Jonathan Tobias is professor of rheumatology at the University of Bristol, and consultant rheumatologist at North Bristol Trust. Following undergraduate studies in medicine at Cambridge University and London University from where he qualified in 1984, he completed MD and PhD theses in bone biology in 1990 and 1994, at St George’s Hospital in London. He was appointed as consultant senior lecturer in Bristol in 1995, and is currently head of section (Clinical Sciences and Methods) of the School of Clinical Sciences, and co-director of the Musculoskeletal Research Unit (Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital).

Causes and treatment of osteoporosis

Al-Sari, U, Tobias, J, Archer, H & Clark, E, 2016, ‘Do subjective memory complaints predict falls, fractures and healthcare utilization? A two-year prospective study based on a cohort of older women recruited from primary care’. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Al-Sari, U, Tobias, J & Clark, E, 2016, ‘Health related quality of life in older people with osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis’. Osteoporosis International. Frysz, M, Deere, K, Lawlor, D, Benfield, L, Tobias, J & Gregson, C, 2016, ‘Bone mineral density is positively related to carotid intima-media thickness: findings from a population based study in adolescents and premenopausal women’. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research. Kemp, J, Sayers, A, Smith, GD, Tobias, J & Evans, D, 2016, ‘Using Mendelian randomization to investigate a possible causal relationship between adiposity and increased bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in children’. International Journal of Epidemiology. Kemp, J, Medina-Gomez, C, Tobias, J, Rivadeneira, F & Evans, D, 2016, ‘The case for genome-wide association studies of bone acquisition in paediatric and adolescent populations’. IBMS BoneKEy, vol 5. Simmonds, BAJ, Hannam, K, Fox, KR & Tobias, JH, 2015, ‘An exploration of barriers and facilitators to older adults’ participation in higher impact physical activity and bone health: a qualitative study’. Osteoporosis International, vol 27., pp. 979-987 Zheng, H-F, Forgetta, V, Hsu, Y-H, Estrada, K, Rosello-Diez, A, Leo, PJ, Dahia, CL, Park-Min, KH, Tobias, JH, Kooperberg, C, Kleinman, A, Styrkarsdottir, U, Liu, C-T, Uggla, C, Evans, DS, Nielson, CM, Walter, K, Pettersson-Kymmer, U, McCarthy, S, Eriksson, J, Kwan, T, Jhamai, M, Trajanoska, K, Memari, Y, Min, J, Huang, J, Danecek, P, Wilmot, B, Li, R, Chou, W-C, Mokry, LE, Moayyeri, A, Claussnitzer, M, Cheng, C-H, Cheung, W, Medina-Gómez, C, Ge, B, Chen, S-H, Choi, K, Oei, L & others 2015, ‘Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture’. Nature, vol 526., pp. 112-7 Hannam, K, Deere, KC, Worrall, S, Hartley, A & Tobias, JH, 2015, ‘Characterisation of vertical accelerations experienced by older people attending an aerobics class designed to produce high impacts’. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, vol 24., pp. 268-274 Ireland, AD, Sayers, AE, Deere, KC, Emond, AM & Tobias, JH, 2015, ‘Motor Competence in Early Childhood Is Positively Associated with Bone Strength in Late Adolescence’. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol 31., pp. 1089-1098 Viljakainen, HT, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Kinra, S, Ebrahim, S, Kuper, H, Radhakrishna, KV, Kulkarni, B & Tobias, JH, 2015, ‘Urban-Rural Differences in Bone Mineral Density: A Cross Sectional Analysis Based on the Hyderabad Indian Migration Study’. PLoS ONE, vol 10., pp. e0140787