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Saverio Stranges

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Saverio Stranges

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Associate Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Director of Clinical Academic Training in Public Health and Consultant Physician in Public Health Medicine (University Hospital)

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Health Sciences
Room B152
Statistics and Epidemiology
Warwick Medical School
Medical School Building
Coventry
CV4 7AL		 Tel: +44 (0) 2476151153
Fax: +44 (0) 2476528375
Email: S.Stranges@warwick.ac.uk
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RESEARCH PROFILE


Dr. Stranges research primarily focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In particular, he studies the effects of traditional and emerging risk factors as well the effects of non-pharmacological interventions in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Dr Stranges has been involved in several epidemiologic projects and secondary data analyses in the area of chronic disease. Among the others: Nutritional Prevention of Cancer Trial, Western New York Health Study, and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), USA; National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) and Whitehall II Study, UK; ORDET Study (EPIC) and Olivetti Heart Study, Italy. Over the years, Dr Stranges has developed a substantial experience in the evaluation of observational and clinical trial data and statistical analysis of large datasets.

BACKGROUND


Dr Stranges is originally from Italy, where he completed his medical school and a specialty training in Preventive/Public Health Medicine in 2000. Thereafter, he was a Research Associate and started his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health at the State University of New York in Buffalo, US (2002-06). While in the US, Dr Stranges completed a PhD Program in Epidemiology and Environmental Health. In 2006 Dr Stranges joined the University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School and is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology.

TEACHING PORTFOLIO

MPH:

- Module Leader for Practice of Public Health

- Epidemiology

- Global Public Health

- Preventive Medicine

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Assessing adult health and ageing in Africa - IRSES Joint exchange project - Lead by Umea Sweden, with Prof Margaret Thorogood, Health Sciences, Dr Saverio Stranges MD, PhD - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: European Commission, Project Start Date: 01/01/2012 Project End Date: 31/12/2015
  • MRC Global Alliance for Chronic Disease: Cost effectiveness of community outreach and enhanced facility services compared with usual care for management of hypertension in adults., with Prof Margaret Thorogood, Health Sciences, Dr Saverio Stranges MD, PhD - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: MRC, Project Start Date: 01/06/2012 Project End Date: 30/11/2015
  • Lifestyle and pharmacological interventions for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease , Funded by: National Institute for Health Research Cochrane Collaboration, Project Start Date: 01/06/2011 Project End Date: 31/05/2014
  • NIHR Cochrane programme grant (FULL): Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, with Dr Karen Rees, Health Sciences Research Institute, - Dr Saverio Stranges MD, PhD - Health Sciences Research Institute - Dr. Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Prof Margaret Thorogood - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/04/2011 Project End Date: 31/03/2014

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Kandala N-B, Tigbe W, Manda SOM, Stranges S. (2013) 'Geographic variation of hypertension in sub-saharan Africa: a case study of South Africa' American Journal of Hypertension 26 (3), 382 - 391
  • Maheswaran H, Petrou S, Rees K, Stranges S. (2013) 'Estimating EQ-5D utility values for major health behavioral risk factors in England' Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health 67 (2), 172 - 180
  • Stranges S, Tigbe W, Gómez-Olivé XF, Thorogood M, Kandala N-B (2012) 'Sleep Problems: an Emerging Global Epidemic? Findings from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study among over 40,000 older adults from eight countries across Africa and Asia' Sleep
  • Rayman MP, Blundell-Pound G, Pastor-Barriuso R, Guallar E, Steinbrenner H, Stranges S. (2012) 'A randomized trial of selenium supplementation and risk of type-2 diabetes, as assessed by plasma adiponectin' PLoS One 7 (9:e45269),
  • Stranges S, Guallar E. (2012) 'Cardiovascular disease prevention in women: an evolving scenario' Nutrition, Metabolism And Cardiovascular Diseases 22 (12), 1013 - 1018

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