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Akira Wiberg
BA BM BCh DPhil FRCS(Plast)
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery
I read medicine at Merton College, Oxford, where I was a Postmaster (senior scholar), and was awarded the Martin Wronker Prize for taking the top First in my year at Oxford University in the Medical Sciences BA degree. After qualifying as a doctor, I completed the Academic Foundation Programme in Oxford. Following a short stint as a visiting research scholar at UCLA, I undertook my basic surgical training in London, and started my specialist surgical training in Plastic Surgery in the Severn Deanery in 2013.
From 2016-19, I undertook a DPhil in Oxford under the supervision of Prof Dominic Furniss (NDORMS) and Prof David Bennett (NDCN), investigating the genetic basis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a very common and disabling hand disease caused by compression of the median nerve in the wrist. We performed the first ever genome-wide association study in CTS, and identified several genes and biological pathways that play a central role in determining an individual's susceptibility to this disease.
In 2020, I was appointed as NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery in Oxford, which allows me to split my time equally between clinical practice and research. My research theme aims to further elucidate the genetic and biological basis of nerve injury within the musculoskeletal system.
Key publications
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The Pathophysiological Significance of Fibulin-3
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Livingstone I. et al, (2020), Biomolecules, 10, 1294 - 1294
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Handedness, language areas and neuropsychiatric diseases: insights from brain imaging and genetics.
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Wiberg A. et al, (2019), Brain, 142, 2938 - 2947
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A genome-wide association analysis identifies 16 novel susceptibility loci for carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Wiberg A. et al, (2019), Nat commun, 10
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Genetic variants of calcium and vitamin D metabolism in kidney stone disease.
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Howles SA. et al, (2019), Nat commun, 10
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Guiding the osteogenic fate of mouse and human mesenchymal stem cells through feedback system control.
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Honda Y. et al, (2013), Sci rep, 3
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The fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 p.Ala172Phe mutation in Pfeiffer syndrome--history repeating itself.
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Jay S. et al, (2013), Am j med genet a, 161A, 1158 - 1163
Recent publications
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Dupuytren's disease is a work-related disorder: results of a population-based cohort study.
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van den Berge BA. et al, (2023), Occup environ med
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Variants in ALDH1A2 reveal an anti-inflammatory role for retinoic acid and a new class of disease-modifying drugs in osteoarthritis.
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Zhu L. et al, (2022), Sci transl med, 14
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A Review of Common Hand Conditions.
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Wiberg A. et al, (2022), Jama, 328, 1771 - 1772
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Shared genetic susceptibility between trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome: a genome-wide association study.
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Patel B. et al, (2022), Lancet rheumatol, 4, e556 - e565
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Associations of adiposity, kidney stone disease, and serum calcium concentrations; observational and genetic epidemiological studies
Preprint
Lovegrove CE. et al, (2022)
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Genome-wide association analysis and replication in 810,625 individuals with varicose veins.
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Ahmed W-U-R. et al, (2022), Nat commun, 13
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Author Correction: Genetic variants of calcium and vitamin D metabolism in kidney stone disease.
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Howles SA. et al, (2022), Nat commun, 13
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Global overview of the management of acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (CHOLECOVID study).
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Siriwardena AK. and CHOLECOVID Collaborative None., (2022), Bjs open, 6