Priya Parmar BSc, MSc, PhD
Current Position:
Senior Lecturer, Biostatistician
Research background:
Priya completed a BSc specialising in Bioinformatics and MSc in Medical Statistics from the University of Auckland. She then worked at Queensland Institute for Medical Research before embarking on a PhD at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Priya's PhD utilised methods from genetic epidemiology, biostatistics and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) paradigm to identify genetic precursors underlying hypertension. She led a working group from an international consortium meta-analysing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on blood pressure in children and adolescents from several European cohorts. She also employed a gene-network model to assess and characterise the influence of the Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis (a key DOHaD pathway) towards blood pressure.
Research project:
Priya is currently working on the BIONIC project at NISAN. She is also involved in the statistical aspects of many projects from study design for trials to conventional and non-conventional analyses to identify associations between disease outcomes and effects.
Awards:
Priya has been awarded the Women's and Infants Research Foundation Doctoral Studies Scholarship, Postgraduate travel award and Convocation award from UWA. She also received a summer studentship award from the University of Auckland.
Research interests:
- Using novel statistical approaches to analyse data in health and medical research
- Analysing the combination of genetic and environmental effects to help understand and explain the onset and prevalence of non-communicable diseases
- Identifying ethnic disparities in disease predisposition, particularly in New Zealand.
Publications:
2020
Krishnamurthi, R.V., Barker-Collo, S., Barber, P.A., Tippett, L.J., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C., Tunnage, B., Mahon, S., Parmar, P.G., Moylan, M. & Feigin, V.L. (2020). Community knowledge and awareness of stroke in New Zealand. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104589
Merkin, A. G., Medvedev, O. N., Sachdev, P. S., Tippett, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Mahon, S., Kasabov, N., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2020). New avenue for the Geriatric Depression Scale: Rasch transformation enhances reliability of assessment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 264, 7-14. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.100
2019
Feigin, V., Vos, T., Nichols, E., Owolabi, M., Carroll, W. M., Dichgans, M., Deuschl, G., Parmar, P., Brainin, M. & Murray, C. (2019). The global burden of neurological disorders: Translating evidence into policy. The Lancet Neurology. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30411-9
Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., Barber, P. A., Rathnasabapathy, Y., Te Ao, B., Parmar, P., Mahon, S., Tunnage, B., . . . Douwes, J. (2019). Measuring stroke and transient ischemic attack burden in New Zealand: Protocol for the fifth Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study (ARCOS V). International Journal of Stroke. doi:10.1177/1747493019884528
Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D. A., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. (2019). Sex differences in long-term quality of life among survivors after stroke in the INSTRUCT. Stroke. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.024437
Bergin, P. S., Brockington, A., Jayabal, J., Scott, S., Litchfield, R., Roberts, L., . . . Feigin, V. (2019). Status epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand: Incidence, etiology, and outcomes. Epilepsia. doi:10.1111/epi.16277
Theadom, A., Roxburgh, R., MacAulay, E., O'Grady, G., Burns, J., Parmar, P., . . . Rodrigues, M. (2019). Prevalence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease across the lifespan: A population-based epidemiological study. BMJ Open, 9(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029240
Olds, M. K., Ellis, R., Parmar, P., & Kersten, P. (2019). Who will redislocate his/her shoulder Predicting recurrent instability following a first traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 5(1). doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000447
Krishnamurthi, R., Hale, L., Barker-Collo, S., Theadom, A., Bhattacharjee, R., George, A., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. (2018). Mobile technology for primary stroke prevention. Stroke, 50, 196-198. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023058
Theadom, A., Rodrigues, M., Poke, G., O’Grady, G., Love, D., Hammond-Tooke, G., Parmar, P., Baker, R., Feigin, V., Jones, K., Te Ao, B., Ranta A., & Roxburgh, R., on behalf of the MD-PREV Research group (2019). A nationwide, population-based prevalence study of genetic muscle disorders. Neuroepidemiology, 52, 128-135. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000494115
2018
Feigin, V.L., Parmar, P., Krishnamurthi, R. et. al. (GBD 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators) (2018). Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(25), 2429-2437. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1804492
Rush, E., Kirk, M., Parmar, P., Young, L., & Obolonkin, V. (2018). Secular trends 2013-2017 in overweight and visible dental decay in New Zealand preschool children: Influence of ethnicity, deprivation and the Under-5-Energize nutrition and physical activity programme. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-8. doi:10.1017/S2040174418000788
Bergin, P. S., Brockington, A., Jayabal, J., Scott, S., Litchfield, R., Roberts, L., Parmar, P...... Feigin, V. (2018). EpiNet study of incidence of status epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand: Methods and preliminary results. Epilepsia. doi:10.1111/epi.14478
Jones, K. M., O'Grady, G., Rodrigues, M. J., Ranta, A., Roxburgh, R. H., Love, D. R., . . . Krishnamurthi, R. (2018). Impacts for children living with genetic muscle disorders and their parents - Findings from a population-based study. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 5(3), 341-352. doi:10.3233/JND-170287
Jones, K. M., Bhattacharjee, R., Krishnamurthi, R., Blanton, S., Barker-Collo, S., Theadom, A., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2018). Determining the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a stroke instructional and educational DVD in a multinational context: A randomized controlled pilot study. Clinical Rehabilitation, doi:10.1177/0269215518777565
Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D. A., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. L. (2018). Factors contributing to sex differences in functional outcomes and participation after stroke. Neurology. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000005602
Jones, K., Barker-Collo, S., Parmar, P., Starkey, N., Theadom, A., Ameratunga, S., & Feigin, V. L. (2018). Trajectories in health recovery in the 12 months following a mild traumatic brain injury in children: Findings from the BIONIC study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(1), 81-89. doi:10.1071/HC17038
Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., Jones, K. M., Parmar, P., Bhattacharjee, R., & Feigin, V. L. (2018). MLC901 (NeuroAiD II™) for cognition after traumatic brain injury: A pilot randomised clinical trial. European Journal of Neurology. doi:10.1111/ene.13653
Krishnamurthi, R. V., Barker-Collo, S., Parag, V., Parmar, P., Witt, E., Jones, A., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2018). Stroke incidence by major pathological type and ischemic subtypes in the Auckland Regional Community Stroke Studies. Stroke, 49(1), 3-10. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019358
Mahon, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Vandal, A., Witt, E., Barker-Collo, S., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. (2018). Primary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease in the community (PREVENTS): Methodology of a health wellness coaching intervention to reduce stroke and cardiovascular disease risk, a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Stroke, 13(2), 223-232. doi:10.1177/1747493017730759
2017
Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. (2017). Sex differences in long-term mortality after stroke in the INSTRUCT (INternational STRoke oUtComes sTudy): A meta-analysis of individual participant data. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 10(2). doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003436
Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., Greenwood, A., Parmar, P., Jones, K., Starkey, N., . . . BIONIC Study Group. (2017). Do mild Traumatic Brain Injury severity sub-classification systems help to identify people who go on to experience long-term symptoms? Brain Impairment. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2017.11
Ellis, R., Osborne, S., Whitefield, J., Parmar, P., & Hing, W. (2017). The effect of spinal position on sciatic nerve excursion during seated neural mobilisation exercises: An in vivo study using ultrasound imaging. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 25(2), 98-105. doi:10.1179/2042618615Y.0000000020
Lee, L., Reid, D., Cadwell, J., & Palmer, P. (2017). Injury incidence, dance exposure and the use of movement competency screen (MCS) to identify variables associated with injury in full-time pre-professional dancers. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 12(3), 352-370. Retrieved from https://spts.org/docs/default-source/v12n3-ijspt/ijspt-12_3-06-lee_abs.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Feigin, V. L., Abajobir, A. A., Abate, K. H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdulle, A. M., Abera, S. F., . . . Vos, T. (2017). Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet Neurology, 16(11), 877-897. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30299-5
Mahon, S., Parmar, P., Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, K., Theadom, A., & Feigin, V. L. (2017). Determinants, prevalence and trajectory of long-term post stroke cognitive impairment: Results from 4-year follow-up of the ARCOS-IV Study. Neuroepidemiology, 49(3-4), 129-134. doi:10.1159/000484606
2016
Carroll, M., Parmar, P., Boocock, M., Dalbeth, N., & Rome, K. (2016). Gait characteristics associated with the foot and ankle in inflammatory arthritis: A systematic review. Foot and Ankle Surgery, 22(2), 106-107. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2016.05.281
Theadom, A., Starkey, N., Jones, K., Cropley, M., Parmar, P., Barker-Collo, S., & Feigin, V. L. (2016). Sleep difficulties and their impact on recovery following mild traumatic brain injury in children. Brain Injury, 30(10), 1243-1248. doi:10.1080/02699052.2016.1183171
Parmar, P., Taal, H. R., Timpson, N. J., Thiering, E., Lehtimäk, T., Marinelli, M., . . . Early Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology Consortium. (2016). International GWAS consortium identifies novel loci associated with blood pressure in children and adolescents. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 9, 266-278. doi:10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.115.001190
Barber, P. A., Krishnamurthi, R., Parag, V., Anderson, N. E., Ranta, A., Klifoyle, D., . . . for the ARCOS IV study group. (2016). Incidence of transient ischemic attack in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2011 to 2012. Stroke, 47(9), 2183-2188. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014010
Feigin, V., & Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. (2016). Global burden of stroke and risk factors in 188 countries, during 1990–2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Neurology, 15(9), 913-924. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30073-4
Feigin, V. L., Varakin, Y. Y., Kravchenko, M. A., Piradov, M. A., Tanashyan, M. M., Gnedovskaya, E. V., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2016). A new approach to stroke prevention in Russia. Human Physiology, 42(8), 854-857. doi:10.1134/S0362119716080053
Ellis, R., Osborne, S., Whitefield, J., Parmar, P., & Hing, W. (2016). The effect of spinal position on sciatic nerve excursion during seated neural mobilisation exercises: An in vivo study using ultrasound imaging. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. doi:10.1179/2042618615Y.0000000020
2015
Feigin, V. L., Mensah, G. A., Norrving, B., Murray, C. J. L., Roth, G. A., & GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Atlas of the Global Burden of Stroke (1990-2013): The GBD 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 230-236. doi:10.1159/000441106
Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K. M., Barber, P. A., Parag, V., . . . ARCOS IV Group. (2015). 30-year trends in stroke rates and outcome in Auckland, New Zealand (1981-2012): A multi-ethnic population-based series of studies. PLoS One, 10(8), e0134609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134609
Feigin, V., Varakin, Y. Y., Kravchenko, M. A., Piradov, M. A., Tanashayan, M. M., Gnedovskaya, E. V., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2015). A new approach for stroke prevention in Russia. Annaly-Nevrologii, 9(4), 11-15. Retrieved from http://www.annaly-nevrologii.ru/
Feigin, V., Krishnamurthi, R., Bhattacharjee, R., Parmar, P., Theadom, A., Hussein, P., . . . Tobias, M. (2015). A new strategy to reduce global burden of Stroke. Stroke, 46, 1740-1747.
Parmar, P., & Feigin, V. L. (2015). Final response to Hippisley-Cox et.al.. International Journal of Stroke, 10(7), E82-E85. doi:10.1111/ijs.12606_1
Theadom, A., Parmar, P., Jones, K., Barker-Collo, S., Starkey, N., McPherson, K., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2015). Frequency and impact of recurrent traumatic brain injury in a population-based sample. Journal of Neurotrauma, 32(10), 674-681. doi:10.1089/neu.2014.3579
Carroll, M., Parmar, P., Dalbeth, N., Boocock, M., & Rome, K. (2015). Gait characteristics associated with the foot and ankle in inflammatory arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 16, 134. doi:10.1186/s12891-015-0596-0
Jones, K. M., Bhattacharjee, R., Krishnamurthi, R., Blanton, S., Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., . . . on behalf of the SMART Study Group. (2015). Methodology of the stroke self-management rehabilitation trial: An international, multisite pilot trial. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 24(2), 297-303. doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.08.029
Feigin, V. L., Wang, W., Fu, H., Liu, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2015). Primary stroke prevention in China - a new approach. Neurological Research, 37(5). doi:10.1179/1743132815Y.0000000025
Olds, M., Ellis, R., Donaldson, K., Parmar, P., & Kersten, P. (2015). Risk factors which predispose first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations to recurrent instability in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-094342
Barker-Collo, S., Bennett, D. A., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Parmar, P., Feigin, V. L., et al GBD 2013 Writing Group., . . . and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Sex differences in stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 203-214. doi:10.1159/000441103
Theadom, A., Cropley, M., Parmar, P., Barker-Collo, S., Starkey, N., Jones, K., . . . on behalf of the BIONIC Research Group. (2015). Sleep difficulties one year following mild traumatic brain injury in a population-based study. Sleep Medicine, 16(8), 926-932. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.04.013
Krishnamurthi, R. V., deVeber, G., Feigin, V. L., Barker-Collo, S., Fullerton, H., et al GBD 2013 Writing Group., . . . and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Stroke prevalence, mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years in children and youth aged 0-19 years: Data from the Global and Regional Burden of Stroke study 2013. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 177-189. doi:10.1159/000441087
Newland, C., Reid, D. A., & Parmar, P. (2015). The prevalence, incidence and severity of low back
pain among international-level rowers. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(1), 951-956. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-093889
Parmar, P., Krishnamurthi, R., Ikram, M. A., Hofman, A., Mirza, S. S., Varakin, Y., . . . Stroke RiskometerTM Collaboration Writing Group. (2015). The Stroke Riskometer(TM) App: Validation of a data collection tool and stroke risk predictor. International Journal of Stroke, 10(2), 231-244. doi:10.1111/ijs.12411
Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Parmar, P., Norrving, B., Mensah, G. A., Bennett, D. A., . . . et al and the GBD 2013 Writing Group and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Update on the global burden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 161-176. doi:10.1159/000441085
Bergin, P., Jayabal, J., Walker, E., Davis, S., Jones, P., Dalziel, S., . . . Rossetti, A. O. (2015). Use of the EpiNet database for observational study of status epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand. Epilepsy & Behaviour, 49, 164-169. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.028
2014
Kasabov, N., Feigin, V., Hou, Z. -G., Chen, Y., Liang, L., Krishnamurthi, R., . . . Parmar, P. (2014). Evolving spiking neural networks for personalised modelling, classification and prediction of spatio-temporal patterns with a case study on stroke. Neurocomputing, 134, 269-279. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2013.09.049
Brenton-Rule, A., Dalbeth, N., Parmar, P., Bassett, S., Menz, H. B., & Rome, K. (2014). Foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 66, S902-S903.
Feigin, V. L., Parmar, P., Barker-Collo, S., Bennett, D. A., Anderson, C. S., Thrift, A. G., . . . Kasabov, N. (2014). Geomagnetic storms can trigger stroke: Evidence from 6 large population-based studies in Europe and Australasia. Stroke, 45(6), 1639-1645. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004577
Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., Parag, V., Abbott, M., . . . Barber, A. P. (2014). Long-term trends in stroke incidence in New Zealand: 1981-2012. International Journal of Stroke, 9(3), 153.
Stewart, S., Dalbeth, N., McNair, P. J., Parmar, P., Gow, P., & Rome, K. (2014). The effect of good and poor walking shoe characteristics on plantar pressure and gait in people with gout. Clinical Biomechanics.
Bhattacharjee R, Krishnamurthi R, Barker-Collo S, McPherson K, Parmar P, Rush E, Barber A, Davis-Martin K, Feigin V, Witt E. (2014). Stroke incidence in younger adults from Auckland, New Zealand: Findings from the ARCOS IV Stroke study. International Journal of Stroke, 9(S1), 12-13.
2013
Law, K. S., Parmar, P., Gregora, M., & Abbott, J. (2013). A comparative study assessing the efficacy and acceptability of anorectal swabs for antenatal GBS screening. Journal of Medical Screening, 20(1), 46-48.
Howe, L. D., Parmar, P., Paternoster, L., Warrington, N. M., Kemp, J. P., Briollais, L., . . . Lawlor, D. A. (2013). Genetic influences on trajectories of systolic blood pressure across childhood and adolescence. Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics, 6(6), 608-614.
Kasabov, N., Liang, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Feigin, V., Othman, M., Hou, Z., . . . Parmar, P. (2013). Neurocomputing for spatio/spectro-temporal pattern recognition and early event prediction: Methods, systems, applications. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 384.
Parmar, P. G., Marsh, J. A., Rob Taal, H., Kowgier, M., Uitterlinden, A. G., Rivadeneira, F., . . . Pennell, C. E. (2013). Polymorphisms in genes within the IGF-axis influence antenatal and postnatal growth. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 4(2), 157-169. doi:10.1017/S2040174412000633
Parmar, P., Marsh, J. A., Rob Taal, H., Kowgier, M., Uitterlinden, A. G., Rivadeneira, F., . . . Pennell, C. E. (2013). Polymorphisms in genes within the IGF-axis influence antenatal and postnatal growth.. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 4(2), 157-169.
2012
Solares, C. A., Lee, K., Parmar, P., O'Rourke, P., & Panizza, B. (2012). Epidemiology of clinical perineural invasion in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 146(5), 746-751. doi:10.1177/0194599811434897
Panizza, B., Solares, C. A., Redmond, M., Parmar, P., & O'Rourke, P. (2012). Surgical resection for clinical perineural invasion from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Head and Neck, 34(11), 1622-1627. doi:10.1002/hed.21986
Panizza, B., Solares, C. A., Redmond, M., Parmar, P., & O'Rourke, P. (2012). Surgical resection for clinical perineural invasion from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Head & Neck, 34(11), 1622-1627.
2011
Parmar, P., Marsh, J. A., Taal, R. H., Newnham, J. P., Uitterlinden, A. G., Briollais, L., . . . Pennell, C. E. (2011). Polymorphisms in genes within the IGF-Axis influence antenatal and postnatal growth. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2, S141.
2010
Whiteman, D. C., Parmar, P., Fahey, P., Moore, S. P., Stark, M., Zhao, Z. Z., . . . Webb, P. M. (2010). Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with reduced risk for esophageal cancer is independent of environmental and genetic modifiers. Gastroenterology, 139(1), 73-83. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.009
Whiteman, D. C., Parmar, P., Fahey, P., Moore, S. P., Stark, M., Zhao, Z. Z., . . . Study, A. C. (2010). Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with reduced risk for esophageal cancer Is independent of environmental and genetic modifiers. Gastroenterology, 139(1), 73-83.