Iain Turnbull
BA(Hons) MB BChir MRCP(UK) MRCGP(2009)
Clinical Research Fellow
Ian joined Oxford Population Health in 2015 and works as a Clinical Research Fellow within the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). The focus of Iain’s research centres around the development of techniques for standardising Chinese health insurance data and procedures for disease classification and adjudication, particularly for stroke and ischaemic heart disease.
Iain studied Medicine at University of Cambridge, graduating in 2003. He worked in General Medicine in the NHS and in New Zealand and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2007. Iain then completed training in General Practice in 2009 and worked in a busy practice in Swindon for several years.
He continues to work part-time in General Practice.
Recent publications
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PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of vascular and non-vascular diseases in Chinese and UK populations.
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Holmes MV. et al, (2024), Eur J Prev Cardiol, 31, 1015 - 1025
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MTHFR and risk of stroke and heart disease in a low-folate population: a prospective study of 156 000 Chinese adults.
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Bennett DA. et al, (2023), Int J Epidemiol, 52, 1862 - 1869
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Chronic hepatitis B virus infection and risk of stroke types: a prospective cohort study of 500,000 Chinese adults
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Hamilton E. et al, (2023), Stroke
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Associations of toothbrushing behaviour with risks of vascular and nonvascular diseases in Chinese adults.
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Zhuang Z. et al, (2021), Eur J Clin Invest, 51
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Hospital management of major stroke types in Chinese adults: a population-based study of 20 000 hospitalised stroke cases.
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Qin H. et al, (2021), BMJ Open, 11