Neil M Davies

Research interests

Publications

• Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023

  Wellcome Open Research · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15555.3

• Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian Randomization

  JAMA · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.18236

• Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration

  BMJ · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2233

• Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation

  European Journal of Epidemiology · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00757-1

• Mendelian randomization for studying the effects of perturbing drug targets

  Wellcome Open Research · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16544.1

• Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations

  Wellcome Open Research · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15555.2

• Mendel’s laws, Mendelian randomization and causal inference in observational data: substantive and nomenclatural issues

  European Journal of Epidemiology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00622-7

• Collider bias undermines our understanding of COVID-19 disease risk and severity

  Nature Communications · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19478-2

• Understanding the consequences of education inequality on cardiovascular disease: mendelian randomisation study

  BMJ · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1855

• Apparent latent structure within the UK Biobank sample has implications for epidemiological analysis

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08219-1

• Exploring the association of genetic factors with participation in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy060

• Outcome trends and safety measures after 30 years of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review and pooled data analysis

  Surgical Endoscopy · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5974-2

• The causal effects of education on health outcomes in the UK Biobank

  Nature Human Behaviour · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0279-y

• Education and myopia: assessing the direction of causality by mendelian randomisation

  BMJ · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2022

• Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians

  BMJ · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k601

• Mendelian randomization: a novel approach for the prediction of adverse drug events and drug repurposing opportunities

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx207

• Software Application Profile: PHESANT: a tool for performing automated phenome scans in UK Biobank

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx204

• Influences on antidepressant prescribing trends in the UK: 1995–2011

  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1306-4

• Two-sample Mendelian randomization: avoiding the downsides of a powerful, widely applicable but potentially fallible technique

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx028

• Bias due to participant overlap in two‐sample Mendelian randomization

  Genetic Epidemiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.21998

• Instrumental Variable Analysis with a Nonlinear Exposure–Outcome Relationship

  Epidemiology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000000161

• Associations of Anti-Hypertensive Treatments with Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Other Dementias

  Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-2011-110347

• Seeding following percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for hepatocellular carcinoma. What is the risk and the outcome?

  Cancer Treatment Reviews · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2007.04.001

• Transarterial Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Which Technique Is More Effective? A Systematic Review of Cohort and Randomized Studies

  CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0062-3

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