Imperial College London

DrDagfinnAune

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Research Associate
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8478d.aune

 
 
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Location

 

Norfolk PlaceSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Dagfinn Aune is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health of Imperial College London and an associate professor at Bjørknes University College in Oslo, Norway. He completed his PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2016 and has a MSc in Nutrition from the University of Oslo from 2008. He has since 2010 worked for several years in the Continuous Update Project of the World Cancer Research Fund, updating the systematic reviews and meta-analyses that were the basis for the report Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Risk of Cancer: A Global Perspective that was published in 2007. He has also worked on systematic reviews and meta-analyses within other areas of public health as well as on projects in the EPIC-study, and in South American case-control studies. 


Some of his research interests are: 

Dietary factors and the risk of chronic diseases and mortality

Adiposity, physical activity and risk of chronic diseases and mortality

Smoking and risk of chronic diseases and mortality

Adiposity, diabetes, physical activity, diet and risk of pregnancy complications

Diabetes and insulin resistance and risk of chronic diseases and mortality


Publications

Journals

Gil-Lespinard M, Almanza-Aguilera E, Castañeda J, et al., 2024, Plasma concentration of 36 (poly)phenols and prospective body weight change in participants from the EPIC cohort, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol:80, ISSN:0250-6807, Pages:87-100

Baffour PK, Jahangiry L, Jain S, et al., 2024, Blood pressure, hypertension, and the risk of heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies., Eur J Prev Cardiol, Vol:31, Pages:529-556

Jayedi A, Zargar M-S, Emadi A, et al., 2024, Walking speed and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Br J Sports Med, Vol:58, Pages:334-342

Timmins IR, Jones ME, O'Brien KM, et al., 2024, International Pooled Analysis of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Premenopausal Breast Cancer in Women From 19 Cohorts., J Clin Oncol, Vol:42, Pages:927-939

Freisling H, Córdova R, Aune D, et al., 2024, Ultra processed foods and cancer-authors' reply., Lancet Reg Health Eur, Vol:38

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