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Publications: DR Joseph Gafton

Fejzo M, Wang X, Tan Q, Zöllner J, Pujol-Gualdo N, Laisk T, Finer S, van Heel DA et al. ( 2026 ) . Publisher Correction: Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of severe pregnancy nausea and vomiting . Nature Genetics vol. 58 , ( 5 ) 1186 - 1186 .
Jacobs BM, Chandra A, Foote IF, Durrani F, Waters S, Liu Y, Proitsi P, Maher E et al. ( 2026 ) . The contribution of apolipoprotein E genetic variation to dementia risk in British South Asians . Brain Communications vol. 8 , ( 3 )
Fejzo M, Wang X, Tan Q, Zöllner J, Pujol-Gualdo N, Laisk T, Finer S, van Heel DA et al. ( 2026 ) . Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of severe pregnancy nausea and vomiting . Nature Genetics vol. 58 , ( 4 ) 810 - 820 .
Kim HI, DeBoever C, Walter K, Kalantzis G, Li C, Mozaffari SV, Kundu K, Jacobs BM et al. ( 2026 ) . Exome sequencing and analysis of 44,028 British South Asians enriched for high autozygosity . Nature Genetics vol. 58 , ( 4 ) 821 - 830 .
Constantinides M, Gafton J, Garcia ACA, Dixon PH, Williamson C, Linton K, Finer S, Gill US et al. ( 2025 ) . A genes and health recall study of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and cholestatic liver disease . Communications Medicine vol. 5 , ( 1 )
Martin S, Samuel M, Stow D, Ridsdale AM, Chen J, Young KG, Green HD, Hattersley AT et al. ( 2025 ) . Undiagnosed G6PD deficiency in Black and Asian individuals is prevalent and contributes to health inequalities in type 2 diabetes diagnosis and complications . Diabetes Care vol. 48 , ( 11 ) 1932 - 1941 .
Siddiqui MK, Dupuis T, Anjana RM, Dawed AY, Bigossi M, Srinivasan S, Hodgson S, Adedire ET et al. ( 2025 ) . XBP1 expression in pancreatic islet cells is associated with poor glycaemic control especially in young non-obese onset diabetes across ancestries . Communications Medicine vol. 5 , ( 1 )
Yngvadottir B, Richman L, Andreou A, Woodley J, Luharia A, Lim D, Akhtar S, Anwar M et al. ( 2025 ) . Inherited predisposition to pneumothorax: estimating the frequency of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome from genomics and population cohorts . Thorax vol. 80 , ( 8 ) 553 - 555 .
Zöllner J, Orazumbekova B, Hodgson S, van Heel DA, Team GAHR, Akhtar S, Anwar M, Asgar O et al. ( 2025 ) . Understanding the potential contribution of polygenic risk scores to the prediction of gestational and type 2 diabetes in women from British Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups: a cohort study in Genes and Health . AJOG Global Reports vol. 5 , ( 2 )
Hodgson S, Williamson A, Bigossi M, Stow D, Jacobs BM, Samuel M, Gafton J, Zöllner J et al. ( 2024 ) . Genetic basis of early onset and progression of type 2 diabetes in South Asians . Nature Medicine vol. 31 , ( 1 ) 323 - 331 .
Hamilton F, Schurz H, Yates TA, Gilchrist JJ, Möller M, Naranbhai V, Ghazal P, Timpson NJ et al. ( 2024 ) . Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study . The Lancet Microbe vol. 6 , ( 1 )
Gafton J, Pope D, Capocci S, Jeyatheesan J, Mcdermott R ( 2023 ) . Miliary TB in East London (2014-2022): a retrospective review of microbiology, imaging and outcomes . Conference: Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases
Kennedy J, Mccoy D, Gafton J ( 2021 ) . The Health International Arms Trade and Global . Global Health Ethical Challenges , Cambridge University Press
Kennedy J, McCoy D, Gafton J ( 2021 ) . The International Arms Trade and Global Health . Global Health , Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Murphy L, Costelloe H, Dobbin J, Gafton J, Sheriff I ( 2018 ) . Feedback: Form over function? . Medical Teacher vol. 40 , ( 6 ) 644 - 645 .
Taylor S, Gafton J, Shah B, Pagano G, Chaudhuri KR, Brooks DJ, Pavese N ( 2016 ) . Progression of nonmotor symptoms in subgroups of patients with non–dopamine‐deficient Parkinsonism . Movement Disorders vol. 31 , ( 3 ) 344 - 351 .
Kothari R, Gafton J, Treasure J, Micali N ( 2013 ) . 2D:4D Ratio in children at familial high‐risk for eating disorders: The role of prenatal testosterone exposure . American Journal of Human Biology vol. 26 , ( 2 ) 176 - 182 .
Constantinides M, Gafton J, Garcia ACA, Genes and Health, Dixon PH, Williamson C, Linton K, Finer S et al. . A Genes & Health pilot recall study of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and cholestatic liver disease .
Kim HI, DeBoever C, Walter K, Kalantzis G, Li C, Mozaffari SV, Kundu K, Jacobs BM et al. . Exome sequencing and analysis of 44,028 British South Asians enriched for high autozygosity .
Siddiqui M, Hodgson S, Williamson A, Stow D, Jacobs B, Samuel M, Gafton J, Zöllner J et al. . Partitioned polygenic scores highlight role of beta-cell function and unfavourable fat distribution patterns in young onset type 2 diabetes in south Asians .