Publications

The SHARE Mental Health (SHARE-MH) cohort was established to address the paucity of clinical and genetic data available for mental health research.

This study aimed to develop a risk prediction model for epilepsy-related death in adults.

Artificial intelligence‐assisted automated heart failure detection and classification from electronic health records 

Impaired value-based decision-making in Parkinson’s disease apathy

The aim of this project was to produce a sensitive, rapid, high-throughput antibody-based test for
COVID-19, which is superior to those currently on the market.

The objective of this study was to develop a core outcome set for use in trials investigating the prevention and management of periodontal diseases.

The DexFEM Study: This medical research project investigates the management of heavy menstrual bleeding using differing doses of the drug, dexamethasone.

The AF Study: This study assesses the risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients on Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy with a variation in their insulin receptor gene. 

The COVIDLife Study: A research survey investigating how coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting the health and wellbeing, social and home life, and employment of people living in Scotland.

The ALLAY study: Allopurinol treatment adversely impacts left ventricular mass regression in patients with well-controlled hypertension.

The Bakery Study: A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial to evaluate bread, in which gluten has been predigested by prolyl endoprotease treatment, in subjects self-reporting benefits of adopting a gluten-free or low-gluten diet.

The DM1-Neuro Study: Outcome Measures for Central Nervous System Evaluation in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 may be Confounded by Deficits in Motor Function or Insight.

The ENGAGE study: Exploring the feasibility of general health promotion in UK dental primary care: ENGAGE in Scotland.

The EVAR study: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and/or colour duplex ultrasound for surveillance after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

The GoDARTs Cohort Study: Cohort Profile: Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland (GoDARTS).

A common missense variant of LILRB5 is associated with statin intolerance and myalgia

The PREFACE Study: The effect of perindopril on postural instability in older people with a history of falls - a randomised controlled trial.

The Acceptability of the SHARE register study: Acceptability and perceived barriers and facilitators to creating a national research register to enable "direct to patient" enrolment into research: the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE).

The SHARE Cohort study: Cohort Profile: the Scottish Research register SHARE. A register of people interested in research participation linked to NHS data sets.

The Importance of Informational Items in a PIL study: Relative importance of informational items in participant information leaflets for trials: a Q-methodology approach.

NEJM Research Letter featuring the SHARE initiative.

Renal and Cardiovascular Effects of SGLT2 Inhibition in Combination with Loop Diuretics in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Heart Failure: The RECEDE-CHF Trial

The gastric acid pocket is attenuated in H. pylori infected subjects

Metformin and its Effects on Myocardial Dimension and Left ventricular hypertrophy in Normotensive patients with Coronary Heart Disease (The MET-REMODEL Study): Rationale and Design of the MET-REMODEL Study

Protocol of the Cognitive Health in Ageing Register: Investigational, Observational and Trial Studies in Dementia Research (CHARIOT): Prospective Readiness cOhort (PRO) SubStudy

Methods of a large prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded end-point study comparing morning versus evening dosing in hypertensive patients: the Treatment In Morning versus Evening (TIME) study

Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention

Vitamin K supplementation to improve vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease – the K4Kidneys randomised controlled trial

Pharmacokinetics of metformin in patients with gastrointestinal intolerance

Alopecia areata is characterized by dysregulation in systemic type 17 and type 2 cytokines, which may contribute to disease‐associated psychological morbidity

Efficient identification of patients eligible for clinical studies using case-based reasoning on Scottish Health Research register (SHARE)

Connecting primary care patients to community-based physical activity: a qualitative study of health professional and patient views

Patients’ and Clinicians’ Perceived Trust in Internet-of-Things Systems to Support Asthma Self-management: Qualitative Interview Study

The Arg16 β2 receptor genotype confers increased susceptibility to exacerbations in asthmatic children taking regular LABA (long-acting β2 agonists).