David Dunger Explained
David Dunger (died 20 July 2021) was a British paediatric endocrinologist and chair of paediatrics at the University 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
Dunger undertook his clinical training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, University of London, specialising in paediatric diabetes and paediatric endocrinology [1] achieving a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery on 1 January 1971.
Dunger died on 20 July 2021.[4]
Career
Between 1986 and 2000 Dunger was Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford.[5] In 2000, Dunger was appointed to Addenbrooke's Hospital and at the same time took up the second Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Cambridge.[5]
Awards and honours
In 2002, Dunger won the Research Award of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology for conducting outstanding research in the field.[1] [6] In 2012, Dunger was awarded the Andrea 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 of Andrea Prader, the Swiss scientist, pediatric endocrinologist, who discovered Prader–Willi syndrome. In 2015, Dunger was awarded the James Spence Medal.[2] [8]
Bibliography
Dunger co-wrote these highly cited articles:
- Burton . Paul R. . Clayton . David G. . Cardon . Lon R. . Craddock . Nick . Deloukas . Panos . Duncanson . Audrey . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P. . McCarthy . Mark I. . Ouwehand . Willem H. . Samani . Nilesh J. . Todd . John A. . Donnelly . Peter . Barrett . Jeffrey C. . Burton . Paul R. . Davison . Dan . Donnelly . Peter . Easton . Doug . Evans . David . Leung . Hin-Tak . Marchini . Jonathan L. . Morris . Andrew P. . Spencer . Chris C. A. . Tobin . Martin D. . Cardon . Lon R. . Clayton . David G. . Attwood . Antony P. . Boorman . James P. . Cant . Barbara . Everson . Ursula . Hussey . Judith M. . Jolley . Jennifer D. . Knight . Alexandra S. . Koch . Kerstin . Meech . Elizabeth . Nutland . Sarah . Prowse . Christopher V. . Stevens . Helen E. . Taylor . Niall C. . Walters . Graham R. . Walker . Neil M. . Watkins . Nicholas A. . Winzer . Thilo . Todd . John A. . Ouwehand . Willem H. . Jones . Richard W. . McArdle . Wendy L. . Ring . Susan M. . Strachan . David P. . Pembrey . Marcus . Breen . Gerome . St Clair . David . Caesar . Sian . Gordon-Smith . Katherine . Jones . Lisa . Fraser . Christine . Green . Elaine K. . Grozeva . Detelina . Hamshere . Marian L. . Holmans . Peter A. . Jones . Ian R. . Kirov . George . Moskvina . Valentina . Nikolov . Ivan . O'Donovan . Michael C. . Owen . Michael J. . Craddock . Nick . Collier . David A. . Elkin . Amanda . Farmer . Anne . Williamson . Richard . McGuffin . Peter . Young . Allan H. . Ferrier . I. Nicol . Ball . Stephen G. . Balmforth . Anthony J. . Barrett . Jennifer H. . Bishop . D. Timothy . Iles . Mark M. . Maqbool . Azhar . Yuldasheva . Nadira . Hall . Alistair S. . Braund . Peter S. . Burton . Paul R. . Dixon . Richard J. . Mangino . Massimo . Stevens . Suzanne . Tobin . Martin D. . Thompson . John R. . Samani . Nilesh J. . Bredin . Francesca . Tremelling . Mark . Parkes . Miles . Drummond . Hazel . Lees . Charles W. . Nimmo . Elaine R. . Satsangi . Jack . Fisher . Sheila A. . Forbes . Alastair . Lewis . Cathryn M. . Onnie . Clive M. . Prescott . Natalie J. . Sanderson . Jeremy . Mathew . Christopher G. . Barbour . Jamie . Mohiuddin . M. Khalid . Todhunter . Catherine E. . Mansfield . John C. . Ahmad . Tariq . Cummings . Fraser R. . Jewell . Derek P. . Webster . John . Brown . Morris J. . Clayton . David G. . Lathrop . G. Mark . Connell . John . Dominiczak . Anna . Samani . Nilesh J. . Marcano . Carolina A. Braga . Burke . Beverley . Dobson . Richard . Gungadoo . Johannie . Lee . Kate L. . Munroe . Patricia B. . Newhouse . Stephen J. . Onipinla . Abiodun . Wallace . Chris . Xue . Mingzhan . Caulfield . Mark . Farrall . Martin . Barton . Anne . and Genomics (BRAGGS) . The Biologics in RA Genetics . Bruce . Ian N. . Donovan . Hannah . Eyre . Steve . Gilbert . Paul D. . Hider . Samantha L. . Hinks . Anne M. . John . Sally L. . Potter . Catherine . Silman . Alan J. . Symmons . Deborah P. M. . Thomson . Wendy . Worthington . Jane . Clayton . David G. . Dunger . David B. . Nutland . Sarah . Stevens . Helen E. . Walker . Neil M. . Widmer . Barry . Todd . John A. . Frayling . Timothy M. . Freathy . Rachel M. . Lango . Hana . Perry . John R. B. . Shields . Beverley M. . Weedon . Michael N. . Hattersley . Andrew T. . Hitman . Graham A. . Walker . Mark . Elliott . Kate S. . Groves . Christopher J. . Lindgren . Cecilia M. . Rayner . Nigel W. . Timpson . Nicholas J. . Zeggini . Eleftheria . McCarthy . Mark I. . Newport . Melanie . Sirugo . Giorgio . Lyons . Emily . Vannberg . Fredrik . Hill . Adrian V. S. . Bradbury . Linda A. . Farrar . Claire . Pointon . Jennifer J. . Wordsworth . Paul . Brown . Matthew A. . Franklyn . Jayne A. . Heward . Joanne M. . Simmonds . Matthew J. . Gough . Stephen C. L. . Seal . Sheila . Susceptibility Collaboration (UK) . Breast Cancer . Stratton . Michael R. . Rahman . Nazneen . Ban . Maria . Goris . An . Sawcer . Stephen J. . Compston . Alastair . Conway . David . Jallow . Muminatou . Newport . Melanie . Sirugo . Giorgio . Rockett . Kirk A. . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P. . Bumpstead . Suzannah J. . Chaney . Amy . Downes . Kate . Ghori . Mohammed J. R. . Gwilliam . Rhian . Hunt . Sarah E. . Inouye . Michael . Keniry . Andrew . King . Emma . McGinnis . Ralph . Potter . Simon . Ravindrarajah . Rathi . Whittaker . Pamela . Widden . Claire . Withers . David . Deloukas . Panos . Leung . Hin-Tak . Nutland . Sarah . Stevens . Helen E. . Walker . Neil M. . Todd . John A. . Easton . Doug . Clayton . David G. . Burton . Paul R. . Tobin . Martin D. . Barrett . Jeffrey C. . Evans . David . Morris . Andrew P. . Cardon . Lon R. . Cardin . Niall J. . Davison . Dan . Ferreira . Teresa . Pereira-Gale . Joanne . Hallgrimsdóttir . Ingileif B. . Howie . Bryan N. . Marchini . Jonathan L. . Spencer . Chris C. A. . Su . Zhan . Teo . Yik Ying . Vukcevic . Damjan . Donnelly . Peter . Bentley . David . Brown . Matthew A. . Cardon . Lon R. . Caulfield . Mark . Clayton . David G. . Compston . Alistair . Craddock . Nick . Deloukas . Panos . Donnelly . Peter . Farrall . Martin . Gough . Stephen C. L. . Hall . Alistair S. . Hattersley . Andrew T. . Hill . Adrian V. S. . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P. . Mathew . Christopher G. . McCarthy . Mark I. . Ouwehand . Willem H. . Parkes . Miles . Pembrey . Marcus . Rahman . Nazneen . Samani . Nilesh J. . Stratton . Michael R. . Todd . John A. . Worthington . Jane . 3. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls . Nature . 7 June 2007 . 447 . 7145 . 661–678 . 10.1038/nature05911. 2719288 . 17554300 . 2007Natur.447..661B .
- Ong . KK . Ahmed . ML . Emmett . PM . Preece . MA . Dunger . DB . Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: prospective cohort study. . BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) . 8 April 2000 . 320 . 7240 . 967–71 . 10753147 . 10.1136/bmj.320.7240.967. 27335 .
- Todd . John A . Walker . Neil M . Cooper . Jason D . Smyth . Deborah J . Downes . Kate . Plagnol . Vincent . Bailey . Rebecca . Nejentsev . Sergey . Field . Sarah F . Payne . Felicity . Lowe . Christopher E . Szeszko . Jeffrey S . Hafler . Jason P . Zeitels . Lauren . Yang . Jennie H M . Vella . Adrian . Nutland . Sarah . Stevens . Helen E . Schuilenburg . Helen . Coleman . Gillian . Maisuria . Meeta . Meadows . William . Smink . Luc J . Healy . Barry . Burren . Oliver S . Lam . Alex A C . Ovington . Nigel R . Allen . James . Adlem . Ellen . Leung . Hin-Tak . Wallace . Chris . Howson . Joanna M M . Guja . Cristian . Ionescu-Tîrgovişte . Constantin . Simmonds . Matthew J . Heward . Joanne M . Gough . Stephen C L . Dunger . David B . Wicker . Linda S . Clayton . David G . 3 . Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes . Nature Genetics . 6 June 2007 . 39 . 7 . 857–864 . 10.1038/ng2068. 2492393 . 17554260 .
- Metzger . B. E. . Buchanan . T. A. . Coustan . D. R. . de Leiva . A. . Dunger . D. B. . Hadden . D. R. . Hod . M. . Kitzmiller . J. L. . Kjos . S. L. . Oats . J. N. . Pettitt . D. J. . Sacks . D. A. . Zoupas . C. . 3 . Summary and Recommendations of the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus . Diabetes Care . 27 June 2007 . 30 . Supplement 2 . S251–S260 . 10.2337/dc07-s225. 17596481 . free .
- Burton . Paul R . Clayton . David G . Cardon . Lon R . Craddock . Nick . Deloukas . Panos . Duncanson . Audrey . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P . McCarthy . Mark I . Ouwehand . Willem H . Samani . Nilesh J . Todd . John A . Donnelly (Chair) . Peter . Barrett . Jeffrey C . Burton . Paul R . Davison . Dan . Donnelly . Peter . Easton . Doug . Evans . David M . Leung . Hin-Tak . Marchini . Jonathan L . Morris . Andrew P . Spencer . Chris CA . Tobin . Martin D . Cardon . Lon R . Clayton . David G . Attwood . Antony P . Boorman . James P . Cant . Barbara . Everson . Ursula . Hussey . Judith M . Jolley . Jennifer D . Knight . Alexandra S . Koch . Kerstin . Meech . Elizabeth . Nutland . Sarah . Prowse . Christopher V . Stevens . Helen E . Taylor . Niall C . Walters . Graham R . Walker . Neil M . Watkins . Nicholas A . Winzer . Thilo . Todd . John A . Ouwehand . Willem H . Jones . Richard W . McArdle . Wendy L . Ring . Susan M . Strachan . David P . Pembrey . Marcus . Breen . Gerome . Clair . David St . Caesar . Sian . Gordon-Smith . Katharine . Jones . Lisa . Fraser . Christine . Green . Elaine K . Grozeva . Detelina . Hamshere . Marian L . Holmans . Peter A . Jones . Ian R . Kirov . George . Moskivina . Valentina . Nikolov . Ivan . O'Donovan . Michael C . Owen . Michael J . Craddock . Nick . Collier . David A . Elkin . Amanda . Farmer . Anne . Williamson . Richard . McGuffin . Peter . Young . Allan H . Ferrier . I Nicol . Ball . Stephen G . Balmforth . Anthony J . Barrett . Jennifer H . Bishop . Timothy D . Iles . Mark M . Maqbool . Azhar . Yuldasheva . Nadira . Hall . Alistair S . Braund . Peter S . Burton . Paul R . Dixon . Richard J . Mangino . Massimo . Stevens . Suzanne . Tobin . Martin D . Thompson . John R . Samani . Nilesh J . Bredin . Francesca . Tremelling . Mark . Parkes . Miles . Drummond . Hazel . Lees . Charles W . Nimmo . Elaine R . Satsangi . Jack . Fisher . Sheila A . Forbes . Alastair . Lewis . Cathryn M . Onnie . Clive M . Prescott . Natalie J . Sanderson . Jeremy . Matthew . Christopher G . Barbour . Jamie . Mohiuddin . M Khalid . Todhunter . Catherine E . Mansfield . John C . Ahmad . Tariq . Cummings . Fraser R . Jewell . Derek P . Webster . John . Brown . Morris J . Clayton . David G . Lathrop . Mark G . Connell . John . Dominiczak . Anna . Samani . Nilesh J . Marcano . Carolina A Braga . Burke . Beverley . Dobson . Richard . Gungadoo . Johannie . Lee . Kate L . Munroe . Patricia B . Newhouse . Stephen J . Onipinla . Abiodun . Wallace . Chris . Xue . Mingzhan . Caulfield . Mark . Farrall . Martin . Barton . Anne . Bruce . Ian N . Donovan . Hannah . Eyre . Steve . Gilbert . Paul D . Hilder . Samantha L . Hinks . Anne M . John . Sally L . Potter . Catherine . Silman . Alan J . Symmons . Deborah PM . Thomson . Wendy . Worthington . Jane . Clayton . David G . Dunger . David B . Nutland . Sarah . Stevens . Helen E . Walker . Neil M . Widmer . Barry . Todd . John A . Frayling . Timothy M . Freathy . Rachel M . Lango . Hana . Perry . John R B . Shields . Beverley M . Weedon . Michael N . Hattersley . Andrew T . Hitman . Graham A . Walker . Mark . Elliott . Kate S . Groves . Christopher J . Lindgren . Cecilia M . Rayner . Nigel W . Timpson . Nicolas J . Zeggini . Eleftheria . McCarthy . Mark I . Newport . Melanie . Sirugo . Giorgio . Lyons . Emily . Vannberg . Fredrik . Hill . Adrian V S . Bradbury . Linda A . Farrar . Claire . Pointon . Jennifer J . Wordsworth . Paul . Brown . Matthew A . Franklyn . Jayne A . Heward . Joanne M . Simmonds . Matthew J . Gough . Stephen CL . Seal . Sheila . Stratton . Michael R . Rahman . Nazneen . Ban . Maria . Goris . An . Sawcer . Stephen J . Compston . Alastair . Conway . David . Jallow . Muminatou . Newport . Melanie . Sirugo . Giorgio . Rockett . Kirk A . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P . Bumpstead . Suzannah J . Chaney . Amy . Downes . Kate . Ghori . Mohammed JR . Gwilliam . Rhian . Hunt . Sarah E . Inouye . Michael . Keniry . Andrew . King . Emma . McGinnis . Ralph . Potter . Simon . Ravindrarajah . Rathi . Whittaker . Pamela . Widden . Claire . Withers . David . Deloukas . Panos . Leung . Hin-Tak . Nutland . Sarah . Stevens . Helen E . Walker . Neil M . Todd . John A . Easton . Doug . Clayton . David G . Burton . Paul R . Tobin . Martin D . Barrett . Jeffrey C . Evans . David M . Morris . Andrew P . Cardon . Lon R . Cardin . Niall J . Davison . Dan . Ferreira . Teresa . Pereira-Gale . Joanne . Hallgrimsdóttir . Ingeleif B . Howie . Bryan N . Marchini . Jonathan L . Spencer . Chris CA . Su . Zhan . Teo . Yik Ying . Vukcevic . Damjan . Donnelly . Peter . Bentley . David . Brown . Matthew A . Cardon . Lon R . Caulfield . Mark . Clayton . David G . Compston . Alastair . Craddock . Nick . Deloukas . Panos . Donnelly . Peter . Farrall . Martin . Gough . Stephen CL . Hall . Alistair S . Hattersley . Andrew T . Hill . Adrian V S . Kwiatkowski . Dominic P . Matthew . Christopher G . McCarthy . Mark I . Ouwehand . Willem H . Parkes . Miles . Pembrey . Marcus . Rahman . Nazneen . Samani . Nilesh J . Stratton . Michael R . Todd . John A . Worthington . Jane . Mitchell . Sarah L . Newby . Paul R . Brand . Oliver J . Carr-Smith . Jackie . Pearce . Simon H S . Gough . Stephen C L . McGinnis . R . Keniry . A . Deloukas . P . Reveille . John D . Zhou . Xiaodong . Bradbury . Linda A . Sims . Anne-Marie . Dowling . Alison . Taylor . Jacqueline . Doan . Tracy . Cardon . Lon R . Davis . John C . Pointon . Jennifer J . Savage . Laurie . Ward . Michael M . Learch . Thomas L . Weisman . Michael H . Wordsworth . Paul . Brown . Matthew A . 3 . Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants . Nature Genetics . 21 October 2007 . 39 . 11 . 1329–1337 . 10.1038/ng.2007.17. 2680141 . 17952073 .
Notes and References
- Web site: David Dunger . Diabetes UK . The British Diabetic Association . 22 October 2018.
- Web site: Professor David Dunger. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 22 October 2018. 2 March 2017.
- Web site: Professor David Dunger. Department of Paediatrics. University of Cambridge. 22 October 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014035/http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-staff/professor-david-dunger/. 17 December 2017.
- Wallersteiner. Rebecca. 13 September 2021. David Dunger: paediatric endocrinologist and clinical scientist. BMJ. 374 . en. n2232. 10.1136/bmj.n2232. 237486549 . 1756-1833.
- Web site: David B. Dunger . Grant for Growth Innovation . Merck . 26 October 2018.
- Web site: Research Award - Previous Winners . The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology . 22 October 2018.
- Web site: The Andrea Prader Prize - Previous Winners . European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology . 22 October 2018.
- Web site: Paediatrics professor awarded the James Spence Medal . School of Clinical Medicine . University of Cambridge . 26 October 2018 . Featured Articles . 2 June 2015.
