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  1. 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

  2. Helping GPs predict asthma attacks using Machine Learning

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Holly Tibble, Professor Colin R Simpson

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

    Article • Thorax, May 2017, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

    Article • Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

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

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

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

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Epidemiology of Asthma

    Article • January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. Practical methodological strategies for individual patient data systematic reviews

    Article • November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

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

    Article • August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. Using primary care prescribing databases for pharmacovigilance

    Article • January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

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

    Article • Resuscitation, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Aziz Sheikh, Professor Colin R Simpson

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

    Article • Pediatric Health, June 2010, Future Medicine

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  58. 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

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Colin R Simpson

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

    Article • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  70. The Potential for Interaction between Warfarin and Coprescribed Medication

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. The filaggrin gene mutation, atopic dermatitis and asthma

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

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. Homoeopathic and herbal prescribing in general practice in Scotland

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

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  80. 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

  81. 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

  82. 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

  83. 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

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

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

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  85. 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

  86. 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

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

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

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  88. 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

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

    Article • Heart, May 2005, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  90. 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

  91. 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

  92. 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

  93. 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

  94. 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

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

    Article • BMJ, June 2002, BMJ

    Professor Colin R Simpson

  96. 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