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  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert Lindsay is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong specialization in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their academic output covers a range of related subfields including surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, genetics, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in Robert Lindsay's research encompass diabetes management and research, gestational diabetes research and management, diabetes and associated disorders, pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes treatment and management, bariatric surgery and outcomes, as well as mobile health and mHealth applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Diabetes Care
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diabetologia
  • BMJ Open

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert Lindsay include:

  • Gestational diabetes: opportunities for improving maternal and child health (2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland (2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Automated Insulin Delivery in Women with Pregnancy Complicated by Type 1 Diabetes (2023, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Clinical Impact of Residual C-Peptide Secretion in Type 1 Diabetes on Glycemia and Microvascular Complications (2020, Diabetes Care)
  • Foot Ulcer and Risk of Lower Limb Amputation or Death in People With Diabetes: A National Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study (2021, Diabetes Care)

Their frequent collaborators reflect ongoing research partnerships with experts in the field. These include Naveed Sattar, Sarah H. Wild, Stuart J. McGurnaghan, John R. Petrie, and Helen M. Colhoun, each of whom has co-authored multiple publications with Lindsay.

Robert Lindsay has been recognized with the designation of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an award granted in 1931.

Best Publications

  • Risk of New Vertebral Fracture in the Year Following a Fracture

    Robert Lindsay;Stuart L. Silverman;Cyrus Cooper;David A. Hanley

  • Adiponectin and development of type 2 diabetes in the Pima Indian population

    Robert S Lindsay;Tohru Funahashi;Robert L Hanson;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • Intrauterine exposure to diabetes conveys risks for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a study of discordant sibships.

    Dana Dabelea;Robert L. Hanson;Robert S. Lindsay;David J. Pettitt

  • Relationship of High and Low Ankle Brachial Index to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality The Strong Heart Study

    Helaine E. Resnick;Robert S. Lindsay;Mary Mc Grae McDermott;Richard B. Devereux

  • Interim Report and Recommendations of the World Health Organization Task-Force for Osteoporosis

    H K Genant;C Cooper;G Poor;I Reid

  • Glucocorticoid exposure in utero: new model for adult hypertension

    R. Benediktsson;R.S. Lindsay;J. Noble;J.R. Seckl

  • High Alanine Aminotransferase Is Associated With Decreased Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity and Predicts the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

    Barbora Vozarova;Norbert Stefan;Robert S. Lindsay;Aramesh Saremi

  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: 2001 edition, with selected updates for 2003.

    Stephen F. Hodgson;Nelson B. Watts;John P. Bilezikian;Bart L. Clarke

  • Glucocorticoid exposure in late gestation permanently programs rat hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucocorticoid receptor expression and causes glucose intolerance in adult offspring.

    Moffat Nyirenda;R S Lindsay;Chris Kenyon;A Burchell

  • Continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (CONCEPTT): a multicentre international randomised controlled trial

    Denice S Feig;Denice S Feig;Lois E Donovan;Rosa Corcoy;Kellie E Murphy;Kellie E Murphy

  • High White Blood Cell Count Is Associated With a Worsening of Insulin Sensitivity and Predicts the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

    Barbora Vozarova;Christian Weyer;Robert S. Lindsay;Richard E. Pratley

  • Dysfunction of placental glucocorticoid barrier: link between fetal environment and adult hypertension?

    C.R.W Edwards;R Benediktsson;R.S Lindsay;J.R Seckl

  • An assessment tool for predicting fracture risk in postmenopausal women.

    D M Black;M Steinbuch;L Palermo;P Dargent-Molina

  • Dexamethasone in the last week of pregnancy attenuates hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and elevates blood pressure in the adult offspring in the rat

    Naomi S. Levitt;Robert S. Lindsay;Megan C. Holmes;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Plasma Adiponectin Concentration Is Associated With Skeletal Muscle Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Phosphorylation, and Low Plasma Concentration Precedes a Decrease in Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Barbora Vozarova;Tohru Funahashi;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • The clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis: a position statement from the National Bone Health Alliance Working Group

    E. S. Siris;R. Adler;J. Bilezikian;M. Bolognese

  • Estimated Life Expectancy in a Scottish Cohort With Type 1 Diabetes, 2008-2010

    Shona J. Livingstone;Daniel Levin;Helen C. Looker;Robert S. Lindsay

  • Effect of Recombinant Human Parathyroid Hormone (1-84) on Vertebral Fracture and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: A Randomized Trial

    Greenspan Sl;Bone Hg;Ettinger Mp;Hanley Da

  • The minimum effective dose of estrogen for prevention of postmenopausal bone loss.

    R Lindsay;D M Hart;D M Clark

  • Utah Growth Study: growth standards and the prevalence of growth hormone deficiency.

    Rob Lindsay;Marcia Feldkamp;David Harris;Julia Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen M. Colhoun
Helen M. Colhoun University of Edinburgh
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Sarah H. Wild
Sarah H. Wild University of Edinburgh
Robert L. Hanson
Robert L. Hanson National Institutes of Health
Scott M. Nelson
Scott M. Nelson University of Glasgow
William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Paul McKeigue
Paul McKeigue University of Edinburgh
Andrew D. Morris
Andrew D. Morris University of Edinburgh
Jonathan R. Seckl
Jonathan R. Seckl University of Edinburgh
Colin Fischbacher
Colin Fischbacher National Health Service Scotland

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