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deb.kar@phc.ox.ac.uk
d.kar@nhs.net
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Debasish Kar
MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCP, FRCGP, DTM&H (London)
GP Academic
- NIHR Clinical Lecturer
- Member - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- GP appraiser - NHS England and Improvement
- Sessional GP - Sheffield Urgent and Emergency Care Centre
- Honorary Clinical Researcher - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Clinical, teaching and research interest
I am a GP with clinical and research interests in cardiometabolic disease. I have also worked in vaccine research, multi-morbidity, polypharmacy and evidence synthesis. My doctorate thesis is on developing a conceptual framework of the natural history of kidney disease based on smoking and glycaemic status. In my current NIHR Clinical Lecturer role, I am working on complex interventions at the primary care level to reduce vascular risk in people with cardiometabolic disease. I am also working with low- and medium-income countries to influence their policy on preventative work at the primary care level.
My teaching interest is multi-professional teaching and developing an inclusive and diverse workforce at the primary care level.
Outside work, I like travelling and playing chess.
Key publications
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Creating a Modified Version of the Cambridge Multimorbidity Score to Predict Mortality in People Older Than 16 Years: Model Development and Validation
Journal article
Kar D. et al, (2024), Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26
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Postpandemic Sentinel Surveillance of Respiratory Diseases in the Context of the World Health Organization Mosaic Framework: Protocol for a Development and Evaluation Study Involving the English Primary Care Network 2023-2024
Journal article
Gu X. et al, (2024), JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 10
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Young-onset diabetes poses a greater risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than cardiovascular disease and stroke: a retrospective cohort study of UK Biobank
Preprint
Kar D. et al, (2025)
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Disparities in COVID-19 mortality amongst the immunosuppressed: A systematic review and meta-analysis for enhanced disease surveillance
Journal article
Leston M. et al, (2024), Journal of Infection, 88
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Relationship of cardiorenal risk factors with albuminuria based on age, smoking, glycaemic status and BMI: a retrospective cohort study of the UK Biobank data.
Journal article
Kar D. et al, (2023), BMJ Public Health, 1
Recent publications
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Navigating the complexities of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) from risk factors to outcome: insights from the UK Biobank cohort
Journal article
Kar D. et al, (2025), BMC Nephrology, 26
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Journal article
Kerr JA. et al, (2025), The Lancet, 405, 785 - 812
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Young-onset diabetes poses a greater risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than cardiovascular disease and stroke: a retrospective cohort study of UK Biobank
Preprint
Kar D. et al, (2025)
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Phenotype execution and modeling architecture to support disease surveillance and real-world evidence studies: English sentinel network evaluation
Journal article
Jamie G. et al, (2024), JAMIA Open, 7
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Disparities in COVID-19 mortality amongst the immunosuppressed: A systematic review and meta-analysis for enhanced disease surveillance
Journal article
Leston M. et al, (2024), Journal of Infection, 88