Professor Helen Colhoun
AXA Chair of Medical Informatics and Life Course Epidemiology
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine
- MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
Contact details
- Email: helen.colhoun@igmm.ed.ac.uk
Background
Helen Colhoun holds the AXA Research Fund endowed Chair in Medical Informatics and Life Course Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh and is Honorary Consultant in Public Health with NHS Fife.
Helen is affiliated to both the ‘Biomedical Genomics’ section of the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit (HGU) and the ‘Genome Medicine’ section in the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine (CGEM) within the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) where she leads the Diabetes Medical Informatics and Epidemiology programme. Helen is also affiliated to the Usher Institute and to the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science. Helen joined the University of Edinburgh in 2016 having previously held tenured professorial posts in epidemiology at the University of Dundee, University College London and University College Dublin. Helen’s research has impacted on and been cited in clinical guidelines internationally and in national policy for diabetes. Helen and her team draw on advances in the availability of high dimensional ‘omics technologies and e-health record data to advance our understanding of the pathogenesis and means of prevention of diabetes complications.
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Use of personalised risk-based screening schedules to optimise workload and sojourn time in screening programmes for diabetic retinopathy: A retrospective cohort study
In:
PLoS Medicine, vol. 16, pp. e1002945
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002945
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetic Kidney Disease Highlights Biology Involved in Glomerular Basement Membrane Collagen
In:
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2019030218
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Biomarker panels associated with progression of renal disease in type 1 diabetes
In:
Diabetologia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-019-4915-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Persistent C-peptide secretion in Type 1 diabetes and its relationship to the genetic architecture of diabetes
In:
BMC Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1392-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Dulaglutide and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an exploratory analysis of the REWIND randomised, placebo-controlled trial
In:
The Lancet, vol. 394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31150-X
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Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Mortality Among People With Type 2 Diabetes and Alcoholic or Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Hospital Admission
In:
Diabetes Care, vol. 41, pp. dc171590
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/dc17-1590
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
N-glycan Profile and Kidney Disease in Type 1 Diabetes
In:
Diabetes Care
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/dc17-1042
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Type 2 diabetes, socioeconomic status and life expectancy in Scotland (2012–2014): population-based observational study
In:
Diabetologia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-017-4478-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Cohort Profile: Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland (GoDARTS)
In:
International Journal of Epidemiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx140
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Biomarkers of rapid chronic kidney disease progression in type 2 diabetes
(9 pages)
In:
Kidney International, vol. 88, pp. 888-896
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2015.199
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)