Professor Jonathan Emberson
Jonathan Emberson
BA, MSc, PhD
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
- MRC Population Health Research Unit Programme Leader
- MSc in Global Health Science Module Lead: Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis
Jonathan is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology within the Nuffield Department of Population Health. After graduating in Mathematics in 1998, he studied statistics and epidemiology at MSc and PhD level before joining the Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2004.
His main research involves studying the causes and prevention of cardiovascular diseases through the design, conduct and analysis of large-scale observational cohort studies, randomised controlled trials, and individual-participant-data meta-analyses of both types of study. He is the UK Principal Investigator and MRC Population Health Research Unit (MRC-PHRU) Programme Leader for the Mexico City Prospective Study, a blood-based prospective cohort study of 150,000 Mexican adults followed for more than 15 years.
Recent publications
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Rare coding variants in CHRNB2 reduce the likelihood of smoking
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2023), Nature Genetics
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Impact of outcome adjudication in kidney disease trials: observations from the Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP)
Journal article
HERRINGTON W. et al, (2023), Kidney International Reports
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Empagliflozin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
Preprint
Horby PW. et al, (2023)
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Diabetes and infectious disease mortality in Mexico City.
Journal article
Bragg F. et al, (2023), BMJ open diabetes research & care, 11
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Mechanisms and Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury with Perioperative Rosuvastatin in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Preprint
Wijesurendra RS. et al, (2023)