Head of statistics group
Cancer Research UK Genetic Epidemiology Division
University Research Fellow
University of Leeds
Education / training
Institution and location: Oxford University (St. Hugh’s College) Degree: BA Joint Honours Year(s): 1976 Field of study: Mathematics and Philosophy
Institution and location: University of Sheffield Degree: MSc Year(s): 1990 Field of study: Statistics
Institution and location: University of Sheffield Degree: PhD Year(s): 1993 Field of study: Statistical Genetics
Professional Experience
2004-present University Research Fellow, University of Leeds
2000-present Head of statistics group, Cancer Research UK Genetic Epidemiology Division, University of Leeds
2002-2004 Honorary Principal Research Fellow, University of Leeds
1997-2000 Lecturer in Medical Statistics at the Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
1996-1997 Lecturer in Cancer Statistics at the University of Leeds
1993-1995 Lecturer in Medical Statistics at the University of Leeds
1977-1989 Various teaching posts in secondary and adult education
Publications
Turner F, Smith G, Sachse C, Lightfoot T, Garner RC, Wolf CR, Forman D, Bishop DT, Barrett JH (on behalf of the Colorectal Cancer Study Group). Vegetable, fruit and meat consumption and potential risk modifying genes in relation to colorectal cancer. International Journal of Cancer 2004; 112: 259-264.
Bertam C, Gaut RM, Barrett JH, Randerson-Moor J, Whitaker L, Turner F, Bataille V, dos Santos Silva I, Swerdlow AJ, Bishop DT, Newton Bishop JA. An assessment of a variant of the DNA repair gene XRCC3 as a possible nevus or melanoma susceptibility genotype. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2004; 122: 429-432.
Saunders CM, Barrett JH. Flexible-matching in case-control studies of gene-environment interactions. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 159: 17-22.
Crockford GP, Bishop DT and Barrett JH. Segregation analysis comparing liability and quantitative trait models for hypertension using GAW13 simulated data. BMC Genetics 2003; 4 (Suppl 1): S79.
Bickeböller H, Barrett JH, Jacobs KB, Rosenberger A. Modeling and dissection of longitudinal blood pressure and hypertension phenotypes in genetic epidemiological studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2003; 25 Suppl 1: S72-S77.
Barrett Jennifer H, Gaut Rupert, Wachsmuth Rachel, Newton Bishop Julia A, Bishop D Timothy. Linkage and association analysis of nevus density and the region containing the melanoma gene CDKN2A in a study of UK twins. British Journal of Cancer 2003; 88: 1920-1924.
Freeman MS, Mansfield MW, Barrett JH, Grant PJ. Insulin resistance: an atherothrombotic syndrome – The Leeds family study. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2003; 89: 161-168.
Saunders Catherine L, Bishop D Timothy and Barrett Jennifer H. Sample size calculations for main effects and interactions in case-control studies using Stata’s nchi2 and npnchi2 functions. The Stata Journal 2003; 3: 47-56.
Barrett JH, Smith G, Waxman R, Gooderham N, Lightfoot T, Garner RC, Augustsson K, Wolf CR, Bishop DT, Forman D and the Colorectal Cancer Study Group. Investigation of N-acetyltransferase 2 and heterocyclic amines as potential risk factors for colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis 2003; 24: 275-282.
Bertram C, Gaut R, Barrett J, Pinney E, Whitaker L, Turner F, Bataille V, Swerdlow A, Bishop DT, Newton Bishop J. An assessment of the CDKN2A variant Ala148Thr as a nevus/melanoma susceptibility allele. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2002: 119: 961-965.
Sachse C, Smith G, Wilkie MJV, Barrett JH, Waxman R, Sullivan F, Forman D, Bishop DT, Wolf CR and the Colorectal Cancer Study Group.
A pharmacogenetic study to investigate the role of dietary carcinogens in the aetiology of colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis 2002; 23: 1839-1849.
MacKay Kirsten, Eyre Stephen, Myerscough Anne, Milicic Anita, Barton Anne, Laval Steven, Barrett Jenny, Lee Dorothea, White Sarah, John Sally, Brown Matthew A, Bell John, Silman Alan, Ollier William, Wordsworth Paul, Worthington Jane. Whole-genome linkage analysis of rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility loci in 252 affected sibling pairs in the United Kingdom. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2002; 46: 632-639.
Freeman MS, Mansfield MW, Barrett JH, Grant PJ. Genetic contribution to circulating levels of hemostatic factors in healthy families with effects of known genetic polymorphisms on heritability. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2002; 22: 506-510.
Wachsmuth RC, Gaut RM, Barrett JH, Saunders CL, Randerson-Moor JA, Eldridge A, Martin N, Bishop DT, Newton Bishop JA. Heritability and gene-environment interactions for melanocytic nevus density examined in a UK adolescent twin study. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2001; 117: 348-352.
Saunders CL, Crockford GP, Bishop DT, Barrett JH. Using single nucleotide polymorphisms to investigate association between a candidate gene and disease. Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 (Suppl 1): S415-S420.
Donn RP, Barrett JH, Farhan A, Stopford A, Pepper L, Shelley E, Davies N, Ollier WER, Thomson W and the British Paediatric Rheumatology Group. Cytokine gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2001; 44: 802-810.
Gul A, Hajeer AH, Worthington J, Barrett JH, Ollier WER, Silman AJ. Evidence for linkage of the HLA-B locus in Behcet’s disease, obtained using the transmission disequilibrium test. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2001; 44: 239-241.
Myerscough A, John S, Barrett JH, Ollier WER and Worthington J. Linkage of rheumatoid arthritis to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus loci – Evidence supporting a hypothesis for the existence of common autoimmune susceptibility loci. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43: 2771-2775.
Holmes J, Payton A, Barrett JH, Hever T, Fitzpatrick H, Trumper AL, Harrington R, McGuffin P, Owen M, Ollier W, Worthington J, Thapar A.
A family-based and case control association study of the dopamine D4 receptor gene and dopamine transporter gene in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2000; 5: 523-530.
Barrett JH, Brennan P, Fiddler M, Silman A. Breast-feeding and postpartum relapse in women with rheumatoid and inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43: 1010-1015 .
Susol E, MacGregor A, Barrett JH, Wilson H, Black C, Welsh K, Silman A, Ollier B, Worthington J. A two stage genome-wide screen for susceptibility loci in primary Reynaud’s phenomenon. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43: 1641-1646.
Thomas E, Barrett JH, Donn RP, Thomson W, Southwood TR and the BPRG. Subtyping of juvenile idiopathic arthritis using latent class analysis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43: 1496-1503.
