Dani Prieto-Alhambra

MD MSc(Oxf) PhD

Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology

Theme Lead for Observational Research, Centre for Statistics in Medicine
NIHR Clinician Scientist

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.
Journal article

Kendal AR. et al, (2013), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347
Risk of hip, subtrochanteric, and femoral shaft fractures among mid and long term users of alendronate: nationwide cohort and nested case-control study.
Journal article

Abrahamsen B. et al, (2016), The BMJ, 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.
Journal article

Bayliss LE. et al, (2017), Lancet (London, England), 389, 1424 - 1430
GGPS1 Mutation and Atypical Femoral Fractures with Bisphosphonates.
Journal article

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
Journal article

Kynaston-Pearson F. et al, (2013), Bmj, 347, f6956 - f6956

Recent publications

Imminent fracture risk assessments in the UK FLS setting: implications and challenges.
Journal article

Pinedo-Villanueva R. et al, (2019), Arch osteoporos, 14
Secular trends in the incidence and prevalence of gout in Denmark from 1995 to 2015: a nationwide register-based study.
Journal article

Zobbe K. et al, (2018), Rheumatology (oxford)
THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA SCREENING WITHIN A FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICE (FLS)
Conference paper

Milan C. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 630 - 630
REVIEW OF THE CARE HOME DIVIDE: SECONDARY FRACTURE PREVENTION RATES BEFORE ADMISSION WITH A HIP FRACTURE
Conference paper

Osborne P. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 647 - 648
FOLLOWING MHRA GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT OF THIGH PAIN IN THE FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICE SETTING: AN AUDIT USING MONITORING QUESTIONNAIRES
Conference paper

Sami A. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 619 - 619
A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO IMPROVE CASE-FINDING WITHIN AN FLS: IDENTIFICATION OF THE MISSING TRIBES
Conference paper

Connacher S. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 643 - 644
ORAL BISPHOSPHONATES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: PROGRESSION AND SAFETY
Conference paper

Prieto-Alhambra D. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 610 - 610
LOW BONE MEDICAL DENSITY AND RISK OF FALLS ARE INCREASED AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: FINDINGS FROM UK BIOBANK
Conference paper

Clynes M. et al, (2018), Osteoporosis international, 29, 605 - 605
Elective Vs Non-Elective Hospital Admissions By Patients with Multiple Myeloma in England 2014 - 2018
Conference paper

Ramasamy K. et al, (2018)
Childhood Obesity and Fracture Risk: A Region-wide Longitudinal Cohort Study of 466,000 Children and up to 11 Years of Follow-up
Conference paper

Prieto-Alhambra D. et al, (2018), Journal of bone and mineral research, 33, 54 - 54

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