Dr Alicja Rudnicka

NAME

Dr Alicja Rudnicka

Research Status

Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics

Academic Section

Community Health Sciences

Phone Number

0208725 2799

Email

arudnick@sgul.ac.uk

Research Interests

Ophthalmic epidemiology, genetics of myopia, cardiovascular epidemiology, lifecourse epidemiology

Research Methods

Bayesian statistical methods, meta-analysis & systematic reviews, multilevel modeling, geographical analyses

Fellowships

External Committees:

International:

Statistical Advisor for European Respiratory Journal

External Collaborations

GD Lowe & A Rumley: Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow , UK . Biomarkers in relation to modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors.

T W Meade: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK Long—term follow-up of thrombosis prevention trial with multiple end points

M Richards & MEJ Wadsworth, Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Medical School, London, UK. Cross cohort analyses of early life determinants of poor vision in childhood and adolescence

N Logan B Gilmartin, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University , Birmingham , UK . Prevalence and determinants of myopia in relation to ethnicity.

PUBLICATIONS — ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Rudnicka AR , Owen CD, Strachan DP. The effect of breastfeeding on cardiorespiratory risk factors in adult life. Pediatrics 2007; 119:e1107-e1115

Rudnicka AR, Rumley A, Lowe GD, Strachan DP. Diurnal, Seasonal, and Blood-Processing Patterns in Levels of Circulating Fibrinogen, Fibrin D-Dimer, C-Reactive Protein, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, and von Willebrand Factor in a 45-Year-Old Population. Circulation 2007.

Edgar DF, Rudnicka AR. Editors Glaucoma Identification Co-management . Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier. 2007

Marossy AE, Strachan DP, Rudnicka AR , Anderson HR. Childhood Chest Illness and the Rate of Decline of Adult Lung Function Between Ages 35 and 45 Years. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007.

Law M, Rudnicka AR. Statin safety: a systematic review. Am J Cardiol 2006; 97:S52-S60.

Rudnicka AR, Mt-Isa S, Owen CG, Cook DG, Ashby D. Variations in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Prevalence by Age, Gender, and Race: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006; 47:4254-4261.

Owen CG, Rudnicka AR, Smeeth L, Evans JR, Wormald RP, Fletcher AE. Is the NEI-VFQ-25 a useful tool in identifying visual impairment in an elderly population? BMC Ophthalmol 2006; 6:24.

Rudnicka AR, Mt-Isa S, Meade TW. Associations of plasma fibrinogen and factor VII clotting activity with coronary heart disease and stroke: prospective cohort study from the screening phase of the Thrombosis Prevention Trial. J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4:2405-2410.

Wald NJ, Rudnicka AR, Bestwick JP. Sequential and contingent prenatal screening for Down syndrome. Prenat Diagn 2006.

Malone FD, Canick JA, Ball RH, Nyberg DA, Comstock CH, Bukowski R, Berkowitz RL, Gross SJ, Dugoff L, Craigo SD, Timor-Tritsch IE, Carr SR, Wolfe HM, Dukes K, Bianchi DW, Rudnicka AR, Hackshaw AK, Lambert-Messerlian G, Wald NJ, D'Alton ME. First-trimester or second-trimester screening, or both, for Down's syndrome. N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2001-2011.

Owen CG, Newsom RS, Rudnicka AR , Ellis TJ, Woodward EG. Vascular Response of the Bulbar Conjunctiva to Diabetes and Elevated Blood Pressure. Ophthalmology 2005; 112:1801-1808.

Eldridge S, Ashby D, Feder GS, Rudnicka AR , Ukoumunne OC. Lessons for cluster randomized trials in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of trial in primary care. Clinical Trials 1, 80-90. 2004.

Huttly W, Rudnicka AR , Wald NJ . Second-trimester prenatal screening markers for Down syndrome in women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Prenat Diagn 2004; 24:804-807.

MacCallum PK, Rudnicka AR, Rumley A, Meade TW, Lowe GD. Low-intensity warfarin reduces thrombin generation and fibrin turnover, but not low-grade inflammation, in men at risk of myocardial infarction. Br J Haematol 2004; 127:448-450.

Wald NJ , Rodeck C, Hackshaw AK , Rudnicka AR. SURUSS in perspective. BJOG 2004; 111:521-531.

Law MR, Wald NJ , Rudnicka AR. Quantifying effect of statins on low density lipoprotein cholesterol, ischaemic heart disease, and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2003; 326:1423.

Owen CG, Fletcher AE, Donoghue M, Rudnicka AR. How big is the burden of visual loss caused by age related macular degeneration in the United Kingdom ? Br J Ophthalmol 2003; 87:312-317.

Rudnicka AR , Ashby D, Brennan P, Meade T. Thrombosis prevention trial: compliance with warfarin treatment and investigation of a retained effect. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:1454-1460.

Owen CG, Ellis TJ, Rudnicka AR , Woodward EG. Optimal green (red-free) digital imaging of conjunctival vasculature. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2002; 22:234-243.

Rudnicka AR , Wald NJ , Huttly W, Hackshaw AK . Influence of maternal smoking on the birth prevalence of Down syndrome and on second trimester screening performance. Prenat Diagn 2002; 22:893-897.

Bowhay AR, May HA, Rudnicka AR , Booker PD. A randomized controlled trial of the antiemetic effect of three doses of ondansetron after strabismus surgery in children. Paediatr Anaesth 2001; 11:215-221.

Rudnicka AR, Miller GJ, Nelson T, Doray D, Comp PC. An association between plasma free protein s concentration and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-aged men. Thromb Res 2001; 101:1-11.

Rudnicka AR , Frost C, Owen CG, Edgar DF. Nonlinear behavior of certain optic nerve head parameters and their determinants in normal subjects. Ophthalmology 2001; 108:2358-2368

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