Professor Jonathan Emberson
Research Groups
3C: A CAMPATH, Calcineurin inhibitor reduction and Chronic allograft nephropathy trial
ATT: Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration
BEST-D: Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of Vitamin D
Coxib and traditional NSAID (CNT) Collaboration
CTT: Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration
EMPA-KIDNEY: the study of heart and kidney protection with empagliflozin
MTT: Marfan Treatment Trialists' Collaboration
Jonathan Emberson
BA, MSc, PhD, FESC
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
- UK Principal Investigator of the Mexico City Prospective Study
- MSc in Global Health Science Module Lead: Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis
- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Jonathan is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at CTSU within Oxford Population Health. His research focuses on studying the causes and prevention of cardiovascular and other diseases through the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of large-scale observational cohort studies, randomised controlled trials, and individual-participant-data meta-analyses of both types of study.
His contributions to meta-analyses have led to worldwide changes in the use of aspirin, statins, and blood pressure lowering drugs for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, as well as the use of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. In addition, his work on the RECOVERY trial revealed how dexamethasone substantially reduced mortality for the sickest patients hospitalised for COVID-19.
Jonathan’s research in epidemiology is focused on the Mexico City Prospective Study where, together with his research team, he is investigating the genetic and non-genetic causes of premature morbidity and mortality (and the pathways through which those causes are mediated) in a cohort of 150,000 Mexican adults. Jonathan has been the UK Principal Investigator of this study since 2013, during which time several key discoveries have been made related to the impact on health of diabetes, adiposity, lifestyle and other factors.
Prior to joining CTSU in 2004, Jonathan obtained his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and his MSc in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford, obtained his PhD in Epidemiology from University College London, and worked in clinical trials and epidemiology at both the University of Sydney and University College London. He has supervised students at both MSc and DPhil level, and is co-lead of the Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis module of NDPH’s MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology.
Recent publications
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Prediabetes and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective study of 114,062 adults in Mexico City
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2025), Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)
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Type 2 diabetes and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a Mendelian randomisation analysis
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2025), The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
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Balancing the risk of major bleeding against vascular disease risk in people without atherosclerotic disease.
Journal article
Hammami I. et al, (2025), Heart
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Assessing the contribution of rare protein-coding germline variants to prostate cancer risk and severity in 37,184 cases.
Journal article
Mitchell J. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 16
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Polygenic prediction of coronary artery disease among 130,000 Mexican adults
Conference paper
EMBERSON J. et al, (2025)