Peter Donnan is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Medical School Division of Population Health Sciences within the Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee. In 2004, Prof. Donnan was invited to become a member of the New Drugs Committee of the Scottish Medicines Consortium which seeks to advise Area and Drug Therapeutics Committees across Scotland regarding the cost-effectiveness of new drugs.

Sniehotta F, Donnan PT, McMurdo M. The role of perceived barriers and objectively measured physical activity in adults aged 65-100 years. Age and Ageing 2014 (In press) Bell S, Davey P, Nathwani D, Marwick C, Vadiveloo T, Sneddon J, Patton A, Bennie M, Fleming S, Donnan PT. Is single dose gentamicin used in isolation or in combination with other antibiotics associated with increased Acute Kidney Injury when used as prophylaxis for surgery? J Amer Soc Nephrology 2014, doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014010035 Morris JH, Kelly C, Kroll T, Joice S, Mead G, Donnan PT, Toma M, Williams B. Art as a creative intervention after stroke: A single blind feasibility randomised controlled trial to examine effects on psychosocial outcomes of art participation during stroke rehabilitation compared to usual care. Trials 2014 15:380. DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-380 van Hecke O, Torrance N, Cochrane L, Cavanagh J, Donnan PT, Padmanabhan S, Porteous DJ, Hocking L, Smith BH. Does a history of depression actually mediate smoking-related pain? Findings from a cross-sectional general population-based study. Eur J Pain. 2014 Oct;18(9):1223-30. doi: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2014.00470.x. Epub 2014 Feb 27. Feng Z, Dibben C, Witham MD, Donnan PT, Vadiveloo T, Sniehotta F, Crombie IK, McMurdo ME. Dog ownership and physical activity in later life: a cross-sectional observational study. Prev Med. 2014 Sep;66:101-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.004. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Witham MD, Price RJ, Struthers AD, Donnan PT, Messow M, McConnachie A, Ford I, McMurdo ME. Effect of vitamin D supplementation on orthostatic hypotension: data from the vitamin D in isolated systolic hypertension randomized controlled trial. J Hypertens. 2014 Aug;32(8):1693-9; discussion 1699. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000223. Morales DR, Lipworth BJ, Guthrie B, Jackson C, Donnan PT, Santiago VH. Safety risks for patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease after acute exposure to selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors: Meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Jul;134(1):40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.057. Epub 2013 Dec 31. McLernon DJ, Donnan PT, Sullivan FM, Roderick P, Rosenberg WM, Ryder SD, Dillon JF. Prediction of liver disease in patients whose liver function tests have been checked in primary care: model development and validation using population-based observational cohorts. BMJ Open. 2014 Jun 2;4(6):e004837. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004837. Hunt K, Wyke S, Gray CM, Anderson AS, Brady A, Bunn C, Donnan PT, Fenwick E, Grieve E, Leishman J, Miller E, Mutrie N, Rauchhaus P, White A, Treweek S.A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2014 Apr 5;383(9924):1211-21. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62420-4. Epub 2014 Jan 21. Morales DR, Jackson C, Lipworth BJ, Donnan PT, Guthrie B. Adverse respiratory effect of acute β-blocker exposure in asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Chest. 2014 Apr;145(4):779-86. Review. Witham MD, Frost H, McMurdo M, Donnan PT, McGilchrist M. Construction of a linked health and social care database resource - lessons on process, content and culture. Inform Health Soc Care. 2014 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print] Witham MD, Donnan PT, Vadiveloo T, Sniehotta FF, Crombie IK, Feng Z, McMurdo ME. Association of day length and weather conditions with physical activity levels in older community dwelling people. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 30;9(1):e85331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085331. eCollection 2014. Yu N, Macfarlane DP, Donnan PT, Leese GP. The authors' reply: Nonsustained hypercalcaemia and primary hyperparathyroidism in the PEARS cohort. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2013 Dec;79(6):899-900. doi: 10.1111/cen.12308. Epub 2013 Sep 4. Marwick CA , Guthrie B , Pringle JEC, Evans JMM, Nathwani D, Donnan PT, Davey PG . A multifaceted intervention to improve sepsis management in general hospital wards with evaluation using segmented regression of interrupted time series. BMJ Quality and Safety 2013 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002176. Impact Factor: 2.394 , Rank: ( Medicine), Quartile: . Morales D , Lipworth B , Guthrie B , Jackson C, Donnan PT, Santiago VH. Risk of acute selective NSAID or COX-2 inhibitor exposure in aspirin intolerant asthma: meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. J Allergy Clin Immun 2013 . Impact Factor: 12.047 , Rank: 1/23 (Allergy), Quartile: . Hoskins G, Abhyankar P, Taylor AD, Duncan E, Sheikh A, Pinnock H, van der Pol M, Donnan PT and Williams B. Goal-setting intervention in patients with active asthma: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials 2013; 14, 289. Impact Factor: 2.206, Rank: 63/121, ( Medicine, Research & Experimental), Quartile: 0.520. Sniehotta FF, Gellert P, Witham MD, Donnan PT, Crombie IK, McMurdo ME . Psychological theory in an interdisciplinary context: psychological, demographic, health-related, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a representative cohort of community-dwelling older adults. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2013: 10; 106. Impact Factor: 3.577, Rank: 15/76, (Nutrition & Dietetics), Quartile: 0.197. McLernon DJ, Donnan PT, Dillon J . Prevalence estimates of diagnosed viral hepatitis B, liver condition outcomes and hospitalization costs: a population record-linkage study in Tayside, Scotland. Epidemiol. Infect. 2013; 141: 2122–2130. Imp. Factor 2.837. Rank32/161, Subject: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Quartile: 0.198. Witham MD, Price RJG, Struthers AD , Donnan PT, Messow CM, Ford I, McMurdo ME T. Cholecalciferol Treatment to Reduce Blood Pressure in Older Patients With Isolated Systolic Hypertension. The VitDISH Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013; doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9043. Imp. Factor 11.462. Rank 11/153. (Medicine, General & Internal). Donnan PT, Dalzell J, Symon A, Rauchhaus P, Monteith-Hodge E, Kellett G, Wyatt JC, Whitford HYM. Prediction of initiation and cessation of breast feeding from late pregnancy to 16 weeks: The Feeding Your Baby (FYB) cohort study. BMJ Open 2013; 3: e003274 doi:10.1136. Imp. Factor 1.583 Rank: 61/155, ( Medicine, General & Internal), Quartile: 0.393. Morales D , Donnan PT, van Staa T, Sullivan F . Impact of clinical trial findings on Bell’s palsy management in the United Kingdom 2001-2012: interrupted time series regression analysis. BMJ Open 2013; 3:e003121 doi:10.1136. Imp. Factor 1.583 Rank: 61/155, ( Medicine, General & Internal), Quartile: 0.393. Evans JMM, Mackison D, Swanson V, Donnan PT, Emslie-Smith A, Lawton J. Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes: patients’ perceptions of ‘high’ readings. Diab Research and Clin Prac, 2013. Marwick C, Yu N, Lockhart MC, McGuigan CC, Wiuff C, Davey PG , Donnan PT. Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection among older people in Tayside, Scotland is associated with antibiotic exposure and care home residence: cohort study with nested case-control. J Antimicrob Chemotherapy 2013 doi:10.1093/jac/dkt257 Imp. Factor 5.062 Vadiveloo T, Donnan PT, Murphy MJ, Leese GP. Age- and Gender-sepcific TSH Reference Intervals in people with no obvious thyroid disease in Tayside, Scotland: The Thyroid Epidemiology, Audit, and Research Study (TEARS): J Clin Endocrinology & Metabolism 2013; 98: 1147-1153; doi:10.1210/jc.2012-3191. Imp. Factor 5.967. Rank 10/105. (Endocrinology & Metabolism). Loudon K, Zwarenstein M, Sullivan F , Donnan PT and Treweek S. Making clinical trials more relevant: improving and validating the PRECIS tool for matching trial design decisions to trial purpose. Trials 2013, 14:115. DOI: 10.1186/1468-6708-14-115. URL: http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/14/1/115. Imp. Factor 2.500