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Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Based in the Avon Orthopaedic Centre at Southmead Hospital, the Academic Rheumatology Group is headed by Professor Jon Tobias.
Our main research focus is osteoporosis, in which we have a number of clinical, epidemiological and translational research programmes. We are affiliated to the MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Transitional Epidemiology based at Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine.
Our funders and sponsors
Our research is supported by the following agencies:
- The Wellcome Trust
- Arthritis Research UK
- National Osteoporosis Society
- UKCRN
- British Scoliosis Research Foundation
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Profiles
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Professor Emma M Clark
- Bristol Medical School (THS) - Professor of Clinical Musculoskeletal Epidemiology & Deputy Head of Bristol Medical School & Head of
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
- Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research
- Academic Rheumatology
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit
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Mr Kevin C Deere
- Bristol Medical School (THS) - Senior Research Associate
- Academic Rheumatology
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit
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Professor Jonathan H Tobias
- Bristol Medical School (THS) - Professor of Rheumatology
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
- Academic Rheumatology
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit
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Research output
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A Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of Alpha Angle Suggests Cam-Type Morphology May Be a Specific Feature of Hip Osteoarthritis in Older Adults
Faber, B. G., Frysz, M., Hartley, A. E., Ebsim, R., Boer, C. G., Saunders, F. R., Gregory, J. S., Aspden, R. M., Harvey, N. C., Southam, L., Giles, W., Le Maitre, C. L., Wilkinson, J. M., van Meurs, J. B. J., Zeggini, E., Cootes, T., Lindner, C., Kemp, J. P., Davey Smith, G. & Tobias, J. H., 20 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Arthritis and Rheumatology. 75, 6, p. 900-909 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Age-specific effects of weight-based body size on fracture risk in later life: A lifecourse Mendelian randomisation study
Power, G. M., Tobias, J. H., Frayling, T., Tyrrell, J., Hartley, A. E., Heron, J. E., Davey Smith, G. & Richardson, T. G., 3 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 38, 7, p. 795-807 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Automated measurement of size of spinal curve in population-based cohorts: validation of a method based on total body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scans
Jamaludin, A., Fairbank, J., Harding, I., Kadir, T., Zisserman, A. & Clark, E. M., 1 Jul 2023, In: Bone. 172, 7 p., 116775.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Student theses
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An investigation into the role of bone mass and other factors in determining fracture risk in children
Author: Clark, E. M., 2007Supervisor: Tobias, J. (Supervisor) & Ness, A. R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Describing the development of hip shape in adolescence, and environmental and genetic influences on this process, in ALSPAC offspring
Author: Frysz, M., 19 Mar 2019Supervisor: Paternoster, L. (Supervisor) & Tobias, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Genetic and epidemiologic approaches to elucidate the role of abnormal hip shape in the development of hip osteoarthritis
Author: Faber, B. G., 6 Dec 2022Supervisor: Davey Smith, G. (Supervisor) & Tobias, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Prizes
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McKee Prize for the best podium presentation at the BHS 2021 Annual Meeting
Deere, Kevin C (Recipient), Matharu, Gulraj (Recipient), Ben-Shlomo, Yoav (Recipient), Wilkinson, J Mark (Recipient), Blom, Ashley W (Recipient), Sayers, Adrian E (Recipient) & Whitehouse, Michael R (Recipient), 11 Jun 2021
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