Increasingly, large transdisciplinary research networks focusing on pressing global
problems are being encouraged through research investment strategies. One of the …

Polygenic scores (PGSs) provide an individual level estimate of genetic risk for any given
disease. Since most PGSs have been derived from genome wide association studies …

Background and aims Significantly discrepant survival rates have been documented in
single disease childhood cancer cohorts in South Africa; those from higher socioeconomic …

Background Hypertension is a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease–the
leading cause of death in the UK. Good blood pressure (BP) control reduces mortality …

People from Black and Asian backgrounds are more likely to die from COVID-19 but less
likely to be vaccinated, threatening to exacerbate health inequalities already experienced by …

The COVID-19 pandemic changed public awareness of the importance of high-quality race
and ethnicity data for identifying and redressing widely documented racial and ethnic health …

Community treatment of hypertension in sub‐Saharan Africa is hampered by gaps at several
stages of the care cascade. We compared blood pressure (BP) levels (systolic, diastolic and …

Their intersection gives rise to notable ethics questions regarding marginalized communities
that are typically excluded from or underrepresented in analyses, as well as people lost to …

Objective There are established inequities in the monitoring and management of
hypertension in England. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on primary care …

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) provide an individual level estimate of genetic risk for any
given disease. Since most PRSs have been derived from genome wide association studies …