Sarah Parish
BSc, MSc, DPhil
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
- MRC Programme Leader
Sarah Parish studied Mathematics at Bristol and Oxford Universities and joined the unit which became CTSU (and is now part of NDPH) in 1978. She has played a major role as a statistician in the establishment, conduct and interpretation of CTSU’s series of ground-breaking large-scale randomised trials in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. She has also been active in developing large-scale blood-based observational studies with extensive biomarker panels and genotyping. As the Director of Statistics in Vascular Trials and Genetic Epidemiology, she now leads statistical teams engaged in a spectrum of complimentary research. Her particular interests include: identifying genetic risk factors for the side-effects of common cardiovascular treatments; investigating causality in relation to factors such as adiposity and dementia that are responsible for major burdens of disease, using the large UK and China Kadoorie biobanks.
Recent publications
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Effects of aspirin on dementia and cognitive function in diabetic patients: the ASCEND trial.
Journal article
Parish S. et al, (2022), Eur Heart J
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Genetic associations of adult height with risk of cardioembolic and other subtypes of ischemic stroke: A mendelian randomization study in multiple ancestries.
Journal article
Linden AB. et al, (2022), PLoS Med, 19
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Effect of Carotid Endarterectomy on 20 Year Incidence of Recorded Dementia: A Randomised Trial.
Journal article
Halliday A. et al, (2022), Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
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Adiposity and risks of vascular and non-vascular mortality among Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: a 10-year prospective study.
Journal article
Iona A. et al, (2022), BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, 10
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Effects of Aspirin on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in the ASCEND Trial
Conference paper
Parish S. et al, (2021), CIRCULATION, 144, E573 - E573