University of St Andrews
 
  
 

Research

Multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches have been central to the continued success of medical research in St Andrews. Internationally recognised research programmes in various aspects of molecular medicine, psychology and community health sciences are currently being promoted and extended.

Strategically planned new staff appointments over the next decade, and our move to new purpose-built research facilities within the new Medical School building will provide the infrastructure and academic environment to ensure the sustained development and expansion of medical research in St Andrews in the future

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Latest Publications (50)

Sloan, DJ, van Oosterhout, JJ, Malisita, K, Phiri, EM, Lalloo, DG , O'Hare, BA-M & MacPherson, P 2013, ' Evidence of improving antiretroviral therapy treatment delays: an analysis of eight years of programmatic outcomes in Blantyre, Malawi ' BMC Public Health , vol 13, no. 490, 490.
Styles, M, Williams, B & Humphris, GM 2013, ' Is the effectiveness of tobacco image based warning labels likely to vary by socio-demographic variable? Findings from an online survey of 19,000 members of the UK Public. ' Health Education Journal , vol 72, no. 3, pp. 351-362.
Romberg, C, Yang, S, Melani, R , Andrews, MR , Horner, AE, Spillantini, MG, Bussey, TJ, Fawcett, JW, Pizzorusso, T & Saksida, LM 2013, ' Depletion of Perineuronal Nets Enhances Recognition Memory and Long-Term Depression in the Perirhinal Cortex ' The Journal of Neuroscience , vol 33, no. 16, pp. 7057-7065.
Hawi, Z, Matthews, N, Wagner, J, Wallace, RH, Butler, TJ, Vance, A , Kent, L , Gill, M & Bellgrove, MA 2013, ' DNA Variation in the SNAP25 Gene Confers Risk to ADHD and Is Associated with Reduced Expression in Prefrontal Cortex ' PLoS One , vol 8, no. 4, ARTN e60274.
Moleirinho, S, Patrick, C, Tilston-Lunel, AM, Higginson, JR, Angus, L , Antkowiak, M , Barnett, S, Prystowsky, M , Reynolds, PA & Gunn-Moore, FJ 2013, ' Willin, an upstream component of the Hippo signaling pathway, orchestrates mammalian peripheral nerve fibroblasts ' PLoS One , vol 8, no. 4, e60028.
Kerr, S, Campbell, A, Murphy, L, Hayward, C , Jackson, CM , Wain, L, Tobin, M, Dominiczak, A, Morris, A, Smith, B & Porteous, D 2013, ' Pedigree and genotyping quality analyses of over 10,000 DNA samples from the Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study ' BMC Medical Genetics , vol 14, 10.1186/1471-2350-14-38.
Shorten, RJ, McGregor, AC, Platt, S, Jenkins, CM, Lipman, ML , Gillespie, SH , Charalambous, BM & McHugh, TD 2013, ' When is an outbreak not an outbreak?: Fit, divergent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis display independent evolution of drug resistance in a large London outbreak ' Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy , vol 68, no. 3, pp. 543-549.
Popovics, P, Gray, A, Arastoo, M, Finelli, DK, Tan, AJL & Stewart, AJ 2013, ' Phospholipase C-η2 is required for retinoic acid-stimulated neurite growth ' Journal of Neurochemistry , vol 124, no. 5, pp. 632-644.
Pickett, W, Molcho, M, Elgar, FJ, Brooks, F, de Looze, M, Rathmann, K, ter Bogt, TFM, Gabhainn, SN, Sigmundova, D, de Matos, MG, Craig, W, Walsh, SD, Harel-Fisch, Y & Currie, C 2013, ' Trends and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adolescent Physical Fighting in 30 Countries ' Pediatrics , vol 131, no. 1, pp. E18-E26.
Elgar, FJ, De Clercq, B, Schnohr, CW, Phillippa, B, Pickett, KE, Torsheim, T, Hofmann, F & Currie, C 2013, ' Absolute and relative family affluence and psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents ' Social Science and Medicine , vol 91, pp. 25 - 31.
Barnett, JP, Blindauer, CA, Kassaar, O , Khazaipoul, S , Martin, EM, Sadler, PJ & Stewart, AJ 2013, ' Allosteric modulation of zinc speciation by fatty acids. ' Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects .
Peters Jr., T & Stewart, AJ 2013, ' Albumin research in the 21st century. ' Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects .
Tello, J , Kohout, T, Pineda, R, Maki, R, Struthers, S & Millar, R 2013, ' Reproductive Physiology of a Humanized GnRH Receptor Mouse Model: Application in Evaluation of Human-Specific Analogues ' American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism. .
Young, J, George, J , Tello, J , Francou, B, Bouligand, J, Guiochon-Mantel, A, Brailly-Tabard, S, Anderson, R & Millar, R 2013, ' Kisspeptin Restores Pulsatile LH Secretion in Patients with Neurokinin B Signaling Deficiencies: Physiological, Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Implications. ' Neuroendocrinology , vol 97, no. 2.
Venturi, E, Matyjaszkiewicz, A , Pitt, SJ , Tsaneva-Atanasova, K, Nishi, M, Yamazaki, D, Takeshima, H & Sitsapesan, R 2013, ' TRIC-B channels display labile gating: evidence from the TRIC-A knockout mouse model ' Pflugers Archiv : European Journal of Physiology .
Moleirinho, S, Tilston-Lunel, AM, Angus, L , Gunn-Moore, FJ & Reynolds, PA 2013, ' The Expanding Family of FERM Proteins. ' Biochemical Journal , vol 452 , no. 2, pp. 183-193 .
treweek, S, lockhart, P, pitkethly, M, cook, J, kjeldstrom, M, johanson, M, tiskila, T, sullivan, F, wilson, S , Jackson, CM , jones, R & mitchell, E 2013, ' Methods to improve recruitment to randomised controlled trials: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis ' BMJ open .
Browne, GP , Bjelogrlic, P , Issburner, J & Jackson, CM 2013, ' Undergraduate student assessors in a formative OSCE station ' Medical Teacher , pp. 170-171.
Simard, S, Thewes, B , Humphris, GM , Dixon, M, Hayden, C, Mireskandari, S & Ozakinci, G 2013, ' Fear of cancer recurrence in adult cancer survivors: A systematic review of quantitative studies ' Journal of Cancer Survivorship .
Dellett, M, Colyer, HAA , Pettigrew, KA , McMullin, M-F, Rea, IM & Mills, K 2013, ' Altered methylation levels in elderly acute myeloid leukaemia patients compared to elderly well individuals ' British Journal of Haematology .
Lim, J-H , Iggo, RD & Barker, D 2013, ' Models incorporating chromatin modification data identify functionally important p53 binding sites ' Nucleic Acids Research , vol Advance Access.
Dassie, E , Andrews, MR , Bensadoun, J-C, Cacquevel, M, Schneider, BL, Aebischer, P, Wouters, FS, Richardson, JC, Hussain, I, Howlett, DR, Spillantini, MG & Fawcett, JW 2013, ' Focal expression of adeno-associated viral-mutant tau induces widespread impairment in an APP mouse model ' Neurobiology of Aging .
Brzobohatý, O, Karásek, V, Šiler, M, Chvátal, L , Cizmar, T & Zemánek, P 2013, ' Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self-arrangement using a 'tractor beam' ' Nature Photonics , vol 7, no. 2, pp. 123-127.
Kirby, JLM & Inchley, J 2013, ' Walking behaviour among adolescent girls in Scotland: a pilot study ' Health Education , vol 113, no. 1, pp. 28-51.
Moleirinho, S, Chang, N, Sims, A, Tilston-Lunel, AM, Angus, L, Steele, A, Boswell, V, Barnett, S, Ormandy, C, Faratian, D , Gunn-Moore, FJ & Reynolds, PA 2013, ' KIBRA Exhibits MST-independent Functional Regulation of the Hippo Signaling Pathway in Mammals ' Oncogene , vol 32, no. 14, pp. 1821-1830.
Ghazali, N, Cadwallader, E, Lowe, D , Humphris, GM , Ozakinci, G & Rogers, S 2013, ' Fear of Recurrence Amongst Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: Longitudinal Trends ' Psycho-Oncology , vol 22, no. 4, pp. 807-813.
Greer, S, Wilson, I, Stewart, E & Donnelly, PD 2012, Health Board Elections and Alternative Pilots: Final Report of the Statutory Evaluation . Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Zhou, Y , Forbes, GM , Macpherson, LMD , Ball, GE & Humphris, GM 2012, ' The behaviour of extended duties dental nurses and the acceptance of fluoride varnish application in preschool children ' British Dental Journal , vol 213, no. 12, pp. 603-609.
O'Hare, BA , Bar-Zeev, N & Chiwaula, L 2012, ' View Point: Economic growth and child health in Sub Saharan Africa ' Malawi medical journal , vol 24, no. 4, pp. 87-88.
Eva, R , Andrews, MR , Franssen, EH & Fawcett, JW 2012, ' Intrinsic mechanisms regulating axon regeneration: an integrin perspective ' International Review of Neurobiology , vol 106, pp. 75-104.
Chew, DJ, Fawcett, JW & Andrews, MR 2012, ' The Challenges of long-distance axon regeneration in the injured CNS ' Progress in Brain Research , vol 201, pp. 253-294.
Pickard, R, Lam, T, MacLennan, G, Starr, K, Kilonzo, M, McPherson, G, Gillies, K, McDonald, A, Walton, K, Buckley, B, Glazener, C, Boachie, C , Burr, JM , Norrie, J, Vale, L, Grant, A & N'Dow, J 2012, ' Antimicrobial catheters for reduction of symptomatic urinary tract infection in adults requiring short-term catheterisation in hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial ' Lancet , vol 380, no. 9857, pp. 1927-1935.
Whitehead, R , Ozakinci, G & Perrett, DI 2012, ' Attractive Skin Coloration: Harnessing Sexual Selection to Improve Diet and Health ' Evolutionary Psychology , vol 10, no. 5, pp. 842-854.
Kassaar, O , Powis, SJ & Stewart, AJ 2012, ' The formation and Zn 2+ -dependence of histidine-rich glycoprotein-containing immune complexes. '. in LV Berhardt (ed.), Advances in Medicine and Biology. vol. 58, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 153-166.
Levin, KA , Kirby, JLM , Currie, C & Inchley, J 2012, ' Trends in adolescent eating behaviour: a multilevel cross-sectional study of 11-15 year olds in Scotland, 2002-2010 ' Journal of Public Health , vol 34, pp. 523-531.
Scerri, TS, Darki, F, Newbury, DF, Whitehouse, AJO, Peyrard-Janvid, M, Matsson, H, Ang, QW, Pennell, CE, Ring, S, Stein, J, Morris, AP, Monaco, AP, Kere, J, Talcott, JB, Klingberg, T & Paracchini, S 2012, ' The dyslexia candidate locus on 2p12 is associated with general cognitive ability and white matter structure ' PLoS One , vol 7, no. 11, e50321.
Hayden, C, Bowler, J, Chambers, S, Freeman, R , Humphris, GM , Richards, D & Cecil, JE 2012, ' Obesity and dental caries in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis ' Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology .
Pickard, R, Lam, T, MacLennan, G, Starr, K, Kilonzo, M, McPherson, G, Gillies, K, McDonald, A, Walton, K, Buckley, B, Glazener, C, Boachie, C , Burr, J , Norrie, J, Vale, L, Grant, A & N'Dow, J 2012, ' Types of urethral catheter for reducing symptomatic urinary tract infections in hospitalised adults requiring short-term catheterisation: multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of antimicrobial- and antiseptic-impregnated urethral catheters (the CATHETER trial) ' Health Technology Assessment , vol 16, no. 47, pp. 1-+.
Inchley, J , Gugglberger, L & Young, I 2012, ' From health to education: the journey towards health promoting school implementation in Scotland '. in O Samdal & L Rowling (eds), The Implementation of Health Promoting Schools. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 142-146.
Bousquet, J, Schuenemann, HJ, Samolinski, B, Demoly, P, Baena-Cagnani, CE, Bachert, C, Bonini, S, Boulet, LP, Bousquet, PJ, Brozek, JL, Canonica, GW, Casale, TB, Cruz, AA, Fokkens, WJ, Fonseca, JA, van Wijk, RG, Grouse, L, Haahtela, T, Khaltaev, N, Kuna, P, Lockey, RF, Carlsen, KCL, Mullol, J, Naclerio, R, O'Hehir, RE, Ohta, K, Palkonen, S, Papadopoulos, NG, Passalacqua, G, Pawankar, R, Price, D, Ryan, D, Simons, FER, Togias, A, Williams, D, Yorgancioglu, A, Yusuf, OM, Aberer, W, Adachi, M, Agache, I, Ait-Khaled, N, Akdis, CA, Andrianarisoa, A, Annesi-Maesano, I, Ansotegui, IJ, Baiardini, I, Bateman, ED, Bedbrook, A, Beghe, B, Beji, M, Bel, EH, Ben Kheder, A, Bennoor, KS, Bergmann, KC, Berrissoul, F, Bieber, T, Jensen, CB, Blaiss, MS, Boner, AL, Bouchard, J, Braido, F, Brightling, CE, Bush, A, Caballero, F, Calderon, MA, Calvo, MA, Camargos, PAM, Caraballo, LR, Carlsen, KH, Carr, W, Cepeda, AM, Cesario, A, Chavannes, NH, Chen, YZ, Chiriac, AM, Chivato Perez, T, Chkhartishvili, E, Ciprandi, G, Costa, DJ, Cox, L, Custovic, A, Dahl, R, Darsow, U, De Blay, F, Deleanu, D, Denburg, JA, Devillier, P, Didi, T, Dokic, D, Dolen, WK, Douagui, H, Dubakiene, R, Durham, SR, Dykewicz, MS, El-Gamal, Y, El-Meziane, A, Emuzyte, R, Fiocchi, A, Fletcher, M, Fukuda, T, Gamkrelidze, A, Gereda, JE, Gonzalez Diaz, S, Gotua, M, Guzman, MA, Hellings, PW, Hellquist-Dahl, B, Horak, F, Hourihane, JOB, Howarth, P, Humbert, M, Ivancevich, JC , Jackson, C , Just, J, Kalayci, O, Kaliner, MA, Kalyoncu, AF, Keil, T, Keith, PK, Khayat, G, Kim, YY, N'Goran, BK, Koppelman, GH, Kowalski, ML, Kull, I, Kvedariene, V, Larenas-Linnemann, D, Le, LT, Lemiere, C , Li, J , Lieberman, P, Lipworth, B, Mahboub, B, Makela, MJ, Martin, F, Marshall, GD, Martinez, FD, Masjedi, MR, Maurer, M, Mavale-Manuel, S, Mazon, A, Melen, E, Meltzer, EO, Mendez, NH, Merk, H, Mihaltan, F, Mohammad, Y, Morais-Almeida, M, Muraro, A, Nafti, S, Namazova-Baranova, L, Nekam, K, Neou, A, Niggemann, B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, E, Nyembue, TD, Okamoto, Y, Okubo, K, Orru, MP, Ouedraogo, S, Ozdemir, C, Panzner, P, Pali-Schoell, I, Park, HS, Pigearias, B, Pohl, W, Popov, TA, Postma, DS, Potter, P, Rabe, KF, Ratomaharo, J, Reitamo, S, Ring, J , Roberts, R , Rogala, B, Romano, A, Rodriguez, MR, Rosado-Pinto, J, Rosenwasser, L, Rottem, M, Sanchez-Borges, M, Scadding, GK, Schmid-Grendelmeier, P, Sheikh, A, Sisul, JC, Sole, D, Sooronbaev, T, Spicak, V, Spranger, O, Stein, RT, Stoloff, SW, Sunyer, J, Szczeklik, A, Todo-Bom, A, Toskala, E, Tremblay, Y, Valenta, R , Valero, AL , Valeyre, D, Valiulis, A, Valovirta, E, Van Cauwenberge, P, Vandenplas, O, van weel, C, Vichyanond, P, Viegi, G, Wang, DY, Wickman, M, Woehrl, S, Wright, J, Yawn, BP, Yiallouros, PK, Zar, HJ, Zernotti, ME, Zhong, N, Zidarn, M, Zuberbier, T & World Hlth Org Collaborating Ctr 2012, ' Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs ' Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , vol 130, no. 5, pp. 1049-1062.
Héroux, M, Iannotti, RJ , Currie, DB , William Pickett, W & Janssen, I 2012, ' The food retail environment in school neighborhoods and its relation to lunchtime eating behaviors in youth from three countries ' Health & Place , vol 18, no. 6, pp. 1240–1247.
Neville, FG , Williams, DJ , Harvey, M , Murer, JS & Donnelly, PD 2012, ' Tackling Scotland's Drinking Problem: An examination of transdermal alcohol monitoring as a tool to change drinking behaviour ' Paper presented at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, United States, 29/10/11 - 2/11/11 , .
Heinz, E, Williams, TA, Nakjang, S, Noel, CJ, Swan, DC, Goldberg, AV, Harris, SR, Weinmaier, T, Markert, S, Becher, D, Bernhardt, J, Dagan, T , Hacker, C , Lucocq, JM , Schweder, T, Rattei, T, Hall, N, Hirt, RP & Embley, TM 2012, ' The genome of the obligate intracellular parasite Trachipleistophora hominis : new insights into microsporidian genome dynamics and reductive evolution ' PLoS Pathogens , vol 8, no. 10, e1002979.
Majorek, KA, Porebski, PJ, Dayal, A, Zimmerman, MD, Jablonska, K , Stewart, AJ , Chruszcz, M & Minor, W 2012, ' Structural and immunologic characterization of bovine, horse, and rabbit serum albumins ' Molecular Immunology , vol 52, no. 3-4, pp. 174-182.
Sirin, Y , Humphris, G , Sencan, S & Firat, D 2012, ' What is the most fearful intervention in ambulatory oral surgery? Analysis of an outpatient clinic ' International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery , vol 41, no. 10, pp. 1284-1290.
Baldacchino, AM , Balfour, D, Passetti, F , Humphris, GM & Matthews, K 2012, ' Neuropsychological consequences of chronic opioid use: a quantitative review and meta-analysis ' Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews , vol 36, no. 9, pp. 2056–2068.
Wright, A , Humphris, GM , Wanyonyi, L & Freeman, R 2012, ' Using the Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES) and helth provider response (VR-CoDES-P) in the dental context ' Patient Education and Counseling , vol 89, no. 1, pp. 205-208.
Dennis, AA, Neville, FG , Laidlaw, AH , Warren, R & Ozakinci, G 2012, ' Anxiety about anxiety in medical students ' The Clinical Teacher , vol 9, no. 5, pp. 330-333.
Wright, AE , Robb, J & Shearer, MC 2012, ' Exploring transition from paediatric to adult health services for people with cerebral palsy ' International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 6/09/12 - 8/09/12 , .
Cizmar, T & Dholakia, K 2012, ' Exploiting multimode waveguides for pure fibre-based imaging ' Nature Communications , vol 3, 1027.