Daniel Prieto-Alhambra

MD MSc(Oxf) PhD

Associate Professor and NIHR Clinician Scientist

Theme Lead for Observational Research, Centre for Statistics in Medicine

I am an epidemiologist using routinely collected big health data to understand the epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions here at the Centre for Statistics in Medicine in NDORMS.

Through an NIHR Fellowship, I am investigating the use, safety, effectiveness and cost of drugs and devices as used in usual practice conditions.

I lead database and pharmaco-epidemiological research within the Epidemiology research group in NDORMS and have experience designing, analysing and interpreting electronic medical records from around the world. I’ve worked on databases like the United Kingdom’s CPRD (formerly GPRD), Spain’s SIDIAP Database, Denmark’s Danish Health Registries, Italy’s HSD, and the Netherlands’ IPCI (Netherlands).

BIOGRAPHY

I studied Medical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain (1996-2002), qualified as a General Practitioner in 2006, and obtained an MSc in Primary Care Research from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2009. I joined NDORMS in June 2009 to work on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions. I was awarded an “excellent cum laude, with a European mention” PhD in 2011 for my work on the potential role of bisphosphonates in knee osteoarthritis and fractures.

I have since also obtained an MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences from NDORMS (University of Oxford) and a Certificate in Pharmaco-epidemiology and Pharmacovigilance from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Key publications

Mortality rates at 10 years after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing compared with total hip replacement in England: retrospective cohort analysis of hospital episode statistics.
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Kendal AR. et al, (2013), The BMJ, 347
Risk of hip, subtrochanteric, and femoral shaft fractures among mid and long term users of alendronate: nationwide cohort and nested case-control study.
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Abrahamsen B. et al, (2016), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 353
The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study.
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Bayliss LE. et al, (2017), Lancet (London, England), 389, 1424 - 1430
GGPS1 Mutation and Atypical Femoral Fractures with Bisphosphonates.
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Roca-Ayats N. et al, (2017), The New England journal of medicine, 376, 1794 - 1795
Primary hip replacement prostheses and their evidence base: systematic review of literature.
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Kynaston-Pearson F. et al, (2013), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347

Recent publications

UK podiatrists’ experiences of podiatry services for people living with arthritis: a qualitative investigation
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McCulloch L. et al, (2018), Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 11
Evaluating Patients' Expectations From a Novel Patient-Centered Perspective Predicts Knee Arthroplasty Outcome.
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Filbay SR. et al, (2018), The Journal of arthroplasty, 33, 2146 - 2152.e4
Real-world antidiabetic drug use and fracture risk in 12,277 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nested case-control study.
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Losada E. et al, (2018), Osteoporos Int
Excess Risk of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents on the Day of Daylight Saving Time Change.
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Prats-Uribe A. et al, (2018), Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
Incidence of hip and knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis following the introduction of biological DMARDs: an interrupted time-series analysis using nationwide Danish healthcare registers.
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Cordtz RL. et al, (2018), Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 77, 684 - 689
Differential Mortality and the Excess Rates of Hip Fracture Associated With Type 2 Diabetes: Accounting for Competing Risks in Fracture Prediction Matters.
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Tebé C. et al, (2018), Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
THE IMPACT OF PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ON LIFETIME RISK OF REVISION FOLLOWING KNEE AND HIP REPLACEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LINKED PRIMARY CARE AND HOSPITAL RECORDS
Conference paper

Burn E. et al, (2018), OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE, 26, S207 - S207
IMPACT OF A NATIONAL ENHANCED RECOVERY PROGRAMME ON PATIENT OUTCOMES OF PRIMARY TOTAL AND UNICOMPARMENTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: 2008-2016 ENGLAND TRENDS
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Garriga C. et al, (2018), OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE, 26, S200 - S201
Association between NICE guidance on biologic therapies with rates of hip and knee replacement among rheumatoid arthritis patients in England and Wales: An interrupted time-series analysis.
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Hawley S. et al, (2018), Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 47, 605 - 610
Mapping existing hip and knee replacement registries in Europe.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2018), Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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