Staff Profile

Introduction

CURRICULUM VITAE – PROFESSOR SIR ALAN WILLIAM CRAFT

SURNAME FORENAME(S) D.O.B.

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DEGREE, ETC. (SUBJECT, UNIVERSITY, AND DATE)

MBBS Newcastle 1969
MRCP(UK) London 1972
MD Newcastle 1978
FRCP London 1982
FRCPCH 1996
FFPHM 2001
FMed.Sci 2003
FAAP 2003
FRCP(I) 2003
FRCP(E) 2003
FIAP 2003
Current Post

Sir James Spence Professor of Child Health
Head of Child Health, within the School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Victoria Infirmary

Other Positions

National President - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – 2003 - 2006
Chairman Academy of Medical Royal Colleges –

• Berrington de Gonzalez A, Journy N, Lee C, Morton LM, Harbron R, Stewart DR, Parker L, Craft AW, McHugh K, Little M, Pearce M. No association between radiation dose from pediatric CT scans and risk of subsequent Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2017, 26(5), 804-806.
• de Gonzalez AB, Salotti JA, McHugh K, Little MP, Harbron RW, Lee C, Ntowe E, Braganza MZ, Parker L, Rajaraman P, Stiller C, Stewart DR, Craft AW, Pearce MS. Relationship between paediatric CT scans and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: assessment of the impact of underlying conditions. British Journal of Cancer 2016, 114(4), 388-394.
• Bolling T, Braun-Munzinger G, Burdach S, Calaminus G, Craft A, Delattre O, Deley MCL, Dirksen U, Dockhorn-Dworniczak B, Dunst J, Engel S, Faldum A, Frohlich B, Gadner H, Gobel U, Gosheger G, Hardes J, Hawkins DS, Hjorth L, Hoffmann C, Kovar H, Kruseova J, Ladenstein R, Leuschner I, Lewis IJ, Oberlin O, Paulussen M, Potratz J, Ranft A, Rossig C, Rube C, Sauer R, Schober O, Schuck A, Timmermann B, Tirode F, van den Berg H, van Valen F, Vieth V, Willich N, Winkelmann W, Whelan J, Womer RB. Development of Curative Therapies for Ewing Sarcomas by Interdisciplinary Cooperative Groups in Europe. Klinische Paediatrie: clinical research and practice in pediatrics 2015, 227(3), 108-115.
• Gaspar N, Hawkins DS, Dirksen U, Lewis IJ, Ferrari S, Le Deley M-C, Kovar H, Grimer R, Whelan J, Claude L, Delattre O, Paulussen M, Picci P, Hall KS, Van Den Berg H, Ladenstein R, Michon J, Hjorth L, Judson I, Luksch R, Bernstein ML, Marec-Berard P, Brennan B, Craft AW, Womer RB, Juergens H, Oberlin O. Ewing Sarcoma: Current Management and Future Approaches Through Collaboration. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33(27), 3036-3046.
• Le Deley MC, Paulussen M, Lewis I, Brennan B, Ranft A, Whelan J, Le Teuff G, Michon J, Ladenstein R, Marec-Berard P, van den Berg H, Hjorth L, Wheatley K, Judson I, Juergens H, Craft A, Oberlin O, Dirksen U. Cyclophosphamide Compared With Ifosfamide in Consolidation Treatment of Standard-Risk Ewing Sarcoma: Results of the Randomized Noninferiority Euro-EWING99-R1 Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32(23), 2440-2448.
• McNally RJ, Basta NO, Errington S, James PW, Norman PD, Craft AW. Socio-Economic Patterning in the Incidence and Survival of Children and Young People Diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma in Northern England. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2014, 134(11), 2703-2708.
• Basta NO, James PW, Gomez-Pozo B, Craft AW, Norman P, McNally RJ. Survival from teenage and young adult cancer in Northern England, 1968-2008. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2014, 61(5), 901-906.
• Tennant PWG, Parker L, Thomas JE, Craft AW, Pearce MS. Childhood infectious disease and premature death from cancer: a prospective cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology 2013, 28(3), 257-265.
• McNally R, Basta N, Errington S, James P, Norman P, Craft A. Socio-economic patterning in the incidence and survival of children and young people diagnosed with malignant melanoma in Northern England. In: 45th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 2013, Hong Kong, China: John Wiley & Sons.
• Tennant PWG, Parker L, Thomas JE, Craft AW, Pearce MS. Childhood infectious disease and risk of premature death from cancer: A prospective cohort study. In: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2012, London: BMJ Group.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. CT scans in childhood and risk of leukaemia and brain tumours reply. Lancet 2012, 380(9855), 1736-1737.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Howe NL, McHugh K, Kim KP, Lee C, Craft AW, de Gonzalez AB, Parker L. CT Scans in Young People in Great Britain: Temporal and Descriptive Patterns, 1993–2002. Radiology Research and Practice 2012, 594278.
• Kim KP, Berrington-Gonzalez A, Pearce M, Salotti J, Parker L, McHugh K, Craft A, Lee C. Development of a database of organ doses for pediatric and young adult CT scans in the United Kingdom. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2012, 150(4), 415-426.
• Pearce MS, Mann KD, Relton CL, Francis RM, Steele JG, Craft AW, Parker L. How the Newcastle Thousand Families birth cohort study has contributed to the understanding of the impact of birth weight and early life socioeconomic position on disease in later life. Maturitas 2012, 72(1), 23-28.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet 2012, 380(9840), 499-505.
• McNally RJ, Blakey K, Parslow RC, James PW, Gomez-Pozo B, Stiller C, Vincent TJ, Norman P, McKinney PA, Murphy MF, Craft AW, Feltbower RG. Small area analyses of bone cancer diagnosed in 0-49 year olds from Great Britain provide clues to aetiology. BMC Cancer 2012, 12(1), 270.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, McHugh K, Kim KP, Craft AW, Lubin J, Ron E, Parker L. Socio-economic variation in CT scanning in Northern England, 1990-2002. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12(1), 24.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, McHugh K, Metcalf W, Kim KP, Craft AW, Parker L, Ron E. CT scans in young people in Northern England: trends and patterns 1993-2002. Pediatric Radiology 2011, 41(7), 832-838.
• Blakey K, Feltobower R, Parslow R, James P, Pozo BG, Stiller C, Vincent T, Norman P, McKinney P, Murphy M, Craft A, McNally R. Demographic analysis of osteosarcoma and ewing sarcoma family of tumours in 0-49 year olds in Great Britain, 1980-2005: A small area approach. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011, 65(s1), A94.
• Brown M, Pearce M, Salotti J, Craft A, Hale J. European Bone Tumour Outcome Study (EBTOS): Overview of health related quality of life (QOL) in study cohort. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh: BMJ Group.
• Blakey K, Feltbower R, Parslow R, James P, Pozo BG, Stiller C, Vincent T, Norman P, McKinney P, Murphy M, Craft A, McNally R. Primary bone cancer in 0-49 year olds in Great Britain, 1980-2005 and fluoride in drinking water: A case of inequalities?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011, 65(s1), A93-A94.
• Basta NO, James PJ, Craft AW, McNally RJQ. Seasonality in the incidence of cervical carcinoma in teenagers and young adults in northern England, 1968-2005. Chronobiology International 2011, 28(9), 819-824.
• McNally R, Gomez-Pozo B, Blakey K, James P, Pearce M, Craft A, Rushton S. Socioeconomic diversity and the incidence of childhood leukaemia in Northern England. In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer: 43rd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 2011, Auckland, New Zealand: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Pearce M, Salotti J, McHugh K, Kim KP, Craft A, Lubin J, Ron E, Parker L. Socio-economic variation in the use of CT scans in young people in the North of England, 1990-2002. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh: BMJ Group.
• Basta NO, James PW, Gomez-Pozo B, Craft AW, McNally RJQ. Survival From Childhood and Young Adult Cancer in Northern England, 1968-2005. In: European Journal of Cancer: European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress on Integrating Basic and Translational Science, Surgery, Radiotherapy, Medical oncology, Advocacy and Care. 2011, Stockholm, Sweden: Pergamon.
• Basta NO, James PW, Gomez-Pozo B, Craft AW, McNally RJ. Survival from childhood cancer in northern England, 1968-2005. British Journal of Cancer 2011, 105(9), 1402-1408.
• McNally R, Basta N, James P, Gomez-Pozo B, Craft A. Survival from childhood cancer in Northern England, 1968-2005. In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer: 43rd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 2011, Auckland, New Zealand: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Craft A. Osteosarcoma: The European Osteosarcoma Intergroup (EOI) perspective. In: Jaffe, N., Bruland, O.S., Bielack, S, ed. Pediatric and Adolescent Osteosarcoma. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2009, pp.263-274.
• Parker L, Lamont DW, Unwin N, Pearce MS, Bennett SM, Dickinson HO, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KG, Craft AW. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years.[Erratum appears in Diabet Med. 2003 Sep;20(9):781]. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(9), 406-415.
• Craft AW. The national service framework for children - Cinderella is ready for the ball. British Medical Journal 2003, 326(7395), 891-892.
• Lewis, I. J., Weeden, S., Machin, D., Stark, D., Craft, A. W. Received dose and dose-intensity of chemotherapy and outcome in nonmetastatic extremity osteosarcoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18(24), 4028-4037.
• Craft, A. W., Cotterill, S. J., Malcolm, A. J., Spooner, D., Grimer, R., Souhami, R., Imeson, J., Lewis, I. Ifosfamide-containing chemotherapy in Ewing's sarcoma: The second United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group and the Medical Research Council Ewing's tumor study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1998, 16(11), 3628-3633.
• Craft, A. W., Cotterill, S. J., Bullimore, J. A., Pearson, D. Long term results from the first UKCCSG Ewing's tumour study (ET-1). European Journal of Cancer 1997, 33(7), 1061-1069.
• Souhami, R. L., Craft, A. W., VanderEijken, J. W., Nooij, M., Spooner, D., Bramwell, V. H. C., Wierzbicki, R., Malcolm, A. J., Kirkpatrick, A., Uscinska, B. M., VanGlabbeke, M., Machin, D. Randomised trial of two regimens of chemotherapy in operable osteosarcoma: a study of the European Osteosarcoma Intergroup. The Lancet 1997, 350(9082), 911-917.