Dr Taane Clark BCom MSc DPhil

- K258e
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
- T: +44 (0)20 7612 7841
Taane is an experienced biostatistician with expertise in statistical and population genetics. In early 2010 he joined the LSHTM, after holding senior statistician appointments at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (Oxford), where he focused on the genomic epidemiology of malaria.
Affiliation
- Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
- Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology
Teaching
Pathogen genomics, Genetic epidemiology
Research
His main research interests include the design and analysis of large-scale association studies of infectious diseases in humans, and the investigation of genetic variation in pathogen populations using high-throughput sequencing and genotyping technologies. He is leading global genetic diversity projects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium species, as well as developing statistical and informatic tools to integrate genetic and important phenotypic information and identify genetic regions associated with important disease phenotypes (e.g. drug resistance). He also provides statistical / epidemiology support and training to the Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network and pathogen groups at the WTSI, as well as organises short courses in Pathogen genomics and Genetic epidemiology. Further details can be found at www.pathogenseq.org.
Research areas
- Bacteria
- Drug resistance
- Global Health
- Human genetics
- Parasites
- Public health history
- Statistical methods
Disciplines
- Bioinformatics
- Epidemiology
- Genetic epidemiology
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
- Infectious disease
- Malaria
- Non-communicable diseases
- Tuberculosis
Regions
- World
Other interests
- Antimalarial Drug Resistance
- Biomarkers & Surrogate Markers
- Evolution
- Genome Wide Association Scans
- Genotyping
- Karonga Prevention Study
- MDR TB
- Malaria Centre
- Population Genetics
- Population genomics
- Statistical methodology
- Statistical modelling
- TB Centre
- global health
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Selected publications
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Allelic heterogeneity of G6PD deficiency in West Africa and severe malaria susceptibility.
Clark, T.G.; Fry, A.E.; Auburn, S.; Campino, S.; Diakite, M.; Green, A.; Richardson, A.; Teo, Y.Y.; Small, K.; Wilson, J.; Jallow, M.; Sisay-Joof, F.; Pinder, M.; Sabeti, P.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.; Rockett, K.A.;
Eur J Hum Genet, 2009; 17(8):1080-5
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Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa
Jallow, M.; Teo, Y.Y.; Small, K.S.; Rockett, K.A.; Deloukas, P.; Clark, T.G.; Kivinen, K.; Bojang, K.A.; Conway, D.J.; Pinder, M.; Sirugo, G.; Sisay-Joof, F.; Usen, S.; Auburn, S.; Bumpstead, S.J.; Campino, S.; Coffey, A.; Dunham, A.; Fry, A.E.; Green, A.; Gwilliam, R.; Hunt, S.E.; Inouye, M.; Jeffreys, A.E.; Mendy, A.; Palotie, A.; Potter, S.; Ragoussis, J.; Rogers, J.; Rowlands, K.; Somaskantharajah, E.; Whittaker, P.; Widden, C.; Donnelly, P.; Howie, B.; Marchini, J.; Morris, A.; Sanjoaquin, M.; Achidi, E.A.; Agbenyega, T.; Allen, A.; Amodu, O.; Corran, P.; Djimde, A.; Dolo, A.; Doumbo, O.K.; Drakeley, C.; Dunstan, S.; Evans, J.; Farrar, J.; Fernando, D.; Hien, T.T.; Horstmann, R.D.; Ibrahim, M.; Karunaweera, N.; Kokwaro, G.; Koram, K.A.; Lemnge, M.; Makani, J.; Marsh, K.; Michon, P.; Modiano, D.; Molyneux, M.E.; Mueller, I.; Parker, M.; Peshu, N.; Plowe, C.V.; Puijalon, O.; Reeder, J.; Reyburn, H.; Riley, E.M.; Sakuntabhai, A.; Singhasivanon, P.; Sirima, S.; Tall, A.; Taylor, T.E.; Thera, M.; Troye-Blomberg, M.; Williams, T.N.; Wilson, M.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.
Nature Genetics, 2009; 41:657-665
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Genome-wide comparisons of variation in linkage disequilibrium.
Teo, Y.Y.; Fry, A.E.; Bhattacharya, K.; Small, K.S.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.; Clark, T.G.;
Genome Res, 2009; 19(10):1849-60
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SnoopCGH: software for visualizing comparative genomic hybridization data.
Almagro-Garcia, J.; Manske, M.; Carret, C.; Campino, S.; Auburn, S.; Macinnis, B.L.; Maslen, G.; Pain, A.; Newbold, C.I.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.; Clark, T.G.;
Bioinformatics, 2009; 25(20):2732-3
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The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi.
Pain, A.; B?hme, U.; Berry, A.E.; Mungall, K.; Finn, R.D.; Jackson, A.P.; Mourier, T.; Mistry, J.; Pasini, E.M.; Aslett, M.A.; Balasubrammaniam, S.; Borgwardt, K.; Brooks, K.; Carret, C.; Carver, T.J.; Cherevach, I.; Chillingworth, T.; Clark, T.G.; Galinski, M.R.; Hall, N.; Harper, D.; Harris, D.; Hauser, H.; Ivens, A.; Janssen, C.S.; Keane, T.; Larke, N.; Lapp, S.; Marti, M.; Moule, S.; Meyer, I.M.; Ormond, D.; Peters, N.; Sanders, M.; Sanders, S.; Sargeant, T.J.; Simmonds, M.; Smith, F.; Squares, R.; Thurston, S.; Tivey, A.R.; Walker, D.; White, B.; Zuiderwijk, E.; Churcher, C.; Quail, M.A.; Cowman, A.F.; Turner, C.M.; Rajandream, M.A.; Kocken, C.H.; Thomas, A.W.; Newbold, C.I.; Barrell, B.G.; Berriman, M.;
Nature, 2008; 455(7214):799-803
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A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria.
Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network: Achidi, EA; Agbenyega, T; Allen, S; Amodu, O; Bojang, K; Conway, D; Corran, P; Deloukas, P; Djimde, A; Dolo, A; Doumbo, O; Drakeley, C; Duffy, P; Dunstan, S; Evans, J; Farrar, J; Fernando, D; Tran, TH; Horstmann, R; Ibrahim, M; Karunaweera, N; Kokwaro, G; Koram, K; Kwiatkowski, D; Lemnge, M; Makani, J; Marsh, K; Michon, P; Modiano, D; Molyneux, ME; Mueller, I; Mutabingwa, T; Parker, M; Peshu, N; Plowe, C; Puijalon, O; Ragoussis, J; Reeder, J; Reyburn, H; Riley, E; Rogers, J; Sakuntabhai, A; Singhasivanon, P; Sirima, S; Sirugo, G; Tall, A; Taylor, T; Thera, M; Troye-Blomberg, M; Williams, T; Wilson, M; Amenga-Etego, L; Apinjoh, TO; Bougouma, E; Dewasurendra, R; Diakite, M; Enimil, A; Hussein, A; Ishengoma, D; Jallow, M; Lin, E; Ly, A; Mangano, VD; Manjurano, A; Manning, L; Ndila, CM; Nyirongo, V; Oluoch, T; Nguyen, TN; Suriyaphol, P; Toure, O; Rockett, KA; Vanderwal, A; Clark, T; Parker, M; Wrigley, R; Kwiatkowski, D; Alcock, D; Auburn, S; Barnwell, D; Bull, S; Campino, S; deVries, J; Elzein, A; Evans, J; Fitzpatrick, K; Ghansah, A; Green, A; Hart, L; Hilton, E; Hubbart, C; Hughes, C; Jeffreys, AE; Kivinen, K; MacInnis, B; Manske, M; Maslen, G; McCreight, M; Mendy, A; Moyes, C; Nyika, A; Potter, C; Risley, P; Rowlands, K; SanJoaquin, M; Small, K; Somaskantharajah, E; Stevens, M; Teo, Y; Watson, R; Agbenyega, T; Carucci, D; Cook, K; Doyle, A; Duombo, O; Farrar, J; Gottlieb, M; Marsh, K; Puijalon, O; Taylor, T; Kwiatkowski, D.
Nature, 2008; 456(7223):732-7
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Functional constraint and small insertions and deletions in the ENCODE regions of the human genome.
Clark, T.G.; Andrew, T.; Cooper, G.M.; Margulies, E.H.; Mullikin, J.C.; Balding, D.J.;
Genome Biol, 2007; 8(9):R180
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A genotype calling algorithm for the Illumina BeadArray platform.
Teo, Y.Y.; Inouye, M.; Small, K.S.; Gwilliam, R.; Deloukas, P.; Kwiatkowski, D.P.; Clark, T.G.;
Bioinformatics, 2007; 23(20):2741-6
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