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  1. Disparities in the Uptake of COVID‐19 Vaccination Between Māori and Non‐Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, February 2026, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  2. Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Application of the One-Parameter Item Response Model to the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS)

    Article • Mindfulness, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  3. Validating the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS-21) across Germany, Ghana, India, and New Zealand using Rasch methodology

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  4. Investigating the contribution of socio-economic position to ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes: population-based mediation analyses of national linked Scottish data

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Amanj Kurdi, Dr Evangelia Demou, Professor Colin R Simpson

  5. Enhancing the Precision of the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) across Germany, Ghana, India, and New Zealand Using Rasch Methodology

    Article • Social Indicators Research, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  6. A cross-country network analysis of disease infodemics: Looking through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Vaccine, February 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  7. Generative AI for Tabular Data Synthesis

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  8. Enhancing the Precision of the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF) with Rasch Methodology

    Article • Mindfulness, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  9. Prevalence and risk factors for long COVID among adults in Scotland using electronic health records: a national, retrospective, observational cohort study

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, May 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  10. Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland: national retrospective cohort study

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, February 2024, SAGE Publications

    Amanj Kurdi, Professor Colin R Simpson

  11. Caveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake

    Article • Journal of Global Health, February 2024, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Amanj Kurdi, Professor Colin R Simpson

  12. Enhancing public research on citizen data: An empirical investigation of data synthesis using Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure

    Article • Information Processing & Management, January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  13. Validating a tool for estimating the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in Scottish adults

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2023, BMJ

    Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  14. Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Motors of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale (MoVac-COVID19S) in German

    Article • Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, December 2023, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr Tosin Popoola, Professor Colin R Simpson

  15. Developing the EAVE III platform for future health crises

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  16. Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study

    Article • Journal of Public Health, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Amanj Kurdi, Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  17. Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Mohammed Kuddus, José João Baltazar Mendes, Dr. Le Huu Nhat Minh, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Amr Hassan, Dr Dawit Zemedikun, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Gebrekiros Gebremichael, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Kamaluddin Latief, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Colin R Simpson, Natália Cruz-Martins, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Fakher Rahim

  18. Understanding and reporting odds ratios as rate-ratio estimates in case-control studies

    Article • Journal of Global Health, September 2023, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Amanj Kurdi, Professor Colin R Simpson

  19. Predictors of incomplete COVID-19 vaccine schedule among adults in Scotland: Two retrospective cohort analyses of the primary schedule and third dose

    Article • Vaccine, September 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  20. Neonatal and maternal outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination: a population-based matched cohort study

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  21. Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths: analysis of 2 years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, July 2023, BMJ

    Amanj Kurdi, Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  22. Herpes zoster vaccine safety in the Aotearoa New Zealand population: a self-controlled case series study

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  23. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet, July 2023, Elsevier

    Shumaila Nargus, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr. Le Huu Nhat Minh, Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Kamaluddin Latief, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Dr Shariful Islam, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Professor Colin R Simpson, Godfrey Rwegerera, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti

  24. Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, May 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Laszlo Lorenzovici, Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Kamaluddin Latief, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Professor Colin R Simpson, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Dr Fakher Rahim

  25. Using Critical Success Index or Gilbert Skill Score as composite measures of positive predictive value and sensitivity in diagnostic accuracy studies: Weather forecasting informing epilepsy research

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  26. Implications for COVID-19 vaccine uptake: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, March 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  27. A population-based matched cohort study of major congenital anomalies following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  28. Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020–2022: a national, population-based cohort study

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, January 2023, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  29. Case-control study developing Scottish Epilepsy Deaths Study Score to predict epilepsy-related death

    Article • Brain, December 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  30. BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness and waning in children and young people aged 12–17 years in Scotland

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, December 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  31. Pregnancy outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in periods dominated by delta and omicron variants in Scotland: a population-based cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  32. Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dr. Le Huu Nhat Minh, Dr Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Additional Prof (Dr.) Paramdeep Singh, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr. Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr. Saif Aldeen S AlRyalat, Laszlo Lorenzovici, Dr Agha Zeeshan Mirza, Sumaira Mubarik, Musa Ali, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Dr Aidin Abedi, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr. Amir Emami, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Colin R Simpson, Professor Richard James Maude, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti

  33. Studying the Long-term Impact of COVID-19 in Kids (SLICK). Healthcare use and costs in children and young people following community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection: protocol for an observational study using linked primary and secondary routinely collect...

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2022, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  34. Vaccine effectiveness of two-dose BNT162b2 against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 among adolescents in Brazil and Scotland over time: a test-negative case-control study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  35. A population-based matched cohort study of early pregnancy outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  36. Severe COVID-19 outcomes after full vaccination of primary schedule and initial boosters: pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

    Article • The Lancet, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  37. Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  38. Risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations among school-aged children in Scotland: A national incident cohort study

    Article • Journal of Global Health, September 2022, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  39. Characterising adults in Scotland who are not vaccinated against COVID-19

    Article • The Lancet, September 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  40. Second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  41. The Scottish Epilepsy Deaths Study Score (SEDS Score): a risk prediction model for epilepsy-related deaths

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2022, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  42. Deriving and validating a risk prediction model for long COVID-19: protocol for an observational cohort study using linked Scottish data

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2022, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  43. Impact of first UK COVID-19 lockdown on hospital admissions: Interrupted time series study of 32 million people

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, July 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  44. Publisher Correction: Development and validation of a multivariable mortality risk prediction model for COPD in primary care

    Article • npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  45. Development and validation of a multivariable mortality risk prediction model for COPD in primary care

    Article • npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  46. Impact on emergency and elective hospital-based care in Scotland over the first 12 months of the pandemic: interrupted time-series analysis of national lockdowns

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  47. Post-licensure zoster vaccine effectiveness against herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • The Lancet Healthy Longevity, April 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  48. BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations, incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalisations in Scotland in the Delta era

    Article • Journal of Global Health, March 2022, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  49. First dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A pooled self-controlled case series study of 11.6 million individuals in England, Scotland, and Wales

    Article • PLoS Medicine, February 2022, PLOS

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  50. Uptake of infant and preschool immunisations in Scotland and England during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study of routinely collected data

    Article • PLoS Medicine, February 2022, PLOS

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  51. Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  52. Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2022, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  53. Risk of COVID-19 hospital admission among children aged 5–17 years with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  54. SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  55. Cohort Profile: The COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) dynamic cohort of pregnant women to assess effects of viral and vaccine exposures on pregnancy

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  56. Two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil

    Article • The Lancet, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  57. The COVID-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: A complex discussion on vaccination

    Article • Journal of Global Health, December 2021, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  58. The COVID-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: Learning about clinical presentation, patterns of spread, viral load, diagnosis and treatment

    Article • Journal of Global Health, December 2021, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  59. Uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in children and young people in Scotland: Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II)

    Article • Journal of Global Health, December 2021, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  60. COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  61. External validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality in adults: national validation cohort study in Scotland

    Article • Thorax, November 2021, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  62. Retrospective cohort study to evaluate medication use in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Scotland: protocol for a national observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2021, BMJ

    Amanj Kurdi, Professor Colin R Simpson

  63. Association between multimorbidity and mortality in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Scotland

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  64. COVID-19 vaccine strategies for Aotearoa New Zealand: a mathematical modelling study

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, October 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  65. A national study of epilepsy‐related deaths in Scotland: Trends, mechanisms, and avoidable deaths

    Article • Epilepsia, September 2021, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  66. Predicted COVID-19 positive cases, hospitalisations, and deaths associated with the Delta variant of concern, June–July, 2021

    Article • The Lancet Digital Health, September 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  67. Ethnic and social inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland: protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II)

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2021, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  68. Temporal trends and forecasting of COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in Scotland using a national real-time patient-level data platform: a statistical modelling study

    Article • The Lancet Digital Health, August 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  69. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Severe Asthma Exacerbation in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: 17-Year National Cohort Study

    Article • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, July 2021, Elsevier

    Holly Tibble, Catherine Hawrylowicz, Professor Colin R Simpson

  70. Stacking segment-based CNN with SVM for recognition of atrial fibrillation from single-lead ECG recordings

    Article • Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, July 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  71. First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  72. Phylodynamics reveals the role of human travel and contact tracing in controlling the first wave of COVID-19 in four island nations

    Article • Virus Evolution, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  73. Cohort Profile: Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) Database

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  74. Hormone replacement therapy and asthma onset in menopausal women: National cohort study

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, May 2021, Elsevier

    Holly Tibble, Catherine Hawrylowicz, Professor Colin R Simpson

  75. Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, May 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  76. Use of Genomics to Track Coronavirus Disease Outbreaks, New Zealand

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  77. Informing the public health response to COVID-19: a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  78. Genomic Evidence of In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Despite Predeparture Testing

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  79. Postlicensure herpes zoster vaccine effectiveness: systematic review protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2021, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  80. Genomic epidemiology reveals transmission patterns and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  81. Tutor and international student perspectives on an action research project: use of a business strategy simulation with mixed nationality cohorts

    Article • Journal of International Education in Business, December 2020, Emerald

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  82. Vaccine effectiveness of live attenuated and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in 2010/11 to 2015/16: the SIVE II record linkage study

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, December 2020, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  83. Hormonal contraception and the risk of severe asthma exacerbation: 17-year population-based cohort study

    Article • Thorax, November 2020, BMJ

    Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  84. COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2020, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  85. Validating the accuracy of administrative healthcare data identifying epilepsy in deceased adults: A Scottish data linkage study

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  86. Impact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and emergency and planned hospital admissions in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  87. Does use of hormonal contraceptives impact on exacerbations and control in reproductive-age women with asthma? A 17-year population-based cohort study

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  88. Hormonal contraceptives and onset of asthma in reproductive-age women: Population-based cohort study

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, August 2020, Elsevier

    Holly Tibble, Catherine Hawrylowicz, Professor Colin R Simpson

  89. The UK hibernated pandemic influenza research portfolio: triggered for COVID-19

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, July 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  90. Informing the public health response to COVID-19 (and lessons learnt for future pandemics): a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality.

    Article • June 2020, Research Square

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  91. Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2020, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  92. The accuracy of using administrative healthcare data to identify epilepsy cases: A systematic review of validation studies

    Article • Epilepsia, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  93. Predicting the onset of type 2 diabetes using wide and deep learning with electronic health records

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  94. 11.42 The scottish epilepsy deaths study (SEDS): identifying avoidable epilepsy-related deaths

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2019, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  95. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in People With Asthma: A National Test-Negative Design Case-Control Study

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  96. Epilepsy-related and other causes of mortality in people with epilepsy: A systematic review of systematic reviews

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  97. The UK's pandemic influenza research portfolio: a model for future research on emerging infections

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, August 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  98. Helping GPs predict asthma attacks using Machine Learning

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  99. Inquiry Into Graduate Attributes: Reviewing the Formal and Informal Management Curricula

    Article • Organizational Behavior Teaching Review, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  100. RESPIRE: The National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) Global Respiratory Health Unit

    Article • Journal of Global Health, December 2018, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Ms Sian Williams, Professor Colin R Simpson

  101. Exogenous sex steroid hormones and asthma in females: protocol for a population-based retrospective cohort study using a UK primary care database

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2018, BMJ

    Professor David Price, Professor Colin R Simpson, Catherine Hawrylowicz

  102. Accuracy and utility of using administrative healthcare databases to identify people with epilepsy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2018, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  103. Improving predictive asthma algorithms with modelled environment data for Scotland: an observational cohort study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2018, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  104. Development of a portable blood salvage and autotransfusion technology to enhance survivability of personnel requiring major medical interventions in austere or military environments

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, October 2017, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  105. Retrospective cohort study of breast cancer incidence, health service use and outcomes in Europe: a study of feasibility

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  106. Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines in Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  107. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric risks of varenicline and bupropion in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Thorax, May 2017, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  108. External validation of a COPD prediction model using population-based primary care data: a nested case-control study

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  109. A Process Model of Dynamic Capability Development: Evidence from the Chinese Manufacturing Sector

    Article • Management and Organization Review, February 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jing Zeng, Professor Colin R Simpson

  110. Evaluating the effectiveness, impact and safety of live attenuated and seasonal inactivated influenza vaccination: protocol for the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Effectiveness II (SIVE II) study

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2017, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  111. P133 Safety and effectiveness of influenza vaccines in people with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Thorax, November 2016, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  112. Developing health information by ethnic status in Europe: a pilot data linkage study in Scotland

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, November 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  113. Seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness in people with asthma: A systematic review

    Article • September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  114. Projecting the COPD population and costs in England and Scotland: 2011 to 2030

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  115. The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases

    Article • BMC Medicine, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  116. Pneumonia hospitalisations in Scotland following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in young children

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  117. The Practice of Professional Doctorates

    Article • Organizational Behavior Teaching Review, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  118. Will moving from Read coding system to SNOMED-CT improve coding in primary care?

    Article • Allergy, June 2016, Wiley

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson

  119. Building a recruitment database for asthma trials: a conceptual framework for the creation of the UK Database of Asthma Research Volunteers

    Article • Trials, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  120. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric risks of varenicline – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  121. Effectiveness of influenza vaccination for preventing influenza-related complications in people with asthma: a systematic review protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2016, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  122. Ethnic variations in asthma hospital admission, readmission and death: a retrospective, national cohort study of 4.62 million people in Scotland

    Article • BMC Medicine, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  123. Pilot study linking primary care records to Census, cardiovascular hospitalization and mortality data in Scotland: feasibility, utility and potential

    Article • Journal of Public Health, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  124. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric risks of varenicline: too good to be true? – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  125. P218 The epidemiological, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and member nations: analyses of national databases

    Article • Thorax, November 2015, BMJ

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson

  126. Challenges of harmonising data from UK national health surveys: a case study of attempts to estimate the UK prevalence of asthma

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Aziz Sheikh, Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  127. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric risks of varenicline: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  128. Early estimation of pandemic influenza Antiviral and Vaccine Effectiveness (EAVE): use of a unique community and laboratory national data-linked cohort study

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, October 2015, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  129. Ethnic variations in morbidity and mortality from lower respiratory tract infections: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  130. A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of prognostic factors for foot ulceration in people with diabetes: the international research collaboration for the prediction of diabetic foot ulcerations (PODUS)

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, July 2015, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  131. Language, relationships and skills in mixed-nationality Active Learning classrooms

    Article • Studies in Higher Education, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  132. Risk of respiratory hospitalization and death, readmission and subsequent mortality: scottish health and ethnicity linkage study

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  133. Models for estimating projections for disease prevalence and burden: a systematic review focusing on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  134. Trivalent inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza in a Scottish population 2000 to 2009

    Article • Eurosurveillance, February 2015, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  135. Estimating the incidence, prevalence and true cost of asthma in the UK: secondary analysis of national stand-alone and linked databases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—a study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2014, BMJ

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  136. Explaining ethnic inequalities in health in Scotland: a pilot study linking primary care to census data to account for ethnic variations in cardiovascular disease

    Article • The Lancet, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  137. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric safety of varenicline and bupropion compared with nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: study protocol of a retrospective cohort study using the QResearch general practice database

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2014, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  138. Development and validation of a model to predict the 10-year risk of general practitioner-recorded COPD

    Article • npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  139. Prevalence of polypharmacy in a Scottish primary care population

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  140. Epidemiology of Asthma

    Article • January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  141. Integrating Telehealth Care-Generated Data With the Family Practice Electronic Medical Record: Qualitative Exploration of the Views of Primary Care Staff

    Article • Interactive Journal of Medical Research, November 2013, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  142. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness (SIVE): an observational retrospective cohort study – exploitation of a unique community-based national-linked database to determine the effectiveness of the seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine

    Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, November 2013, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  143. Models for estimating projections for the prevalence and disease burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): systematic review protocol

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  144. Protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of prognostic factors of foot ulceration in people with diabetes: the international research collaboration for the prediction of diabetic foot ulcerations (PODUS)

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  145. Early estimation of pandemic influenza Antiviral and Vaccine Effectiveness (EAVE) - use of a unique community and laboratory national linked dataset

    Article • February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  146. Association Between Prescribing of Cardiovascular and Psychotropic Medications and Hospital Admission for Falls or Fractures

    Article • Drugs & Aging, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  147. Practical methodological strategies for individual patient data systematic reviews

    Article • November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  148. Effectiveness of H1N1 vaccine for the prevention of pandemic influenza in Scotland, UK: a retrospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  149. Pandemic influenza vaccination for healthcare workers in primary care: good progress, but higher uptake required

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  150. Diagnosis and treatment of depression following routine screening in patients with coronary heart disease or diabetes: a database cohort study

    Article • Psychological Medicine, July 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  151. Adequate Levels of Adherence with Controller Medication Is Associated with Increased Use of Rescue Medication in Asthmatic Children

    Article • PLOS One, June 2012, PLOS

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  152. Factors associated with duration of new antidepressant treatment: analysis of a large primary care database

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, February 2012, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  153. A retrospective cohort study assessing patient characteristics and the incidence of cardiovascular disease using linked routine primary and secondary care data

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  154. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the community (SIVE): protocol for a cohort study exploiting a unique national linked data set

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  155. Risk of prostate cancer associated with benign prostate disease: a primary care case–control study

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, November 2011, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  156. Five-Year Prognosis in an Incident Cohort of People Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Article • PLOS One, October 2011, PLOS

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  157. Paracetamol prescribing in primary care: too little and too much?

    Article • August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  158. Learning conversations as reflective practice

    Article • Reflective Practice, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  159. P2-284 The impact of the pay-for-performance contract and the management of hypertension in Scottish primary care: a six-year population-based repeated cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2011, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  160. Impact of the pay-for-performance contract and the management of hypertension in Scottish primary care: a 6-year population-based repeated cross-sectional study

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, July 2011, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  161. High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice

    Article • BMJ, June 2011, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  162. Changes in primary care prescribing patterns for paediatric asthma: a prescribing database analysis

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2011, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  163. Incidence, prevalence, and trends of general practitioner–recorded diagnosis of peanut allergy in England, 2001 to 2005

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  164. Using Routinely Collected Prescribing Data to Determine Drug Persistence for the Purpose of Pharmacovigilance

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, February 2011, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  165. Using primary care prescribing databases for pharmacovigilance

    Article • January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  166. Considerable differences exist between prevalent and incident myocardial infarction cohorts derived from the same population

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  167. P74 British asthma guideline revision does affect prescribing patterns in children

    Article • Thorax, November 2010, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  168. A retrospective observational study comparing rescue medication use in children on combined versus separate long-acting  -agonists and corticosteroids

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2010, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  169. Trends in the epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England: a national study of 51 804 patients

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, July 2010, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  170. Vaccine effectiveness in pandemic influenza – primary care reporting (VIPER): an observational study to assess the effectiveness of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1)v vaccine.

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, July 2010, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  171. Adrenaline is first line treatment for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis

    Article • Resuscitation, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Aziz Sheikh, Professor Colin R Simpson

  172. Use and safety of long-acting β2-agonists for pediatric asthma

    Article • Pediatric Health, June 2010, Future Medicine

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  173. Trends in the epidemiology of asthma in England: a national study of 333,294 patients

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  174. Trends in the epidemiology of smoking recorded in UK general practice

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, March 2010, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  175. Primary care burden and treatment of patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Scotland

    Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  176. Epidemiology and disease burden from allergic disease in Scotland: analyses of national databases

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  177. Five year prognosis in patients with angina identified in primary care: incident cohort study

    Article • BMJ, August 2009, BMJ

    Dr David John McLernon, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Colin R Simpson

  178. Trends in the epidemiology and prescribing of medication for eczema in England

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  179. Long-Term Trends in First Hospitalization for Heart Failure and Subsequent Survival Between 1986 and 2003: A Population Study of 5.1 Million People

    Article • Circulation, January 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  180. Incidence and prevalence of multiple allergic disorders recorded in a national primary care database

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, November 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  181. Introduction of a new incentive and target-based contract for family physicians in the UK: good for older patients with diabetes but less good for women?

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  182. The impact and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in Scotland for those aged 65 and over during winter 2003/2004

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  183. Will Snomed-ct Improve Our Understanding Of The Disease Burden Posed By Allergic Disorders?

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  184. Adolescent Females and Hormonal Contraception: A Retrospective Study in Primary Care

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  185. Evidence for prolonged prescribing of aspirin–clopidogrel combination in Scottish primary care

    Article • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  186. The Potential for Interaction between Warfarin and Coprescribed Medication

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  187. Understanding the reasons for poor asthma outcomes in ethnic minorities: welcome progress, but important questions remain

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  188. The effect of the UK incentive-based contract on the management of patients with coronary heart disease in primary care

    Article • Family Practice, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  189. Will Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms improve our understanding of the disease burden posed by allergic disorders?

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  190. The filaggrin gene mutation, atopic dermatitis and asthma

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  191. Are different groups of patients with stroke more likely to be excluded from the new UK general medical services contract? A cross-sectional retrospective analysis of a large primary care population

    Article • BMC Family Practice, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  192. Authors' response: Homeopathy is safe and does not lack positive evidence in clinical trials/Scottish GPs use of Homeopathy

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  193. A national survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and treatment of atrial fibrillation in Scotland

    Article • Heart, May 2007, BMJ

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  194. Gender-specific presentations for asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in primary care

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  195. Homoeopathic and herbal prescribing in general practice in Scotland

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, December 2006, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  196. Prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and medical treatment of angina in Scotland: age, sex and socioeconomic disparities: a population-based study

    Article • Heart, August 2006, BMJ

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  197. Effect of the UK Incentive-Based Contract on the Management of Patients With Stroke in Primary Care

    Article • Stroke, July 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  198. Exploiting the potential of routine data to better understand the disease burden posed by allergic disorders

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, July 2006, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  199. Adolescent use of the combined oral contraceptive pill: a retrospective observational study

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2005, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  200. Changing incidence of respiratory presentations in primary care fact or artefact?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2005, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  201. Evidence for Age and Sex Differences in the Secondary Prevention of Stroke in Scottish Primary Care

    Article • Stroke, July 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  202. Acute drug prescribing to children on chronic antiepilepsy therapy and the potential for adverse drug interactions in primary care

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  203. Paediatric homoeopathy in general practice: where, when and why?

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  204. Utility of routinely acquired primary care data for paediatric disease epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  205. Evidence for inequalities in the management of coronary heart disease in Scotland

    Article • Heart, May 2005, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  206. National survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden, and treatment of heart failure in Scotland

    Article • Heart, October 2004, BMJ

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  207. Off-label prescribing to children in primary care: retrospective observational study

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  208. Influence of socioeconomic deprivation on the primary care burden and treatment of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure in general practice in Scotland: population based study

    Article • BMJ, April 2004, BMJ

    Professor john j mcmurray, Professor Colin R Simpson

  209. Inadequacies in UK primary care allergy services: national survey of current provisions and perceptions of need

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, April 2004, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  210. Antibiotic prescribing for children. Too much and too little? Retrospective observational study in primary care

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, July 2003, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  211. Burden of corticosteroids in children with asthma in primary care: retrospective observational study

    Article • BMJ, June 2002, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  212. Coincidence of immune-mediated diseases driven by Th1 and Th 2 subsets suggests a common aetiology. A population-based study using computerized General Practice data

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, January 2002, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  213. Changing asthma prescribing in primary care 1995–1998

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson