Jane Armitage
General / Preventive / Lipids
University of Oxford
About
Jane Armitage works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with University of Oxford.
Jane Armitage is Professor of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health. She joined the Clinical Trial Service Unit in 1990 after qualifying in medicine in 1979 and has coordinated major trials including the Heart Protection Study, SEARCH, HPS2-THRIVE and ASCEND. She maintains a clinical role in the Oxford University Hospitals Lipid Clinic with research focused on lipids, statins and cardiovascular epidemiology.
Research focus
Statin therapy and safetyLipid modification trials in cardiovascular diseaseLarge-scale randomized clinical trialsCardiovascular epidemiology and prevention in diabetesAtherothrombotic disease risk reduction
Impact
156 pubs · 14,603 cites · h-index 42
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology
University of Oxford · 1990 - Present
Director of Training and Career Development
Oxford Population Health