Staff Profile
Dr Claire Welsh
Senior Research Associate
- Email: claire.welsh@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 87356
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
Background
Claire is a medical statistician who joined the university as Senior Research Associate within the Policy Research Unit (Older People and Frailty) of the Population Health Sciences Institute. She began working as Deputy Director of Analytics in the Coordination and Response Centre of the Integrated Covid Hub NorthEast, a multi-million pound public health collaboration between Newcastle University and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Claire holds a PhD in genetic epidemiology from the University of Glasgow and has a number of years’ experience in data analysis and health research across a wide variety of subjects, principally including health inequalities.
Claire is a qualified and experienced veterinary surgeon holding a Masters degree in veterinary science, is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and was awarded Associate status of the Higher Education Academy for teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and postgraduate students in medicine and veterinary medicine.
Research
Claire's research interests are broad, but include cardiovascular disease, precision medicine, clinician wellbeing, migraine, healthy aging and COVID-19, with a particular focus on health inequalities within those fields.
Publications
- Sinclair DR, Maharani A, Stow D, Welsh CE, Matthews FE. Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account?. PLoS ONE 2021, 16(11), e0259990.
- Welsh P, Welsh CE, Jhund PS, Woodward M, Brown R, Lewsey J, Celis-Morales CA, Ho FK, Mackay DF, Gill JMR, Gray SR, Katikireddi SV, Pell JP, Forbes J, Sattar N. Derivation and Validation of a 10-Year Risk Score for Symptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Cohort Study of Nearly 500 000 Individuals. Circulation 2021, 144(8), 604-614.
- Anderson JJ, Welsh P, Ho FK, Ferguson LD, Welsh CE, Pellicori P, Cleland JGF, Forbes J, Iliodromiti S, Boyle J, Lindsay R, Celis-Morales C, Gray SR, Katikireddi SV, Gill JMR, Pell JP, Sattar N. Ethnic differences in prevalence of actionable HbA1c levels in UK Biobank: Implications for screening. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2021, 9(1), e002176.
- Welsh CE, Matthews FE, Jagger C. Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008-2016, and other countries of the EU28: an observational cross-sectional study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2021, 2, 100023.
- Spiers GF, Liddle J, Kunonga TP, Whitehead IO, Beyer F, Stow D, Welsh C, Ramsay SE, Craig D, Hanratty B. What are the consequences of caring for older people and what interventions are effective for supporting unpaid carers? A rapid review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e046187.
- Ferguson S, Smith KC, Welsh CE, Dobromylskyj MC. A retrospective study of more than 400 feline nasal biopsy samples in the UK (2006–2013). Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2020, 22(8), 736-743.
- Hayes S, Forbes JF, Celis-Morales C, Anderson J, Ferguson L, Gill JMR, Gray S, Hastie C, Iliodromoti S, Lyall D, Pellicori P, Sattar N, Welsh CE, Pell J. Association Between Walking Pace and Stroke Incidence. Stroke 2020, 51(5), 1388-1395.
- Welsh CE, Celis-Morales CA, Ho FK, Lyall DM, Mackay D, Ferguson L, Sattar N, Gray SR, Gill JMR, Pell J, Welsh P. Association of injury related hospital admissions with commuting by bicycle in the UK: prospective population based study. British Medical Journal 2020, 368, m336.
- Welsh CE, Welsh P, Celis-Morales CA, Mark PB, Mackay D, Ghouri N, Hi FK, Ferguson LD, Brown R, Lewsey J, Cleland JG, Gray SR, Lyall DM, Anderson JJ, Jhund PS, Pell JP, McGuire DK, Gill JMR, Sattar N. Glycated Hemoglobin, Prediabetes, and the Links to Cardiovascular Disease: Data From UK Biobank. Diabetes Care 2020, 43(2), 440-445.
- Welsh CE, Celis-Morales C, Ho FK, Brown R, Mackay DF, Lyall DM, Anderson JJ, Pell JP, Gill JMR, Sattar N, Welsh P, Gray S. Grip Strength and Walking Pace and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in 406,834 UK Biobank Participants. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2020, 95(5), 879-888.
- Welsh P, Welsh CE, Celis-Morales CA, Brown R, Ho FK, Ferguson LD, Mark PB, Lewsey J, Gray SR, Lyall DM, Gill JMR, Pell JP, de Lemos JA, Willeit P, Sattar N. Lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease: prediction, attributable risk fraction, and estimating benefits from novel interventions. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2021, 28(18), 1991-2000.
- Welsh P, Preiss D, Hayward C, Shah ASV, McAllister D, Briggs A, Boachie C, McConnachie A, Padmanabhan S, Welsh C, Woodward M, Campbell A, Porteous D, Mills NL, Sattar N. Cardiac Troponin T and Troponin I in the General Population. Circulation 2019, 139(24), 2754-2764.
- Welsh C, Celis-Morales CA, Brown R, Mackay DF, Lewsey J, Mark PB, Gray SR, Ferguson LD, Anderson JJ, Lyall DM, Cleland JG, Jhund PS, Gill JMR, Pell JP, Sattar N, Welsh P. Comparison of Conventional Lipoprotein Tests and Apolipoproteins in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease: Data from UK Biobank. Circulation 2019, 140(7), 542-552.
- Lees JS, Welsh CE, Celis-Morales CA, Mackay DF, Lewsey J, Gray SR, Lyall DM, Cleland JG, Gill JMR, Jhund PS, Pell J, Sattar N, Welsh P, Mark PB. Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease. Nature Medicine 2019, 25, 1753–1760.
- Welsh CE, Welsh P, Jhund P, Sattar N, Mark PB. Response by Welsh et al to Letter Regarding Article "Urinary Sodium Excretion, Blood Pressure, and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Subjects Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease". Hypertension 2019, 74(2), e27-e28.
- Ho FKW, Celis-Morales CA, Petermann-Rocha F, Sillars A, Welsh P, Welsh CE, Anderson J, Lyall DM, Mackay DF, Sattar N, Gill JMR, Pell JP, Gray SR. The association of grip strength with health outcomes does not differ if grip strength is used in absolute or relative terms: a prospective cohort study. Age and Ageing 2019, 48(5), 684-691.
- Welsh CE, Welsh P, Jhund P, Delles C, Celis-Morales C, Lewsey JD, Gray S, Lyall D, Iliodromiti S, Gill JMR, Sattar N, Mark PB. Urinary Sodium Excretion, Blood Pressure, and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Subjects Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension 2019, 73(6), 1202-1209.
- Welsh C, Welsh P, Mark PB, Celis-Morales CA, Lewsey J, Gray SR, Lyall DM, Iliodromiti S, Gill JMR, Pell J, Jhund PS, Sattar N. Association of total and differential leukocyte counts with cardiovascular disease and mortality in the UK Biobank. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2018, 38(6), 1415-1423.
- Welsh P, Preiss D, Shah ASV, Mcallister D, Briggs A, Boachie C, McConnachie A, Hayward C, Padmanabhan S, Welsh C, Woodward M, Campbell A, Porteous D, Mills NL, Sattar N. Comparison between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and cardiac troponin I in a large general population cohort. Clinical Chemistry 2018, 64(11), 1607-1616.
- Welsh CE, Duz M, Parkin TDH, Marshall JF. Disease and pharmacologic risk factors for first and subsequent episodes of equine laminitis: A cohort study of free-text electronic medical records. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2017, 136, 11-18.
- Welsh CE, Parkin TDH, Marshall JF. Use of large-scale veterinary data for the investigation of antimicrobial prescribing practices in equine medicine. Equine Veterinary Journal 2017, 49(4), 425-432.
- Welsh CE, Duz M, Parkin TDH, Marshall JF. Prevalence, survival analysis and multimorbidity of chronic diseases in the general veterinarian-attended horse population of the UK. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2016, 131, 137-145.
- Welsh CE, Lewis TW, Blott SC, Mellor DJ, Stirk AJ, Parkin TDH. Estimates of genetic parameters of distal limb fracture and superficial digital flexor tendon injury in UK Thoroughbred racehorses. Veterinary Journal 2014, 200(2), 253-256.
- Elliott EB, McCarroll D, Hasumi H, Welsh CE, Panissidi AA, Jones NG, Rossor CL, Tait A, Smith GL, Mottram JC, Morrison LJ, Loughrey CM. Trypanosoma brucei cathepsin-L increases arrhythmogenic sarcoplasmic reticulum-mediated calcium release in rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research 2013, 100(2), 325-335.
- Welsh CE, Lewis TW, Blott SC, Mellor DJ, Lam KH, Stewart BD, Parkin TDH. Preliminary genetic analyses of important musculoskeletal conditions of Thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong. Veterinary Journal 2013, 198(3), 611-615.