David Dunger
David Dunger | |
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![]() Dunger in his later years | |
Nationality | British |
Education | Great Ormond Street Hospital |
Scientific career | |
Fields | PaediatricdiabetesandPediatric endocrinology |
Institutions | John Radcliffe Hospital,Addenbrooke's Hospital |
David DungerFRCPFRCPCH(died 20 July 2021) was a Britishpaediatric endocrinologistand chair ofpaediatricsat theUniversity of Cambridge.[1]Dunger was most notable for research into three areas, pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and its complications, perinatal origins of risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes along with experimental medicine.[2][3]
Life
[edit]Dunger undertook his clinical training atGreat Ormond Street Hospital,University of London,specialising in paediatric diabetes and paediatric endocrinology[1]achieving aBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgeryon 1 January 1971.
Dunger died on 20 July 2021.[4]
Career
[edit]Between 1986 and 2000 Dunger was Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at theJohn Radcliffe Hospital,University of Oxford.[5]In 2000, Dunger was appointed toAddenbrooke's Hospitaland at the same time took up the second Chair of Paediatrics at theUniversity of Cambridge.[5]
Awards and honours
[edit]In 2002, Dunger won the Research Award of theEuropean Society for Paediatric Endocrinologyfor conducting outstanding research in the field.[1][6]In 2012, Dunger was awarded theAndrea Prader Prize,from the same society, in recognising his outstanding achievements in leadership, teaching and clinical practice in the field of pediatric endocrinology.[7]The award was named in honour ofAndrea Prader,theSwissscientist,pediatric endocrinologist,who discoveredPrader–Willi syndrome.In 2015, Dunger was awarded theJames Spence Medal.[2][8]
Bibliography
[edit]Dunger co-wrote these highly cited articles:
- Burton, Paul R.; Clayton, David G.; Cardon, Lon R.; et al. (7 June 2007)."Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls".Nature.447(7145): 661–678.Bibcode:2007Natur.447..661B.doi:10.1038/nature05911.PMC2719288.PMID17554300.
- Ong, KK; Ahmed, ML; Emmett, PM; Preece, MA; Dunger, DB (8 April 2000)."Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: prospective cohort study".BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.).320(7240): 967–71.doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7240.967.PMC27335.PMID10753147.
- Todd, John A; Walker, Neil M; Cooper, Jason D; et al. (6 June 2007)."Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes".Nature Genetics.39(7): 857–864.doi:10.1038/ng2068.PMC2492393.PMID17554260.
- Metzger, B. E.; Buchanan, T. A.; Coustan, D. R.; et al. (27 June 2007)."Summary and Recommendations of the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus".Diabetes Care.30(Supplement 2): S251–S260.doi:10.2337/dc07-s225.PMID17596481.
- Burton, Paul R; Clayton, David G; Cardon, Lon R; et al. (21 October 2007)."Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants".Nature Genetics.39(11): 1329–1337.doi:10.1038/ng.2007.17.PMC2680141.PMID17952073.
References
[edit]- ^abc"David Dunger".Diabetes UK.The British Diabetic Association.Retrieved22 October2018.
- ^ab"Professor David Dunger".The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.2 March 2017.Retrieved22 October2018.
- ^"Professor David Dunger".Department of Paediatrics.University of Cambridge.Archivedfrom the original on 17 December 2017.Retrieved22 October2018.
- ^Wallersteiner, Rebecca (13 September 2021)."David Dunger: paediatric endocrinologist and clinical scientist".BMJ.374:n2232.doi:10.1136/bmj.n2232.ISSN1756-1833.S2CID237486549.
- ^ab"David B. Dunger".Grant for Growth Innovation.Merck.Retrieved26 October2018.
- ^"Research Award - Previous Winners".The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology.Retrieved22 October2018.
- ^"The Andrea Prader Prize - Previous Winners".European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology.Retrieved22 October2018.
- ^"Paediatrics professor awarded the James Spence Medal".School of Clinical Medicine.Featured Articles: University of Cambridge. 2 June 2015.Retrieved26 October2018.