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Robert G. Will is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a particular focus on medicine and environmental science.

The scientist's primary research areas include neurology, molecular biology, and epidemiology, alongside global and planetary change as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work addresses topics such as prion diseases and protein misfolding, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, neurosurgical procedures and complications, acute ischemic stroke management, impact of light on environment and health, air quality and health impacts, and urban transport and accessibility.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include James JM Loan, Angus B. Gane, Laura E. Middleton, Brendan Sargent, and Tom J. Moullaali.

Their recent papers illustrate a diverse spectrum of research interests:

  • Association of baseline hematoma and edema volumes with one-year outcome and long-term survival after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A community-based inception cohort study (2020), published in International Journal of Stroke
  • No Adaptation of the Prion Strain in a Heterozygous Case of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (2020), published in Emerging infectious diseases
  • Beyond the clouds: advanced data analysis of a dutch sky quality meter network (2025), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Quantifying prion disease penetrance using large population control cohorts (2020), published in UNC Libraries
  • Rectal Spacer Gel Displacement of the Rectum During Prostate Cryoablation: A Case Series (2025), published in Journal of Urologic Oncology

The frequent publication venues reflect this interdisciplinary scope, featuring journals such as International Journal of Stroke, Emerging infectious diseases, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, UNC Libraries, and Journal of Urologic Oncology.

Best Publications

  • A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK

    R G Will;J W Ironside;M Zeidler;S N Cousens

  • Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent

    M. E. Bruce;R. G. Will;J. W. Ironside;I. McConnell

  • Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion.

    C A Llewelyn;P E Hewitt;R S G Knight;K Amar

  • Updated clinical diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    I. Zerr;K. Kallenberg;D. M. Summers;C. Romero

  • Compelling transgenetic evidence for transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions to humans.

    Michael R. Scott;Robert Will;James Ironside;Hoang-Oanh B. Nguyen

  • Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the millennium.

    P. Brown;M. Preece;J.-P. Brandel;T. Sato

  • Analysis of EEG and CSF 14-3-3 proteins as aids to the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    I. Zerr;M. Pocchiari;S. Collins;J.P. Brandel

  • Diagnosis of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    R. G. Will;M. Zeidler;G. E. Stewart;M. A. Macleod

  • "Friendly fire" in medicine: hormones, homografts, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    P. Brown;M.A. Preece;R.G. Will

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and blood transfusion: results of the UK Transfusion Medicine Epidemiological Review study.

    P E Hewitt;C A Llewelyn;J Mackenzie;R G Will

  • Genetic prion disease: the EUROCJD experience.

    Gábor G. Kovács;Maria Puopolo;Anna Ladogana;Maurizio Pocchiari

  • Mortality from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and related disorders in Europe, Australia, and Canada

    A. Ladogana;M. Puopolo;E. A. Croes;H. Budka

  • The pulvinar sign on magnetic resonance imaging in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    Martin Zeidler;Robin J Sellar;Donald A Collie;Richard Knight

  • Quantifying prion disease penetrance using large population control cohorts

    Eric Vallabh Minikel;Eric Vallabh Minikel;Sonia M. Vallabh;Sonia M. Vallabh;Monkol Lek;Monkol Lek;Karol Estrada;Karol Estrada

  • Real time quaking-induced conversion analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    Lynne I. McGuire;Alexander H. Peden;Christina D. Orrú;Jason M. Wilham

  • New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: neurological features and diagnostic tests

    M Zeidler;GE Stewart;CR Barraclough;DE Bateman

  • Predicting susceptibility and incubation time of human-to-human transmission of vCJD

    Matthew T Bishop;P Hart;L Aitchison;Herbert N Baybutt

  • Determinants of diagnostic investigation sensitivities across the clinical spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    S J Collins;P Sanchez-Juan;C L Masters;G M Klug

  • Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Final Assessment

    Paul Brown;Jean-Philippe Brandel;Takeshi Sato;Yosikazu Nakamura

  • Detection of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infectivity in extraneural tissues

    ME Bruce;I McConnell;RG Will;JW Ironside

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Ironside
James W. Ironside University of Edinburgh
Simon Cousens
Simon Cousens London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Inga Zerr
Inga Zerr University of Göttingen
Jean Manson
Jean Manson University of Edinburgh
Mark Head
Mark Head University of Edinburgh
Steven J. Collins
Steven J. Collins University of Melbourne
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Herbert Budka
Herbert Budka Medical University of Vienna
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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