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Overview

Paul N. Baird is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily centers on medicine, with a significant focus on ophthalmology and related subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent publications include work on a variety of topics within ophthalmology and vision science. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Paul N. Baird include:

  • Myopia, 2020, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Eye rubbing in the aetiology of keratoconus: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, published in Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus, 2021, published in Communications Biology
  • Evaluating the Performance of Various Machine Learning Algorithms to Detect Subclinical Keratoconus, 2020, published in Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Analysis of Geographic Atrophy: A Review and Evaluation, 2020, published in Translational Vision Science & Technology

Baird works frequently with several co-authors, including Srujana Sahebjada, Ke Cao, Justin Yeung, Heather Machin, and Elsie Chan. These collaborations reflect a research network that spans multiple areas within ophthalmology and vision research.

The primary venues for Paul N. Baird's publications include:

  • Cornea
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • ANZ Journal of Surgery
  • Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Research Square

Research interests cover a range of ophthalmologic topics, with particular emphasis on:

  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Corneal surgery and treatments
  • Ocular surface and contact lens
  • Retinal diseases and treatments
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Ophthalmology and visual impairment studies

The combination of these main topics and subfields reveals an engagement with both clinical and translational research, spanning from genetic studies and disease mechanisms to applied medical technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence in vision science.

Best Publications

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • Common variants near FRK/COL10A1 and VEGFA are associated with advanced age-related macular degeneration

    Yi Yu;Tushar R. Bhangale;Jesen Fagerness;Jesen Fagerness;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke

  • Androgen Receptor Repeat Length Polymorphism Associated with Male-to-Female Transsexualism

    Lauren May Hare;Pascal Bernard;Francisco J Sanchez;Paul N Baird

  • The epsilon2 and epsilon4 alleles of the apolipoprotein gene are associated with age-related macular degeneration.

    Paul N Baird;Elizabeth Guida;Diep T Chu;Hien T V Vu

  • Heritability of refractive error and ocular biometrics: The Genes in Myopia (GEM) Twin Study

    Mohamed Dirani;Matthew Chamberlain;Sri N. Shekar;Amirul F. M. Islam

  • Expression of the Wilms' tumor gene (WT1) in normal hemopoiesis.

    P N Baird;P J Simmons

  • Multiple Common Susceptibility Variants near BMP Pathway Loci GREM1, BMP4, and BMP2 Explain Part of the Missing Heritability of Colorectal Cancer

    Ian P. M. Tomlinson;Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona;Sara E. Dobbins;Albert Tenesa

  • Ancestral LOXL1 variants are associated with pseudoexfoliation in Caucasian Australians but with markedly lower penetrance than in Nordic people.

    Alex W. Hewitt;Alex W. Hewitt;Shiwani Sharma;Kathryn P. Burdon;Jie Jin Wang

  • Identification of a rare coding variant in complement 3 associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Xiaowei Zhan;David E. Larson;Chaolong Wang;Chaolong Wang;Daniel C. Koboldt

  • Nine loci for ocular axial length identified through genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error

    Ching-Yu Cheng;Ching-Yu Cheng;Maria Schache;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;M. Kamran Ikram;Terri L. Young;Terri L. Young

  • Hypomethylation of the IL17RC Promoter Associates with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Lai Wei;Baoying Liu;Jingsheng Tuo;Defen Shen

  • Predictors of anti-VEGF treatment response in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

    Robert P. Finger;Robert P. Finger;Sanjeewa S. Wickremasinghe;Paul N. Baird;Robyn H. Guymer

  • Evidence of association of APOE with age-related macular degeneration: a pooled analysis of 15 studies.

    Gareth J. Mckay;Chris C. Patterson;Usha Chakravarthy;Shilpa Dasari

  • Delay to Treatment and Visual Outcomes in Patients Treated With Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Jonathan H Lim;Sanjeewa Wickremasinghe;Jing Xie;Devinder Singh Chauhan

  • Oncogenic point mutations in exon 20 of the RB1 gene in families showing incomplete penetrance and mild expression of the retinoblastoma phenotype.

    Zerrin Onadim;Annette Hogg;Paul N. Baird;John K. Cowell

  • Amyloid precursor protein processing and retinal pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

    R. Michael Dutescu;R. Michael Dutescu;Qiao-Xin Li;Qiao-Xin Li;Jonathan Crowston;Colin L. Masters;Colin L. Masters

  • Insights into the genetic architecture of early stage age-related macular degeneration: a genome-wide association study meta-analysis

    Elizabeth G. Holliday;Albert V. Smith;Belinda K. Cornes;Gabriëlle H. S. Buitendijk

  • Apolipoprotein (APOE) gene is associated with progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

    Paul N. Baird;Andrea J. Richardson;Luba D. Robman;Peter N. Dimitrov

Frequent Co-Authors

Robyn H. Guymer
Robyn H. Guymer University of Melbourne
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Jamie E. Craig
Jamie E. Craig Flinders University
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
Caroline C W Klaver
Caroline C W Klaver Erasmus University Rotterdam
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
Christopher J. Hammond
Christopher J. Hammond King's College London

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