Publications

Browse a collection of academic publications and research papers, contributed to by personnel from the Unit.

Title

Author

Year

Equity in genome sequencing for rare disease diagnosis: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the UK 100,000 Genomes Project.

Tallman, S; Moutsianas, L; Nguyen, T; Cho, Y; Mackintosh, M; Kasperaviciute, D; Brown, MA; Ellingford, JM; Kuchenbaecker, K; SILVER, MJ;

2026

eBioMedicine, (2026).131, 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106452.

Structural heat adaptation and education in a rural setting of Pakistan: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Das, JK; Naqvi, SK; BONELL, A; Burman, C; Augustin, J; Qamar, S; Rizvi, A; Chauhadry, IA; Naqvi, AA; Jamali, MK; Naqvi, H; Tabassum, F; COUSENS, S; Bhutta, ZA;

2026

BMJ open, (2026).16 8 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121448.

Reclaiming Africa's lost potential: reflecting on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026.

MABHAUDHI, T; Mutonhodza, B; ALI, Z;

2026

The Lancet Regional Health - Africa (2026). 10.1016/j.lanafr.2026.100146.

Mucosal IgA to pre-fusion F protein predicts protection from RSV infection in a high burden setting.

Hodgson, D; JARJU, S; Gatcombe, L; Francis, S; Coleman, T; Dowgier, G; Wenlock, RD; Lindsey, BB; Danso, M; Barratt, N; Gomes, M; Grouneva, I; JAGNE, YJ; KAMPMANN, B; Wu, MY; Otter, A; FLASCHE, S; KUCHARSKI, A; De Silva, TI;

2026

Nature communications, (2026).17 1 10.1038/s41467-026-77315-4.

Estimates of global burden of snakebite: A literature review and geostatistical modelling study.

Ediriweera, DS; Kasturiratne, A; Pathmeswaran, A; Stienstra, Y; Martín, G; Iwamura, T; MURRAY, KA; De Silva, HJ; Diggle, PJ; Lalloo, DG;

2026

PLoS medicine, (2026).23 8 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005201.

How were pregnant women included in emergency COVID-19 vaccine delivery in The Gambia? A qualitative study of perspectives of healthcare workers and policy influencers.

NKEREUWEM, O; Jallow, AO; Ogbebor, A; Owolabi, J; Marena, M; Fofanna, S; BUSZA, J; OKOMO, U; KAMPMANN, B;

2026

BMJ open, (2026).16 8 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118873.

Short-term ambient temperature exposure and stillbirth in The Gambia: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis of facility-based births.

OKOMO, U; PART, C; Bonell, A; Filippi, V; Wariri, O; HAJAT, S; Kovats, S;

2026

The Lancet regional health - Africa (2026). 10.1016/j.lanafr.2026.100131.

Addressing 'hard-to-fund' research questions in bowel research: Exploring the role of decision architecture randomised trials.

Chapman, SJ; Bisset, C; Fowler, H; Murray, A; BANKS, J; Kovacs, J; Tiernan, J; Cornish, J; Moug, S; Vimalachandran, D; Flory, JH; Vickers, A; Relton, C;

2026

Colorectal disease, (2026).28 8 10.1111/codi.70589.

Seroefficacy of a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Pneumosil®) compared with other pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children.

Akeju, O; Feng, S; CLARKE, E; Bashorun, AO; Adigweme, I; Pidduck, N; Voysey, M;

2026

Vaccine, (2026).90, 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.129029.

Genotype-predicted drug response phenotypes and their co-occurrence with dispensed medicines among 738,531 participants in the UK Our Future Health study.

RENTSCH, C; Bhaskaran, K; Pavicic, M; Warren, H; Matthewman, J; Barry, E; Rafi, I; Hayward, J; Gerada, C; SHAH, A; Munroe, P; SILVER, M; Pirmohamed, M;

2026

medRxiv (2026). 10.64898/2026.08.11.26360205.