Dawn Teare BSc, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Genetic Epidemiology
Address:
Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 2226398
Fax: (+44) (0)114 2220749
Email: m.d.teare@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 3037
Biography
I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Statistics and Computer Science, followed by an MSc in Statistics from the University of Sheffield. On completion of my PhD entitled `Modelling familial cancer risk´ and awarded by the University of Manchester I accepted a post-doctoral position at the University of Cambridge. In 2001 I returned to Sheffield to join the Mathematical Modelling and Genetic Epidemiology Group based at the Medical School. In 2009 I moved to the Health Services Research section in ScHARR.
Research Interests
- Genetic epidemiology
- Inbreeding and consanguineity
- Statistical genetics
- The application of statistics in experimental and medical research
Teaching Interests
My teaching activities include:
- Module co-ordinator for HAR6039: Statistics for clinical research (MSc in Clinical Research)
- Teach on PAS6061: Epidemiology (MSc in Statistics with medical applications)
- Teach on MED6008: Introduction to statistics (MSc in Molecular Medicine.)
- Deliver one-day courses on statistics to Specialist Registrars.
Professional Activities
- Member of Royal Statistical Society Medical Section
- Member of Yorkshire and Humberside NIHR-RfPB Committee
Current Projects
I am a co-investigator in two currently funded research projects, AHEAD and ReSoLuCENT. The AHEAD study has been funded by NIHR-RfPB and runs for 24 months from 2011. This is a cohort study to investigate the management of anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury. The ReSoLuCENT study (Resource for the Study of Lung Cancer Epidemiology in North Trent), is a family based study of early onset lung cancer. This collection of approximately 500 lung cancer cases and controls has lead to two publications including one with the International Lung Cancer Consortium. We have now secured a further two years funding (Weston Park Hospital Trustees) to recruit up to 1000 lung cancer cases and controls.
Key Publications
- Truong T, Hung RJ, Amos CI, Wu X, Bickeboller H, Teare MD…et al. (2010) Replication of lung cancer susceptibility loci at chromosomes 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21: a pooled analysis from the International Lung Cancer Consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst 102: 959-971.
- Xue X, Teare MD, Holen I, Zhu YM, Woll PJ. (2009) Optimizing the yield and utility of circulating cell-free DNA from plasma and serum. Clin Chim Acta. 404:100-4.
- Read, RC, Teare MD, et al. (2009). The tumor necrosis factor polymorphism TNF (-308) is associated with susceptibility to meningococcal sepsis, but not with lethality. Critical Care Medicine 37(4): 1237-1243.
- Gleeson, D., Bradley MP, Jones J, Peck RJ, Bond SK, Teare MD, Duff GW. (2008). Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Heavy Drinkers With and Without Decompensated Liver Disease: A Case-Control Study. American Journal of Gastroenterology 103(12): 3039-3046.
Section
I am based in the section of Health Services Research