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Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT)

George TH Ellison

Senior Lecturer

Biostatistics

Qualifications: BSc(Hons) MSc(Med) PhD RPHNutr FRSPH FHEA

Email: G.T.H.Ellison@leeds.ac.uk

Telephone: 0113 343 3876

Research Area

Health inequalities; Lifecourse epidemiology; Race/Ethnicity

Publications

Recent

Mir G; Salway S; Kai J; Karlsen S; Bhopal R; Ellison GT; Sheikh A (2012) Principles for research on ethnicity and health: the Leeds Consensus Statement.. Eur J Public Health, .

Stein J; Moniez V; Wolvaardt E; Ellison GTH Exploring the limited impact of patient-centred counselling and standardised health messages aimed at improving STI partner notification.. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 17 .

Selected

Tu Y; Law GR; Ellison GTH; Gilthorpe MS (2010) Ratio index variables or ANCOVA? Fisher's cats revisited. PHARMACEUTICAL STATISTICS, 9 , pp. 77-83.

Ellison GTH; Head RF; Gilthorpe MS (2009) Cholesterol levels in later life amongst UK Channel Islanders exposed to the 1940-45 German occupation as children, adolescents and young adults.. Nutrition and Health, 20 , pp. 91-105.

Head RF; Gilthorpe MS; Byrom A; Ellison GTH (2008) Cardiovascular disease in a cohort exposed to the 1940-45 Channel Islands occupation. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 8 .

Erasmus V; Ellison GTH (2008) What can we learn about the meaning of race from the classification of population groups during apartheid?. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 104 , pp. 450-452.

Stein J; Moniez V; Wolvaardt E; Ellison GTH Exploring the limited impact of patient-centred counselling and standardised health messages aimed at improving STI partner notification.. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 17 .

All

Mir G; Salway S; Kai J; Karlsen S; Bhopal R; Ellison GT; Sheikh A (2012) Principles for research on ethnicity and health: the Leeds Consensus Statement.. Eur J Public Health, .

Basu D; Basu JK; Ellison GTH (2010) The burden of infertility among HIV-positive couples in South Africa: The available evidence. SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 100 , pp. 354-+.

Tu Y; Law GR; Ellison GTH; Gilthorpe MS (2010) Ratio index variables or ANCOVA? Fisher's cats revisited. PHARMACEUTICAL STATISTICS, 9 , pp. 77-83.

Salway S; Allmark P; Barley R; Higginbottom G; Gerrish K; Ellison GTH (2009) Social research for a multiethnic population: Do the research ethics and standards guidelines of UK Learned Societies address this challenge?. Twenty-First Century Society, 4 (1), pp. 53-81.

Head RF; Ellison GTH (2009) Conditions in the Channel Islands during the 1940-45 German Occupation and their impact on the health of islanders: A systematic review of published reports and first-hand accounts. Hygiea Internationalis, 8 (1), pp. 51-80.

Ellison GTH; Head RF; Gilthorpe MS (2009) Cholesterol levels in later life amongst UK Channel Islanders exposed to the 1940-45 German occupation as children, adolescents and young adults.. Nutrition and Health, 20 , pp. 91-105.

Head RF; Gilthorpe MS; Byrom A; Ellison GTH (2008) Cardiovascular disease in a cohort exposed to the 1940-45 Channel Islands occupation. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 8 .

Head RF; Gilthorpe MS; Ellison GTH (2008) A review of "natural experiment'' studies exploring the developmental origins of health and disease. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 62 , pp. A16-A16.

Smart A; Tutton R; Martin P; Ellison GTH; Ashcroft R (2008) The standardization of race and ethnicity in biomedical science editorials and UK biobanks. SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE, 38 , pp. 407-423.

Erasmus V; Ellison GTH (2008) What can we learn about the meaning of race from the classification of population groups during apartheid?. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 104 , pp. 450-452.

Mueller-Wille S; Rheinberger H; Gayon J; Mazzolini RG; Reardon J; Ellison GTH (2008) Race and Genomics. Old Wine in New Bottles? Documents from a Transdisciplinary Discussion. NTM, 16 , pp. 363-386.

Ellison GTH; Tutton R; Outram SM; Martin P; Ashcroft R; Smart A (2008) An interdisciplinary perspective on the impact of genomics on the meaning of "race", and the future role of racial categories in biomedical research. NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine, 16 (3), pp. 378-386.

Smart A; Tutton R; Ashcroft R; Martin P; Balmer A; Elliot R; Ellison GTH (2008) Social inclusivity vs analytical acuity? A qualitative study of UK researchers regarding the inclusion of minority ethnic groups in biobanks. Medical Law International, 9 (2), pp. 169-190.

Head RF; Gilthorpe MS; Ellison GTH (2007) Obesity among channel islanders exposed to a siege in childhood and adolescence - a comparison with birthweight. EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 83 , pp. S160-S161.

Head RF; Gilthorpe MS; Byrom A; Ellison GTH (2007) Cardiovascular disease and mortality in later life following exposure to the 1944-45 Channel Islands' siege during childhood and adolescence. EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 83 , pp. S89-S89.

Head RF; Ellison GTH (2007) Is the 1940-45 occupation of the Channel Islands a good model for studying the developmental origins of health and disease?. EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 83 , pp. S148-S148.

Tu Y; Manda SOM; Ellison GTH; Gilthorpe MS (2007) Revisiting the interaction between birth weight and current body size in the foetal origins of adult disease. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 22 , pp. 565-575.

Ellison GTH; Smart A; Tutton R; Outram SM; Ashcroft R; Martin P (2007) Racial categories in medicine: A failure of evidence-based practice?. PLOS MEDICINE, 4 , pp. 1434-1436.

Wills J; Ellison GTH (2007) Integrating services for public health: Challenges facing multidisciplinary partnership working. PUBLIC HEALTH, 121 , pp. 546-548.

Fentiman IS; Allen DS; Ellison GTH (2007) The impact of the Occupation of Guernsey 1940-1945 on breast cancer risk factors and incidence. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, 61 , pp. 937-943.

Ellison GTH (2007) Health, wealth and IQ in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges facing the 'Savanna Principle' as an explanation for global inequalities in health. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 12 , pp. 191-227.

Head RF; Ellison GTH (2007) Home births and birth outcomes: Midwifery in pre-war Guernsey. British Journal of Midwifery, 15 (6), pp. 332-336.

Head RF; Tu Y; Gilthorpe MS; Mishra GD; Williams S; Ellison GTH (2007) What evidence is there that adjustment for adult height influences the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure?. ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, 34 , pp. 252-264.

Halter M; Marlow T; Tye C; Ellison GTH (2006) Patients' experiences of care provided by emergency care practitioners and traditional ambulance practitioners: a survey from the London Ambulance Service. EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, 23 , pp. 865-866.

Tu Y; Gilthorpe MS; Ellison GTH (2006) What is the effect of adjusting for more than one measure of current body size on the relation between birthweight and blood pressure?. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION, 20 , pp. 646-657.

Outram SM; Ellison GTH (2006) Anthropological insights into the use of race/ethnicity to explore genetic contributions to disparities in health. JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE, 38 , pp. 83-102.

Ellison GTH; Kelly M (2005) Growth of Jersey schoolchildren during the 1940-1945 German occupation: Comparison with schoolchildren on mainland Britain. HUMAN BIOLOGY, 77 , pp. 761-772.

Tu YK; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Re: "Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: The 'reversal paradox' for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life" - Authors reply. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 162 , pp. 395-395.

Tu YK; Ellison GTH; West RM; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Re: "Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: The 'reversal paradox' for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life" - Reply. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 162 , pp. 293-293.

Mein GK; Shipley MJ; Hillsdon M; Ellison GTH; Marmot MG (2005) Work, retirement and physical activity: cross-sectional analyses from the Whitehall II study. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 15 , pp. 317-322.

Tu YK; West R; Ellison GTH; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: The "reversal paradox" for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 161 , pp. 27-32.

Tu YK; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Invited commentary: Barker meets Simpson - TU et al. Respond to "Barker meets Simpson". AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 161 , pp. 36-37.

Cole TJ; Tu Y; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Re: "Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: The 'reversal paradox' for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life" [4]. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162 (4), pp. 394-395.

Ellison GTH (2005) 'Population profiling' and public health risk: When and how should we use race/ethnicity?. Critical Public Health, 15 (1), pp. 65-74.

Weinberg CR; Tu Y; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe MS (2005) Invited commentary: Barker meets Simpson. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161 (1), pp. 33-37.

Tu Y; Ellison GTH; West RM; Gilthorpe MS (2005) TU et al. reply [2]. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162 (3), pp. 293-293.

Ellison GTH; de Wet T (2003) Historical precedents for socioeconomic disparities in growth among South African schoolchildren. SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 93 , pp. 278-279.

Allen DS; Ellison GTH; Silva ID; De Stavola BL; Fentiman IS (2002) Determinants of the availability and accuracy of self-reported birth weight in middle-aged and elderly women. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 155 , pp. 379-384.

Ellison GTH; Dangour AD (2002) Why did they blame the respondents?. ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, 29 , pp. 219-220.

Ellison GTH; Dangour AD (2002) Why did they blame the respondents? (multiple letters). Annals of Human Biology, 29 (2), pp. 219-222.

Ellison GTH; Jones IR (2002) Social identities and the 'new genetics': Scientific and social consequences. Critical Public Health, 12 (3), pp. 265-281.

Ellison GTH; de Wet T (2001) Shoe size, stature and caesarean delivery. SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 91 , pp. 846-+.

Ellison GTH; de Wet T (2000) Infant mortality in Soweto - Estimates from the birth to ten study using the 'previous birth' technique. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 90 , pp. 490-491.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Clement S (1999) Do the psychosocial and behavioral changes that accompany motherhood influence the impact of pregnancy on long-term weight gain?. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 20 , pp. 65-79.

Levitt NS; Steyn K; De Wet T; Morrell C; Edwards R; Ellison GTH; Cameron N (1999) An inverse relation between blood pressure and birth weight among 5 year old children from Soweto, South Africa. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 53 , pp. 264-268.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Clement S (1999) Relative importance of heritable characteristics and lifestyle in the development of maternal obesity. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 53 , pp. 66-74.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Richter LM; De Wet T; Levin J (1998) Are overweight women at increased risk of obesity following pregnancy?. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 79 , pp. 489-494.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Holliday M; Nickson C (1998) How accurate are antenatal weight measurements? A survey of hospital and community clinics in a South Thames Region NHS Trust. PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 12 , pp. 163-175.

Ellison GTH; De Wet T; IJsselmuiden CB; Richter LM (1997) Desgregrating health statistics and health research in South Africa - Reply. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 87 , pp. 1702-1704.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH (1997) Do the changes in energy balance that occur during pregnancy predispose parous women to obesity?. NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS, 10 , pp. 57-81.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Holliday M; Lucassen E (1997) The impact of pregnancy on the long-term weight gain of primiparous women in England. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 21 , pp. 747-755.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Holliday M; Lucassen E (1997) Methodological considerations in the design of an obstetric database abstracted from medical records. METHODS OF INFORMATION IN MEDICINE, 36 , pp. 191-200.

Daviaud E; Ellison GTH; Goldstein S; Arens G (1997) Evaluating community radio as a medium for health messages in Alexandra. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 87 , pp. 1022-1022.

Ellison GTH; Wagstaff L; Cameron N; deWet T (1997) Geographical differences in infant feeding patterns in disadvantaged communities. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 87 , pp. 1025-1026.

Ellison GTH; Wagstaff L; Cameron N; deWet T (1997) Do mothers delay sevrage of malnourished or unhealthy children?. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 66 , pp. 3-3.

Ellison GTH; deWet T; Ijsselmuiden CB; Richter LM (1997) Segregated health statistics perpetuate racial stereotypes. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 314 , pp. 1485-1485.

Ellison GTH (1997) Desegregating health statistics and health research in South Africa - Reply. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 87 , pp. 330-331.

Webb PI; Ellison GTH; Skinner JD; VanAarde RJ (1997) Are feral house mice from the sub-Antarctic adapted to cold?. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SAUGETIERKUNDE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, 62 , pp. 58-62.

Harris HE; Ellison GTH; Holliday M (1997) Is there an independent association between parity and maternal weight gain?. ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, 24 , pp. 507-519.

Ellison GTH; De Wet T (1997) The use of 'racial' categories in contemporary South African health research. South African Medical Journal, 87 (12), pp. 1671-1679.

Ellison GTH; deWet T; IJsselmuiden CB; Richter LM (1996) Desegregating health statistics and health research in South Africa. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 86 , pp. 1257-1262.

Ellison GTH; Cameron N; Richter LM (1996) Does prolonged breastfeeding suppress the appetite of suckling children? Evidence from the Birth to Ten study.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, 8 , pp. 118-118.

ELLISON G (1995) THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSES OF COLD-ACCLIMATED FAT MICE (STEATOMYS PRATENSIS). JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 76 , pp. 240-247.

SPEAKMAN J; RACEY P; HAIM A; WEBB P; ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1994) INTERINDIVIDUAL AND INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN DAILY ENERGY-EXPENDITURE OF THE POUCHED MOUSE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 8 , pp. 336-342.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J; FERGUSON J (1994) INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PHOTOPERIOD ON THE DAILY ACTIVITY AND ENERGY-METABOLISM OF POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS, CRICETIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, 164 , pp. 62-68.

ELLISON G (1993) GROUP-SIZE, BURROW STRUCTURE AND HOARDING ACTIVITY OF POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS, CRICETIDAE) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 31 , pp. 135-155.

ELLISON G; BRONNER G; TAYLOR P (1993) IS THE ANNUAL CYCLE IN BODY-WEIGHT OF POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS) THE RESULT OF SEASONAL-CHANGES IN ADULT SIZE OR POPULATION-STRUCTURE. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 229 , pp. 545-551.

ELLISON G; TAYLOR P; NIX H; BRONNER G; MCMAHON J (1993) CLIMATIC ADAPTATION OF BODY-SIZE AMONG POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS, CRICETIDAE) IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUBREGION. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY LETTERS, 3 , pp. 41-47.

ELLISON G (1993) EVIDENCE OF CLIMATIC ADAPTATION IN SPONTANEOUS TORPOR AMONG POUCHED MICE SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. ACTA THERIOLOGICA, 38 , pp. 49-59.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J; HAIM A (1992) THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE AS CUES FOR SEASONAL ACCLIMATION OF THERMOREGULATION IN POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS, CRICETIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, 162 , pp. 740-746.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1992) THE INFLUENCE OF AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE ON SPONTANEOUS DAILY TORPOR IN POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS - RODENTIA CRICETIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, 17 , pp. 25-31.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1991) THERMOREGULATION AND TORPOR IN AFRICAN WOODLAND DORMICE, GRAPHIURUS-MURINUS, FOLLOWING COLD-ACCLIMATION. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SAUGETIERKUNDE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, 56 , pp. 41-47.

HAIM A; RACEY P; SPEAKMAN J; ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1991) SEASONAL ACCLIMATIZATION AND THERMOREGULATION IN THE POUCHED MOUSE SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, 16 , pp. 13-17.

GILLIES A; ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1991) THE EFFECT OF SEASONAL FOOD RESTRICTION ON ACTIVITY, METABOLISM AND TORPOR IN THE SOUTH-AFRICAN HEDGEHOG (ATELERIX-FRONTALIS). JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 223 , pp. 117-130.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1991) SEASONAL ENERGY-REQUIREMENTS AND THERMOREGULATION OF GROWING POUCHED MICE, SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS (CRICETIDAE). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY, 35 , pp. 98-102.

ELLISON G; WESTLINVANAARDE L (1990) RINGTAIL IN THE POUCHED MOUSE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS). LABORATORY ANIMALS, 24 , pp. 205-206.

ELLISON G (1990) THE EFFECT OF SCAVENGER MUTILATION ON INSECT SUCCESSION AT IMPALA CARCASSES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 220 , pp. 679-688.

ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1990) NORADRENALINE THERMOGENESIS IN CONSCIOUS AND ANESTHETIZED POUCHED MICE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY, 97 , pp. 23-26.

ELLISON G (1988) DORYLUS-HELVOLUS L (FORMICIDAE, DORYLINAE) PREYING ON SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE). JOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 51 , pp. 296-296.

HAIM A; ELLISON G; SKINNER J (1988) THERMOREGULATORY CIRCADIAN-RHYTHMS IN THE POUCHED MOUSE (SACCOSTOMUS-CAMPESTRIS). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY, 91 , pp. 123-127.

Stein J; Moniez V; Wolvaardt E; Ellison GTH Exploring the limited impact of patient-centred counselling and standardised health messages aimed at improving STI partner notification.. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 17 .

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