Professor Jonathan Emberson
Jonathan Emberson
BA, MSc, PhD
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
- MRC Population Health Research Unit Programme Leader
- NDPH Deputy Director of Graduate Studies
- MSc in Global Health Science Module Lead: Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis
Jonathan is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology within the Nuffield Department of Population Health. After graduating in Mathematics in 1998, he studied statistics and epidemiology at MSc and PhD level before joining the Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) in 2004.
His main research involves studying the causes and prevention of cardiovascular diseases through the design, conduct and analysis of large-scale observational cohort studies, randomised controlled trials, and individual-participant-data meta-analyses of both types of study. In particular, he is the UK Principal Investigator and MRC Population Health Research Unit (MRC-PHRU) Programme Leader for the Mexico City Prospective Study, a blood-based prospective cohort study of 150,000 Mexican adults followed for more than 15 years.
Recent publications
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Angiotensin receptor blockers and β-blockers in Marfan syndrome: an individual-patient-data meta-analysis of randomised trials
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2022), The Lancet
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Multiancestry exome sequencing reveals INHBE mutations associated with favorable fat distribution and protection from diabetes
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2022), Nature Communications
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Genotyping, sequencing and analysis of 140,000 adults from the Mexico City Prospective Study
Preprint
Ziyatdinov A. et al, (2022)
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Baricitinib in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial and updated meta-analysis
Journal article
LANDRAY M. et al, (2022), The Lancet
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Body mass index and COVID-19 mortality: prospective study of 120,000 Mexican adults
Journal article
EMBERSON J. et al, (2022), International Journal of Epidemiology