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Biography
Prof Colin Palmer has pioneered population pharmacogenetic research in Scotland, with the establishment of the GoDARTS cohort in 1997 and the linkages to the electronic medical records, especially to the national prescribing records. His work played in a key role in the advances in GWAS discovery of genes for T2D, height and obesity, while paediatric asthma studies have provided novel pharmacogenetic discoveries, including the collaboration with Irwin McClean and the discovery of the Fillaggrin gene as a major determinant of eczema and asthma. He has published over 400 papers in top journals including papers in Science, Nature, Nature Genetics and the New England Medical Journal. These papers have been cited by over 45,000 other studies worldwide. Professor Palmer has been listed as one of the world's most influential minds, 2001-2018 by Thomson Reuters based in the citations of his work. In March 2015 he was elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is currently the Director of the NIHR Unit for Global Diabetes Outcomes Research, a partnership with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation. He is also Director of the NHS Research Scotland national register (SHARE) which is the Scottish national platform for engagement and recruitment to clinical trials and spare blood bioresource.
He is Associate Dean for Research at the Medical School of the University of Dundee.
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The iDiabetes Platform - Enhanced Phenotyping of Patients With Diabetes For Precision Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment (Joint with NHS Education for Scotland and University of Aberdeen)
Croudace, T., Cunningham, S., Dillon, J., Doney, A., Donnan, P., Lang, C., McCrimmon, R., Mordi, I., Palmer, C. & Pearson, E.
1/05/22 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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PRecision Medicine for Diabetis Individuals: a Joint Malaysia-UK Effort (PRIME) - (Joint with UMBI)
Doney, A., Lang, C., Mordi, I., Palmer, C., Pearson, E. & Trucco, M.
31/12/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Research output
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Diabetes status modifies the long-term effect of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 on major coronary events
Siddiqui, M. K., Smith, G., St. Jean, P., Dawed, A. Y., Bell, S., Soto-Pedre, E., Kennedy, G., Carr, F., Wallentin, L., White, H. D., Macphee, C. H., Waterworth, D. M. & Palmer, C. N. A., Jan 2022, In: Diabetologia. 65, p. 101-112 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heterogeneity in phenotype, disease progression and drug response in type 2 diabetes
Thakarakkattil Narayanan Nair, A., Wesolowska-Andersen, A., Brorsson, C. A., Lathika Rajendrakumar, A., Hapca, S., Gan, S., Dawed, A. Y., Donnelly, L. A., McCrimmon, R., Doney, A. S. F., Palmer, C. N. A., Mohan, V., Anjana, R. M., Hattersley, A. T., Dennis, J. M. & Pearson, E. R., 9 May 2022, In: Nature Medicine. 28, p. 982-988 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metabolic dysfunction-related liver disease as a risk factor for cancer
Taylor, A., Siddiqui, M. K., Ambery, P., Armisen, J., Challis, B. G., Haefliger, C., Pearson, E. R., Doney, A. S. F., Dillon, J. F. & Palmer, C. N. A., 25 Mar 2022, In: BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 9, 1, 10 p., e000817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation
eMERGE Consortium, Mahajan, A., Spracklen, C. N., Zhang, W., Ng, M. C. Y., Petty, L. E., Kitajima, H., Yu, G. Z., Rüeger, S., Speidel, L., Kim, Y. J., Horikoshi, M., Mercader, J. M., Taliun, D., Moon, S., Kwak, S-H., Robertson, N. R., Rayner, N. W., Loh, M., Kim, B-J. & 32 others, , 1 May 2022, In: Nature Genetics. 54, 5, p. 560-572 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events from Retinal, Clinical and Genomic Data in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Population Cohort Study
Mordi, I. R., Trucco, E., Syed, M. G., MacGillivray, T., Nar, A., Huang, Y., George, G., Hogg, S., Venkateshan, R., Prathiba, V., Anjana, R. M., Mohan, V., Palmer, C. N. A., Pearson, E. R., Lang, C. C. & Doney, A. S. F., 1 Mar 2022, In: Diabetes Care. 45, 3, p. 710-716 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Traits, and Risk of Heart Failure: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Mordi, I. (Creator), Lumbers, R. T. (Creator), Palmer, C. (Creator), Pearson, E. (Creator), Sattar, N. (Creator), Holmes, M. V. (Creator) & Lang, C. (Creator), figshare, 6 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.2337/figshare.14448480
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Combined GWAS of metaformin glycaemic reponse in 1372 GoDARTS patients
Zhou, K. (Creator), Pearson, E. (Contributor) & Palmer, C. (Contributor), University of Dundee, 7 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.15132/10000119, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ega/datasets/EGAD00001002277
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Activities
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Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2013
Colin Neil Alexander Palmer (Participant)
13 Mar 2013 → 15 Mar 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Understand Your Genome Symposium
Colin Neil Alexander Palmer (Participant)
13 May 2013 → 15 May 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press / Media
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GoSHARE is after your blood - help world-leading research in Tayside
14/08/13 → 15/08/13
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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DNA variant affects diabetes risk and treatment response
Ewan R. Pearson, Colin Neil Alexander Palmer & Louise A. Donnelly
1/05/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Gene testing asthmatic children could lead to better treatment
Brian J. Lipworth, Kaninika Basu, Roger Tavendale, Donald MacGregor, Simon Ogston, Colin Neil Alexander Palmer & Somnath Mukhopadhyay
8/01/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research