Associate Professor Ben Lacey
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Ben Lacey
MBChB MSc DPhil FFPH
UK BIOBANK
Ben Lacey is Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at UK Biobank, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford.
His research interests are in population health metrics, health inequalities, and the enhancement of large-scale observational epidemiology, focusing particularly on cohort studies.
He has worked on cohorts in the UK, India, Cuba, and elsewhere. He studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and received a master’s degree in Global Health Science and a doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Oxford.
He is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, and Honorary Consultant Physician in Public Health at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Recent publications
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Adiposity, fat-free mass and incident heart failure in 500,000 individuals
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Oguntade A. et al, (2024), Open Heart
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Comparison of body composition measures assessed by bioelectrical impedance analysis versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the United Kingdom Biobank
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Feng Q. et al, (2024), Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
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Waist-to-height ratio and body fat percentage as risk factors for ischemic cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from UK Biobank.
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Feng Q. et al, (2024), Am J Clin Nutr, 119, 1386 - 1396
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The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
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Santos JV. et al, (2024), BMC Public Health, 24
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
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GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators None., (2024), Lancet, 403, 2204 - 2256
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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
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GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators None., (2024), Lancet, 403, 2100 - 2132