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.
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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), The BMJ, 347

Recent publications

Real-world data reveal a diagnostic gap in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Journal article

Alexander M. et al, (2018), BMC MEDICINE, 16
Real-world data reveal a diagnostic gap in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Journal article

Alexander M. et al, (2018), BMC medicine, 16
Incidence of Total Hip and Knee Replacement in UK Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Journal article

Hawley S. et al, (2018), The Journal of rheumatology, 45, 1334 - 1336
Cluster Analysis to Detect Patterns of Drug Use from Routinely Collected Medical Data
Conference paper

Khalid S. et al, (2018), Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2018-June, 194 - 198
Evaluating Patients' Expectations From a Novel Patient-Centered Perspective Predicts Knee Arthroplasty Outcome.
Journal article

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), Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
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

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