Dr Jane Skinner
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer |
Jane dot Skinner at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3120 |
Medical School 2.02 |
Biography
I am a statistician/epidemiologist.
Career
2003-2006 Senior Epidemiologist, NHS
2006-present Lecturer, UEA
Professional Qualifications and professional memberships
Fellow of the Royal Statistical SocietyResearch Interests
Analysis of large epidemiological datasets, genetic epidemiology.
Career summary
My first degree was in statistics and since then I have moved into epidemiology/medical statistics.Academic Background
Key Research Interests
Selected publications
Diet and bone mineral density study in postmenopausal women from the TwinsUK registry shows a negative association with a traditional English dietary pattern and a positive association with wine. Fairweather-Tait SJ, Skinner J, Guile GR, Cassidy A, Spector TD, MacGregor AJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Nov;94(5):1371-5Prior antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy and mortality in stroke. Chun Shing Kwok, Jane Skinner, Anthony K Metcalf, John F Potter, Phyo Kyaw Myint. Heart 2012 [Epub ahead of print]
Dietary garlic and hip osteoarthritis: evidence of a protective effect and putative mechanism of action. Williams FM, Skinner J, Spector TD, Cassidy A, Clark IM, Davidson RM, MacGregor AJ. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 11:280
Performance of the ASSIGN cardiovascular disease risk score on a UK cohort of patients from general practice. de la Iglesia B, Potter JF, Poulter NR, Robins MM, Skinner J. Heart. 2011 97(6):491-9.
The contrasting epidemiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) and microscopic polyangiitis. Watts RA, Mooney J, Skinner J, Scott DG, Macgregor AJ. Rheumatology 2012. [Epub ahead of print]
Research Group Members
Teaching Interests
Medical statistics, epidemiology.
Teaching Activities
- Research methods teaching on the MBBS; SSS epidemiology teaching; lecture on the MScs in Health Sciences and Statistics.
Article
Kwok, CS, Skinner, J, Metcalf, AK, Potter, JF and Myint, PK (2012) Prior antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy and mortality in stroke. Heart. ISSN 1355-6037
Watts, RA, Mooney, J, Skinner, J, Scott, DGI and Macgregor, AJ (2012) The contrasting epidemiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) and microscopic polyangiitis. Rheumatology. ISSN 1462-0324 (In Press)
Fairweather-Tait, SJ, Skinner, J, Guile, G, Cassidy, A, Spector, TD and Macgregor, AJ (2011) Diet and bone mineral density study of twins shows a negative association with a traditional English dietary pattern and a positive association with alcohol. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94. pp. 1371-1375. ISSN 0002-9165
De La Iglesia, B, Potter, JF, Poulter, NR, Robins, MM and Skinner, J (2011) Performance of the ASSIGN cardiovascular disease risk score on a UK cohort of patients from general practice. Heart, 97 (6). pp. 491-499. ISSN 1355-6037
Jennings, BA, Willis, G, Skinner, J and Relton, C (2010) Genetic selection? A study of individual variation in the enzymes of folate metabolism. BMC Medical Genetics, 11 (1). p. 18.
Khandanpour, N, Meyer, F, Choy, L, Skinner, J and Armon, MP (2009) Are femoro-distal bypass grafts for acute limb ischemia worthwhile? J. Vasc Bras, 8 (4). pp. 294-300.
Cassidy, A, Skidmore, PML, Rimm, E, Welch, AA, Fairweather-Tait, SJ, Skinner, J, Burling, K, Richards, J, Spector, TD and MacGregor, AJ (2009) Plasma adiponectin concentrations are associated with body composition and plant based dietary factors in female twins. Journal of Nutrition, 139 (2). pp. 353-358.
Ranka, S, Gee, JM, Biro, L, Brett, G, Saha, S, Kroon, PA, Skinner, J, Hart, AR, Cassidy, A, Rhodes, M and Johnson, IT (2008) Development of a food frequency questionnaire for the assessment of quercetin and naringenin intake. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 62 (9). pp. 1131-8.
Ryder, J J, Garrison, K, Song, F, Hooper, L, Skinner, J, Loke, Y, Loughlin, J, Higgins, J P T and Macgregor, AJ (2008) Genetic associations in peripheral joint osteoarthritis and spinal degenerative disease: a systematic review. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 67 (5). pp. 584-591. ISSN 0003-4967
Teucher, B, Skinner, J, Skidmore, PML, Cassidy, A, Fairweather-Tait, S, Hooper, L, Roe, MA, Foxall, R, Oyston, SL, Cherkas, LF, Perks, UC, Spector, TD and MacGregor, AJ (2007) Dietary patterns and heritability of food choice in a UK female twin cohort. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10 (5). pp. 734-748.
Graves, M, Kershaw, L, Black, R, Sala, E, Skinner, J and Lomas, D (2006) Interactive magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) with adaptive averaging. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 23 (4). pp. 529-533.
Ranka, S, Gee, JM, Johnson, IT, Skinner, J, Hart, AR and Rhodes, M (2006) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, lower oesophageal sphincter-relaxing drugs and oesophageal cancer. A case- control study. Digestion, 74 (2). pp. 109-115.
Sala, E, Graves, M, Abubacker, Z, Kershaw, L, Black, R, Skinner, J, Beavon, R and Lomas, D (2006) High-resolution magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) with adaptive averaging: diagnostic performance evaluation. Clinical Radiology, 61 (9). pp. 766-770.
Warren, R, Skinner, J, Sala, E, Denton, E, Dowsett, M, Folkerd, E, Healey, C, Dunning, A, Doody, D, Ponder, B, Luben, R, Day, N and Bingham, SA (2006) Associations between mammographic density, circulating sex hormones and polymorphisms in sex hormone metabolism genes in post-menopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 15 (8). pp. 1502-1508.
Andersson, SW, Skinner, J, Ellegard, L, Welch, AA, Bingham, SA, Bingham, S, Mulligan, A, Andersson, H, Khaw, KT and Khaw, K-T (2004) Intake of dietary plant sterols is inversely related to serum cholesterol concentration in men and women in the EPIC Norfolk population: a cross-sectional study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58 (10). pp. 1378-1385.
Skinner, J, Mee, T, Blackwell, R, Maslanyj, M, Simpson, J, Allen, S, Day, N, Cheng, K, Gilman, E, Williams, D, Cartwright, R and Craft, A (2002) Exposure to power frequency electric fields and the risk of childhood cancer in the UK. British Journal of Cancer, 87 (11). pp. 1257-1266.
Godward, S, Sandhu, M, Skinner, J and McCann, J (2001) Cellular telephones and cancer - a nationwide cohort study in Denmark. Journal of National Cancer Institute, 93 (11). p. 878.
Conference or Workshop Item
Watts, RA, Mooney, J, Mukhtyar, C, Skinner, J, Macgregor, A and Scott, DGI (2011) Contrasting epidemiology of Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis. In: 15th International Vasculitis & ANCA Workshop, May 2011.
WIlliams, F, Davidson, R, Skinner, J, Culley, K, Bao, YP, Cassidy, A, Clark, I and Macgregor, A (2009) Epidemiological and Molecular Evidence for the Chondroprotective Effect of Garlic in Osteoarthritis. In: Annual Meeting of the British-Society-of-Rheumatology, April 28 - May 01 2009, Glasgow, Scotland.
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- I teach on the MPhil in Epidemiology at Cambridge.
Key Responsibilities
Administrative Posts/Responsibilities
- Unit lead on the MSc module Further Quantitative Methods (MED-M32Y)
- Theme lead for years 1 and 2 epidemnology SSS on the MBBS


