Bennett;Colin Mathers

  • Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: cross sectional study

    Raj Bhopal;Nigel Unwin;Martin White;Julie Yallop

  • Age- and sex-specific prevalences of diabetes and impaired glucose regulation in 13 European cohorts

    J. Tuomilehto;J. Lindstrom;S. Keinanen-Kiukaanniemie;L. Hiltunen

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives

    Juliana C N Chan;Lee-Ling Lim;Nicholas J Wareham;Jonathan E Shaw

  • Diabetes prevalence and socioeconomic status: a population based study showing increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in deprived areas

    V Connolly;N Unwin;P Sherriff;R Bilous

  • Mortality attributable to diabetes: Estimates for the year 2010

    Gojka Roglic;Nigel Unwin

  • Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence

    Catherine R Stevenson;Nita G Forouhi;Gojka Roglic;Brian G Williams

  • Mortality attributable to diabetes in 20-79 years old adults, 2019 estimates: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition.

    Pouya Saeedi;Paraskevi Salpea;Suvi Karuranga;Inga Petersohn

  • Epidemiology of lower extremity amputation in centres in Europe, North America and East Asia

    N. Unwin

  • Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global.

    Ama de-Graft Aikins;Nigel Unwin;Charles Agyemang;Pascale A. Allotey

  • Awareness and knowledge of diabetes in Chennai--the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study [CURES-9].

    Deepa Mohan;Deepa Raj;C S Shanthirani;Manjula Datta

  • Physical activity and its relationship with obesity, hypertension and diabetes in urban and rural Cameroon

    E. Sobngwi;J.-C. N. Mbanya;N. C. Unwin;A. P. Kengne

  • Excess mortality in a population with diabetes and the impact of material deprivation: longitudinal, population based study

    Nick A Roper;Rudy W Bilous;William F Kelly;Nigel C Unwin

  • A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and diabetes mellitus, HIV and metabolic syndrome, and the impact of globalization.

    Fiona Young;Julia A Critchley;Lucy K Johnstone;Nigel C Unwin

  • The International Diabetes Federation diabetes atlas methodology for estimating global and national prevalence of diabetes in adults.

    Leonor Guariguata;David Whiting;Clara Weil;Nigel Unwin

  • Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Terry J. Aspray;Nigel Unwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Bhopal
Raj Bhopal University of Edinburgh
Julia A Critchley
Julia A Critchley St George's, University of London
Colin Fischbacher
Colin Fischbacher National Health Service Scotland
Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards University of Otago
Charles Agyemang
Charles Agyemang University of Amsterdam
Simon Capewell
Simon Capewell University of Liverpool
Karien Stronks
Karien Stronks University of Amsterdam
James Nazroo
James Nazroo University of Manchester
Anton E. Kunst
Anton E. Kunst University of Amsterdam
Nita G. Forouhi
Nita G. Forouhi University of Cambridge

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