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Peter Donnan is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Medical School Division of Population Health Sciences within the Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee. He has 30 years’ experience in the design and analysis of Health Services and Population Research observational studies as well as randomised controlled trials of drugs (steroids in Bell’s Palsy, NEJM, 2007) as well as public health interventions (screening for breast cancer, The Lancet, 1990, Football Fans In Training, The Lancet, 2014) and informatics (DQIP, NEJM 2016).
He leads the Dundee Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (DEBU) and co-leads the Tayside Clinical Trials Unit (TCTU) which has UKCRC registration and successfully manages approximately 20 clinical trials. He has also carried out extensive population record-linkage research on drug safety, adherence and management of long term conditions using Tayside’s and Scotland’s unique prescribing population databases and is the author of over 240 publications (h-index 58, m-index 1.42), as well as an investigator on research projects to a total of over £33 million.
He has developed a number of prognostic algorithms, most notably predicting Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in people with type 2 diabetes (Diabetes Care, 2006), and Chief Scientist Office funded algorithm to predict risk of emergency admissions in primary care (PEONY) with a view to developing cost-effective interventions for long term conditions (Archives Internal Medicine, 2008). An NIHR HTA-funded study has developed aids to clinical decision making with abnormal liver function tests in primary care. He is senior author of a study to predict outcomes for those admitted to hospital with Acute Pancreatitis using health informatics across Scotland.
He has supervised 22 PhD and MSc students and externally examined PhD theses across the UK. He has developed Master’s level modules in clinical trials and provides a record linkage analysis module for the Dundee MPH (15 students) as well as the Scottish-wide Stratified Medicine and Pharmacological Innovation MSc (35 students).
In 2004, Prof. Donnan was invited to become a member of the New Drugs Committee of the Scottish Medicines Consortium which seeks to advise Area and Drug Therapeutics Committees across Scotland regarding the cost-effectiveness of new drugs and continues in this work with expertise in indirect comparisons, missing data and survival analysis in trials.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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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Understanding Patient and Clinical Factors Associated With the Recovery and Non-Recovery of Kidney Function Following Acute Kidney Injury: Analysis of Linked Population Health Data (Joint with University of Edinburgh) (Major Research Grant)
Bell, S., Donnan, P. & Wang, H.
1/05/19 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Understanding and Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing in Care Homes: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Joint with City University, London, University College London and Queen's University, Belfast) (AMR Large Collaborative Grant)
Donnan, P., Grant, S., Guthrie, B. & Marwick, C.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/17 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Early Cancer Detection Test (CDT) Lung Screening Programme
Donnan, P., Fardon, T., McCowan, C., Schembri, S., Sullivan, F. & Treweek, S.
1/06/12 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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A pre-operative prognostic model predicting all cause and cause specific mortality for women presenting with invasive breast cancer
Wang, H., Donnan, P., Macaskill, E. J., Jordan, L., Thompson, A. & Evans, A., Feb 2022, In: Breast. 61, p. 11-21 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial
Anderson, A. S., Chong, H. Y., Craigie, A. M., Donnan, P. T., Gallant, S., Hickman, A., McAdam, C., McKell, J., McNamee, P., Macaskill, E. J., Mutrie, N., O'Carroll, R. E., Rauchhaus, P., Sattar, N., Stead, M. & Treweek, S., 11 Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19, 1, p. 4 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Death from cancer: frequent unscheduled care
Mills, S. E. E., Buchanan, D., Donnan, P. T. & Smith, B. H., 29 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 6 p., 003448.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of Perindopril or Leucine on physical performance in older people with sarcopenia: the LACE randomized controlled trial
Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Bashir, T., Burton, L. A., Cvoro, V., Donnan, P. T., Duncan, G. W., George, J., Gordon, A. L., Gregson, C. L., Hapca, A., Henderson, E., Hume, C., Jackson, T. A., Kemp, P., Kerr, S. & 18 others, , 4 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 13, 2, p. 858-871 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial
Anderson, A. S., Chong, H. Y., Craigie, A. M., Donnan, P. T., Gallant, S., Hickman, A., McAdam, C., McKell, J., McNamee, P., Macaskill, E. J., Mutrie, N., O'Carroll, R. E., Rauchhaus, P., Sattar, N., Stead, M. & Treweek, S., 6 Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 18, 1, 21 p., 34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scottish Medicines Consortium (External organisation)
Peter Donnan (Member)
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