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2025

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Overview

Robert Luben is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant specialization in Ophthalmology. The subfields closely related to their work include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, including retinal diseases and treatments, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinal imaging and analysis, nutritional studies and diet, nutrition and health in aging, health disparities and outcomes, as well as genetic associations and epidemiology.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • A foundation model for generalizable disease detection from retinal images, 2023, Nature
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Features Associated With Incident and Prevalent Parkinson Disease, 2023, Neurology
  • Obesity is Associated With Increased Risk of Crohn's disease, but not Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective Cohort Studies, 2021, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Lower Dietary and Circulating Vitamin C in Middle- and Older-Aged Men and Women Are Associated with Lower Estimated Skeletal Muscle Mass, 2020, Journal of Nutrition

Robert Luben frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Paul J. Foster
  • Anthony P. Khawaja
  • Kay-Tee Khaw
  • Shabina Hayat
  • Kelsey V. Stuart

The scientist publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Ophthalmology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Association of hemoglobin A1c with cardiovascular disease and mortality in adults: the European prospective investigation into cancer in Norfolk.

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Nicholas Wareham;Sheila Bingham;Robert Luben

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study

    Sheila A Bingham;Nicholas E Day;Robert Luben;Pietro Ferrari

  • Glycated haemoglobin, diabetes, and mortality in men in Norfolk cohort of european prospective investigation of cancer and nutrition (EPIC-Norfolk).

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Nicholas Wareham;Robert Luben;Sheila Bingham

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality in Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Nicholas J. Wareham;Sheila Bingham;Ailsa A. Welch

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Endogenous Testosterone and Mortality Due to All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer in Men European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) Prospective Population Study

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Mitch Dowsett;Elizabeth Folkerd;Sheila Bingham

  • EPIC-Norfolk: study design and characteristics of the cohort. European Prospective Investigation of Cancer.

    Day N;Oakes S;Luben R;Khaw Kt

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Prediction of acute myeloid leukaemia risk in healthy individuals

    Sagi Abelson;Grace Collord;Grace Collord;Stanley W.K. Ng;Omer Weissbrod

  • Relation between plasma ascorbic acid and mortality in men and women in EPIC-Norfolk prospective study: a prospective population study

    Kay-Tee Khaw;Sheila Bingham;Ailsa Welch;Robert Luben

  • Subclinical Hyperthyroidism and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality

    Tinh-Hai Collet;Jacobijn Gussekloo;Douglas C. Bauer;Wendy P. J. den Elzen

  • Association of hemoglobin A1c with cardiovascular disease and mortality in adults: The European prospective investigation into cancer in Norfolk

    K.T. Khaw;N. Wareham;S. Bingham;R. Luben

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Sheila Bingham
Sheila Bingham University of Cambridge
Ailsa Welch
Ailsa Welch University of East Anglia
Nicholas E. Day
Nicholas E. Day University of Cambridge
Alison M. Dunning
Alison M. Dunning University of Cambridge
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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