Selected Publications

• Lasserson D S, Buclin T, and Glasziou P (2011) How quickly should we titrate antihypertensive medication? Systematic review modelling blood pressure response from trial data. Heart.

• Chandratheva A, Lasserson D S, Geraghty O C, and Rothwell P M (2010) Population-Based Study of Behavior Immediately After Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke in 1000 Consecutive Patients. Lessons for Public Education. Stroke.

• Stevens R J and Lasserson D (2010) In primary care, when is chest pain due to coronary artery disease? CMAJ.

• Ward Alison M, Heneghan Carl, Perera Rafael, Lasserson Dan, Nunan David, Mant David, and Glasziou Paul (2010) What are the basic self-monitoring components for cardiovascular risk management? BMC Med Res Methodol, 10:105.

• Heneghan C, Glasziou P, Thompson M, Rose P, Balla J, Lasserson D, Scott C, and Perera R (2009) Diagnostic strategies used in primary care. BMJ, 338:b946.

Dr Dan Lasserson

Dan Lasserson is a GP and Clinical Lecturer with research interests in cardiovascular disease prevention and management of long term conditions. His main area of research is the presentation, diagnosis and processes of care for patients after transient ischaemic attack (TIA). This combines a number of methodologies including the qualitative and quantitative analysis of healthcare-seeking behaviour, development of diagnostic and referral clinical prediction rules for TIA and analyses of how healthcare systems influence recurrent stroke rates via variations in pathways of care. He is currently working with data from the Oxford Vascular Study (OXVASC) and is a Visiting Fellow of the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia where he is collaborating with the Disciplines of General Practice and Neurology on a study examining presentation to primary care and subsequent management and recurrent stroke risk for patients with TIA in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. He is comparing different predictive model structures for diagnosis and for appropriate referral to investigate the potential of non-linear methods to improve our ability to stratify risk at first presentation to healthcare. He is leading a number of National School for Primary Care Research studies on TIA and collaborates with the Universities of Birmingham and Cambridge on a trial of enhanced primary care management for patients presenting with suspected TIA. He is a member of the NIHR Stroke Research Network Primary Care Clinical Studies Group. He has completed a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing different insulin regimens in type 2 diabetes and is involved with local GP education in type 2 diabetes management.

Dr Lasserson lectures on CEBM Practice Workshops, the EBHC Masters programme as well as undergraduate EBM courses and EBM training for GP trainees in the Oxford Deanery. He has in interest in how policy can be shaped by evidence and spent a year as Clinical Lead for Practice Based Commissioning for the Oxford City Consortium of practices. He works with several research groupings in the Department of Primary Healthcare - the Health Services and Policy Research Group, the Monitoring and Diagnosis Group and the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.