Dr Kevin Walters

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Lecturer

K.Walters@shef.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3720

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Dr Kevin Walters
School of Mathematics and Statistics
I22a
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Profile

Dr Walters was a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds from 2002 to 2004, and a Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling and Genetic Epidemiology in the University of Sheffield Medical School until joining the Department of Probability and Statistics in 2009.

Research interests

My research interests are in the application and development of (mostly Bayesian) statistical methods to identify disease-causing DNA variants in population-based studies. I am interested in finding coherent ways of incorporating functional genomic information into priors to aid the detection of these causal variants. I have also recently become interested in developing statistical approaches to determine essential bacterial genes using transposon insertion data (next generation sequencing). One such approach uses modified Hidden-Markov models.

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Conference proceedings papers

  • Yaacob H, Walters K & Cox A (2019) Utilizing the information from GWAS data to inform priors in Bayesian fine-mapping association studies. Human Heredity, Vol. 83(5) (pp 247-247). Dublin, Ireland, 8 April 2019 - 9 April 2019. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Baddeley AV, Walters K, Cox A & Lin W-Y (2012) Using Bayes Factors to Analyse Fine-mapped Genotype Data. GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, Vol. 36(7) (pp 763-764) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alfakih K, Sparrow P, Plein S, Sivananthan MU, Walters K, Ridgway JP & Messroghli DR (2008) Delayed enhancement imaging: Standardised segmental assessment of myocardial viability in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, Vol. 66(1) (pp 42-47) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marinou I, Healy J, Mewar D, Moore DJ, Dickson MC, Binks MH, Montgomery DS, Walters K & Wilson AG (2007) Radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with IL-6 and IL-10 genotypes independent of autoantibody production. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 46 (pp I48-I49) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marinou I, Healy J, Mewar D, Moore DJ, Dickson MC, Binks MH, Montgomery DS, Walters K & Wilson AG (2007) Radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with IL-6 and IL-10 genotypes independent on autoantibody production. ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, Vol. 66 (pp A29-A29) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Messroghli DR, Walters K, Plein S, Sparrow P, Ridgway JP & Sivananthan MU (2005) Semi-automatic infarct sizing using thresholds of magnetic resonance T1 relaxation time. CIRCULATION, Vol. 112(17) (pp U530-U530) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alfakih K, Lawrence R, Maqbool A, Walters K, Ball S, Balmforth A & Hall A (2004) The clinical significance of a common, functional, X-linked angiotensin II type 2-receptor gene polymorphism (-1332 G/A) in 509 families with premature coronary artery disease. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, Vol. 25 (pp 15-15) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alfakih K, Walters K, Jones T, Ridgway J, Hall A & Sivananthan M (2004) New gender-specific partition values for electrocardiogram criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy: recalibration against left ventricular mass as measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, Vol. 25 (pp 481-481) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alfakih K, Lawrance R, Maqbool A, Walters K, Ball S, Balmforth A & Hall A (2004) The clinical significance of a common, functional, X-linked angiotensin II type 2-receptor gene polymorphism (-1332 G/A) in a cohort of 509 families with premature coronary artery disease. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, Vol. 43(5) (pp 457A-457A) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alfakih K, Maqbool A, Sivananthan M, Walters K, Bainbridge G, Ridgway J, Balmforth A & Hall A (2004) Left ventricular mass index and the common, functional, X-linked angiotensin II type 2-receptor gene polymorphism (1332 G/A) in patients with systemic hypertension. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, Vol. 43(5) (pp 456A-456A) RIS download Bibtex download
  • LILLEBERG SL, DUROCHER J, SANDERS C, WALTERS K & CULVER K (2004) High Sensitivity Scanning of Colorectal Tumors and Matched Plasma DNA for Mutations in APC, TP53, K-RAS, and BRAF Genes with a Novel DHPLC Fluorescence Detection Platform. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1022(1) (pp 250-256) RIS download Bibtex download

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Research group

Mathematical Biology

Statistics