George T.H. Ellison

This website contains a full list of publications for Professor George T.H. Ellison, Director of the Graduate School at London Metropolitan University in London.

Queries about any of these publications should be addressed to: Prof. George Ellison

For further information please see:

University Profile // Ethnic Diversity in UK Social Research - Expert Profile // Race and Genetics Project

Open2Net Child of Our Time Race Article // Open2Net Health & Social Care How we can be Healthier Article

Publications

2008

2007

Ellison GTH. Health, wealth and IQ in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges facing the 'Savanna Principle' as an explanation for global inequalities in health. British Journal of Health Psychology 2007; 12: 191-227. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Ellison GTH, Smart A, Tutton R, Outram SM, Ashcroft R, Martin P. Racial categories in medicine: a failure of evidence based practice? Public Library of Science Medicine 2007; 4: 1434-36. (Paper) Open access

Fentiman IS, Allen DS, Ellison GTH. The impact of the Occupation of Guernsey 1940-45 on breast cancer risk factors and incidence. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2007; 61: 937-43. (Paper) Request copy

Halter M, Marlow T, Mohammed D, Ellison GTH. A patient survey of out-of-hours care provided by Emergency Care Practitioners. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007; 7: 4. (Paper) Open access

Head RF, Ellison GTH. Home births and birth outcomes: midwifery in pre-war Guernsey. British Journal of Midwifery 2007a; 15: 332-336. (Paper) Available online

Head R, Ellison GTH. Is the 1940-45 occupation of the Channel Islands a good model for studying the developmental origins of health and disease? Early Human Development 2007b; 83: S148. (Abstract)

Head RF, Gilthorpe MS, Ellison GTH (eds). Siege Exposure and Health in Later Life: The Channel Islands Occupation Birth Cohort Study. Faculty of Health and Social Care Science, St George's University of London; London, UK: 2007 pp 1-16. ISBN: 978-0-9549890-5-7 (Conference Proceedings - Extended Abstract Book) Available online

Head R, Gilthorpe M, Byrom A, Ellison GTH. Cardiovascular disease and mortality in later life following exposure to the 1944 Channel Islands' siege during childhood and adolescence. Early Human Development 2007; 83: S89. (Abstract)

Head R, Gilthorpe M, Ellison GTH. Obesity among channel islanders exposed to a siege in childhood and adolescence a comparison with birthweight. Early Human Development 2007; 83: S160-S161. (Abstract)

Head RF, Tu Y-K, Gilthorpe MS, Mishra GD, Williams S, Ellison GTH. What evidence is there that adjustment for adult height influences the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure? Annals of Human Biology 2007; 34: 252-264. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Martin P, Ashcroft R, Ellison GTH, Smart A, Tutton R. Reviving Racial Medicine? The use of race/ethnicity in genetics and biomedicine research, and the implications for science and healthcare. Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George's University of London; London: 2007. ISBN: 978-0-9549890-7-1 (Project Report) Request copy

Milne R, Srivastava D, Arbuckle K, Khoshkhounejad G, Garrod R, Ellison G (eds). Unheatlhy Professional Boundaries? Working together in health and social care. Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St Georges' University of London; London, UK: 2007 pp 1-94. ISBN: 978-0-9549890-8-8 (Conference Proceedings)

Tu Y-K, Manda SOM, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. Revisiting the interaction between birth weight and current body size in the foetal origins of adult disease. European Journal of Epidemiology 2007; 22: 565-575. (Paper) Abstract|Available online

Wills J; Ellison GTH. Integrating services for public health: challenges facing multidisciplinary partnership working. Public Health 2007; 121: 546-8. (Paper) Abstract|Available online

2006

Ellison GTH. Medicine in black and white: BiDil®, race and the limits of evidence-based medicine. Significance 2006; 3: 118-121. (Paper) Request copy

Ellison GTH. Human biology and the embodiment of difference. In: Ellison GTH, Goodman AH (eds). The Nature of Difference: Science, Society and Human Biology. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL: 2006. ISBN 0849327202  (Book Chapter)

Ellison GTH, Goodman AH (eds). The Nature of Difference: Science, Society and Human Biology. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL: 2006. ISBN-13: 9780849327209; ISBN-10: 0849327202 (Edited Book) (Review: Chew FS. American Journal of Human Biology 2007; 19: 150–151. Request copy)

Halter M, Marlow T, Tye C, Ellison GTH. Patients’ experiences of care provided by Emergency Care Practitioners and traditional ambulance personnel: a survey from London Ambulance Service. Emergency Medical Journal 2006; 23: 865-866. (Paper)

Mein G, Ellison GTH. The impact of early retirement on changing perceptions of life at work and at home: a qualitative analysis of British civil servants participating in the Whitehall II retirement study. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 2006; 63: 187-216. (Paper) Available online

Outram SM, Ellison GTH. Improving the use of race/ethnicity in genetic research: a survey of instructions to authors in genetics journals. Science Editor 2006; 29: 78-81. (Paper) Request copy

Outram SM, Ellison GTH. Anthropological insights into the use of race/ethnicity to explore genetic determinants of disparities in health. Journal of Biosocial Science 2006b; 38: 83-102. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Outram SM; Ellison GTH (2006). The truth will out: scientific pragmatism and the geneticisation of difference. In: Ellison GTH, Goodman AH (eds). The Nature of Difference: Science, Society and Human Biology. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL: 2006 (Book Chapter)

Smart S, Tutton R, Ashcroft R, Martin PA, Ellison GTH. Can science alone improve the measurement and communication of race and ethnicity in genetic research? Exploring the strategies proposed by Nature Genetics. BioSocieties 2006; 1: 307-318. (Paper)Available online|Request copy

Tu Y-K, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. Growth, current size and the role of the ‘reversal paradox’ in the foetal origins of adult disease: an illustration using vector geometry. Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations 2006; 3: 9. (Paper) Available online|Request copy

Tu Y-K, Gilthorpe MS, Ellison GTH. What is the effect of adjusting for more than one measure of current body size on the relation between birthweight and blood pressure. Journal of Human Hypertension 2006; 20: 646-657. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

2005

Ellison GTH. ‘Population profiling’ and public health risk: when and how should we use race/ethnicity? Critical Public Health 2005a; 15: 65-74. (Paper) Available online|Request copy

Ellison GTH. Review of: The Changing Face of Disease: Implications for Society. Edited by Mascie-Taylor N, Peters J, McGarvey S. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005b; 34: 1174-1175. (Book Review) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Tu Y-K, West R, Gilthorpe MS. Low birthweight and hypertension: a statistical artefact of adjusting for adult body size? Annals of Human Biology 2005; 32: 798-799. (Abstract) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Kelly M. The growth of Jersey school children during the 1940-45 German occupation: a comparison with school children on mainland Britain. Human Biology 2005; 77: 761-772. (Paper) Available online

Ellison GTH, Tu Y-K, West R, Gilthorpe MS. Does adjusting for body size affect the relation between birthweight and hypertension? Pediatric Research 2005; 58: 1072. (Abstract)

Erasmus Y, Ellison GTH. Race reclassification and socio-political hierarchy in apartheid South Africa. Annals of Human Biology 2005; 32: 792. (Abstract) Request copy

Cameron N, Norgan NG, Ellison GTH (eds). Childhood Obesity: Contemporary Issues. Taylor and Francis; Boca Raton, FL: 2005. ISBN-10: 0849328578; ISBN-13: 978-0849328572 (Edited Book) (Review: Groos A. International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35: 1369-1370. Request copy)

Cameron N, Norgan NG, Ellison GTH. Introduction. In: Cameron N; Norgan NG; Ellison GTH (eds). Childhood Obesity: Contemporary Issues. Taylor and Francis; Boca Raton, FL: 2005. (Book Chapter)

Gilthorpe MS, Ellison GTH, Tu Y-K. Birth weight, catch-up growth and current body weight in the fetal origins hypothesis. Pediatric Research 2005; 58: 1050. (Abstract)

Head R, Ellison GTH. Sociodemographic determinants of evacuation from Guernsey prior to the 1940-45 German occupation. Annals of Human Biology 2005; 32: 795-797. (Abstract) Request copy

Head R, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. What is the role of adult height in the relation between birthweight and blood pressure? A systematic review. Pediatric Research 2005; 58: 1072. (Abstract)

Head RF, Gilthorpe MS, Ellison GTH (eds). Statistical Challenges Facing the Foetal Origins of Adult Disease Hypothesis. Faculty of Health and Social Care Science, St George's University of London; London, UK: 2007 pp 1-35. ISBN: 0-9549890-3-1 (Conference Proceedings – Extended Abstract Booklet)

Mein GK, Shipley MJ, Hillsdon M, Ellison GTH, Marmot MG. Work, retirement and physical activity: cross sectional analyses from the Whitehall II study. European Journal of Public Health 2005; 15: 317-322. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Outram SM, Ellison GTH. Describing the race/ethnicity of research participants: a survey of instructions to authors in biomedical journals. Annals of Human Biology 2005; 32: 793-794. (Abstract) Request copy

Stewart R, Wiggins M, Thomas J, Oliver S, Brunton G, Ellison GTH. Exploring the evidence-practice gap: a workshop report on mixed and participatory training for HIV prevention in southern Africa. Education for Health 2005; 18: 224-235. Request copy

Tu Y-K, West R, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. Why evidence for the fetal origins of adult disease might be a statistical artifact: the “reversal paradox” for the relation between birth weight and blood pressure in later life. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 161: 27-32. (Paper) Open access

Tu Y-K, Ellison GTH, West R, Gilthorpe M. Tu et al. respond to “Barker Meets Simpson”. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 161: 36-37. (Commentary) Request copy

Tu Y-K; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe M. Reply to MW Gillman. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162: 293. (Letter to the Editor) Request copy

Tu Y-K; Ellison GTH; West R; Gilthorpe M. Reply to TJ Cole. American Journal of Epidemiology2005d; 162: 395. (Letter to the Editor) Request copy

Tu Y-K, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. Revisiting the four–model principle in the fetal origins hypothesis. Pediatric Research 2005; 58: 1013. (Abstract)

2004

Bruneau BS, Ellison GTH. Palliative care stress in a UK community hospital: evaluation of a stress-reduction programme. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2004; 10: 296-304. (Paper) Available online

Harris HE, Ellison GTH, Holliday M. Does antenatal advice influence maternal weight gain? Society, Biology and Human Affairs 2004; 69: 1-11. (Paper)

2003

Ellison GTH, de Wet T. Historical precedents for socio-economic disparities in growth amongst South African schoolchildren. South African Medical Journal 2003; 93: 278-279. (Scientific Letter) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Alston N, Mein G, Rice H. Towards a Nursing Strategy for Newham Primary Care Trust. Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, London South Bank University; London: 2003. (Project Report)

Ellison GTH, Parker M, Campbell C (eds). Learning from HIV and AIDS. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK: 2003. ISBN-13: 9780521004701; ISBN-10: 0521004705 (Edited Book) (Review: Pitrak D. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 2005; 150-153. Request copy)

Ellison GTH, Parker M, Campbell C. Learning from HIV and AIDS: from multidisciplinarity to inter-disciplinarity. In: Ellison GTH, Parker M, Campbell C (eds). Learning from HIV and AIDS. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK: 2003. (Book Chapter)

Ellison GTH, Travis R, Phillips M. Blood pressure and blood glucose concentration amongst middle-aged men conceived and/or born on Guernsey during the 1940-45 German occupation. Pediatric Research 2003; 53: 25A. (Abstract)

Marks S, Ellison GTH. Reflections on HIV and history. In: Ellison GTH, Parker M, Campbell C (eds). Learning from HIV and AIDS. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK: 2003. (Book Chapter)

Saasa-Modise M; Levin J; Ellison G; Marais L; MacIntyre U; Fehrsen S. Is maternal stress and morbidity associated with infant malnutrition? Annals of Human Biology 2003; 30: 359-360. (Abstract)

Woods C; Ellison GTH. What have physicians learnt from HIV/AIDS? A clinical perspective. In: Ellison GTH, Parker M, Campbell C (eds). Learning from HIV and AIDS. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK: 2003. (Book Chapter)

2002

Allen DS, Ellison GTH, dos Santos Silva I, De Stavola BL, Fentiman IS. Determinants of the availability and accuracy of self-reported birth weight in middle-aged and elderly women. American Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 155: 379-384. (Paper) Open access

Ellison GTH. Letting the Gini out of the bottle? Challenges facing the ‘relative income hypothesis’. Social Science and Medicine 2002; 54: 561-576. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Ellison GTH. Putting the ‘Gini’ back in the bottle – a reprieve for Wilkinson’s ‘relative income hypothesis’? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2002; 9 (Suppl 1): 79. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH. How useful are social identities as markers of genetic affinity? Annals of Human Biology 2002; 29: 466-467. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH. Social identity, genetic affinity and collective environmental exposure in medical genetics research. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2002; 9 (Suppl 1): 80. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH, Dangour AD. Why did they blame the respondents? Annals of Human Biology 2002; 29: 219-220. (Letter to the Editor)

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. ‘Race’, ethnicity and the psychopathology of social identity. In: Hook D, Eagle G (eds). Psychopathology and Social Prejudice. Juta Press; Cape Town, RSA: 2002. (Book Chapter) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Rees Jones I. Social identities and the ‘new genetics’: scientific and social consequences. Critical Public Health 2002; 12: 265-282. (Paper) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Rosato M. The impact of editorial guidelines on the classification of race/ethnicity in the British Medical Journal. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002; 56: 45A. (Abstract)

Kelly M, Ellison GTH. Sociodemographic correlates of the availability and precision of self-reported birthweight: implications for research into the foetal origins of adult disease. Annals of Human Biology 2002; 29: 466. (Abstract)

2001

Ellison G. Human biology and HIV: lessons from phylogeny, lesson for immunology? Social Biology and Human Affairs 2001; 66.1: 44-45. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. Shoe size, stature and caesarean delivery. South African Medical Journal 2001; 91: 846-848. (Scientific Letter) Request copy

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. Ethnicity as pathology: the scientific construction of sociobiological categories in South African health research. In: From Method to Madness: Five years of qualitative inquiry. Loose Methods Collective (CD-ROM): 2001. ISBN: 0-620-24623-5. (Conference Paper)

Ellison GTH, Moniez V, Stein J. A randomized controlled trial of a standardised health message vs patient-centred counselling to improve STD partner notification. Annals of Human Biology 2001; 29: 462-463. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH, Travis R, Phillips M. Blood pressure and blood glucose concentration amongst middle-aged men conceived and/or born on Guernsey during the 1940-45 German occupation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001; 55 Suppl 1: A25. (Abstract)

Ellison G, Wiggins M, Stewart R, Thomas J. The HIVSA Training Manual. Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education; London: 2001. ISBN: 09954203615 (Project Report).

Kelly M, Ellison GTH. The growth of children on Jersey during the 1940-45 German occupation: Evidence of a negative secular trend? Annals of Human Biology 2001; 29: 463-464. (Abstract)

Stewart R, Ellison G, Wiggins M, Thomas J, Oliver S, Brunton G, the HIVSA Project Team. The HIVSA Project Report. Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education; London: 2001. ISBN: 0954203623 (Project Report)

2000

Ellison GTH. Income inequality, social trust and self-reported health status in high-income countries? Proceedings of the New York Academy of Sciences 2000; 896: 325-329. (Paper) Available online

Ellison GTH. Calorie supply, low birth weight and regional variation in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Annals of Human Biology 2000; 28: 100. (Abstract)

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. Childhood mortality rates in Soweto. Estimates from the Birth to Ten study. South African Medical Journal 2000; 90: 490-491. (Scientific Letter) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Harris HE. Gestational weight gain and ‘maternal obesity’. Nutrition Bulletin 2000; 25: 295-302. (Paper) Abstract

1999

Ellison GTH. Between equity and prosperity: confronting social inequalities in health within South Africa. In: James W, Maharaj G eds. The National Question: South Africa Between Unity and Diversity. IDASA Publications: Cape Town, 1999: 60-71. (Book Chapter)

Ellison GTH, Mattes R. Attitudinal and psychosocial correlates of differences in self-reported health status amongst different 'population groups' in South Africa. Annals of Human Biology 1999; 26: 586-587. (Abstract)

Levitt NS, Steyn K, De Wet T, Morrell C, Edwards R, Ellison GTH, Cameron N. An inverse relationship between blood pressure and birth weight among 5 year old children from Johannesburg, South Africa. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1999; 53: 264-268. (Paper) Abstract

1998

Cameron N, De Wet T, Ellison GT, Bogin B. Growth in height and weight of South African urban infants from birth to five years: the Birth to Ten study. American Journal of Human Biology 1998; 10: 495-504. (Paper) Available online

Harris HE, Ellison GTH, Holliday M, Nickson C. How accurate are antenatal weight measurements? A survey of hospital and community clinics in a South Thames NHS Trust. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 1998; 12: 163-175. (Paper) Available online

1997

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. Towards rational debate of ‘race’, ‘population group’, ethnicity and culture in South African health research. In: Maharaj G ed. Multicultural Citizenship in the New South Africa. Proceedings of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Ethnic, Race and Minority Relations, IDASA /HSRC Publications: Cape Town, 1997. (Conference Paper)

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. Re-examining the content of the South African Medical Journal during the formalisation of ‘racial’ discrimination under apartheid. Chapter 5. Health and Human Rights Project Submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Cape Town: Health and Human Rights Project, 1997. (Report)

Ellison GTH, De Wet T. The use of ‘racial’ categories in contemporary South African health research. A survey of articles published in the South African Medical Journal between 1992 and 1996. South African Medical Journal 1997; 87: 1671-1679. (Paper) Abstract|Request copy

Ellison GTH, Holliday M. The use of maternal weight measurements during antenatal care. A national survey of midwifery practice throughout the United Kingdom. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 1997; 3: 303-317. (Paper) Available online

Ellison GTH, De Wet T, IJsselmuiden C, Richter LM. Desegregating health statistics and health research in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 1997; 87: 330-331. (Response to Walker ARP, Sitas F, Cleaton-Jones PE, Vorster HH, Whittaker DE) Request copy

Ellison GTH, De Wet T, Ijsselmuiden CB, Richter LM. Desegregating health statistics and health research in South Africa. South African Medical Journal 1997; 87: 1702-1704. (Response to Walker ARP, Sitas F, Cleaton-Jones PE, Whittaker DE, Segal I) Request copy

Ellison GTH, Richter LM, De Wet T, Harris HE, Griesel RD, McIntyre J. The reliability of hand-written and computerised records of birth data. Curationis 1997; 20: 36-40. (Paper) Available online

Harris HE, Ellison GTH. Do the changes in energy balance that accompany pregnancy predispose parous women to obesity? Nutrition Research Reviews 1997; 10: 57-81. (Paper)

Moniez V, Ellison GTH, Coetzee D. The importance of partner notification in the management of sexually transmitted disease (STD). Occupational Health SA 1997; 3: 41. (Short Report)

1996

Ellison GTH. Why do pouched mice (Saccostomus campestris) hoard food? Physiology and Behaviour 1996; 59: 375-9. (Paper) Available online

1995

Ellison GTH. Thermoregulatory responses of cold-acclimated fat mice (Steatomys pratensis). Journal of Mammalogy 1995; 76: 240-247. (Paper) Abstract

1994

Ellison GTH. Re-examining the evidence for photoperiodic control of growth rate in children. Annals of Human Biology 1994; 21: 100. (Abstract)

1993

Ellison GTH. Group size, burrow structure and hoarding activity of pouched mice (Saccostomus campestris) in southern Africa. African Journal of Ecology 1993; 31: 135-155. (Paper) Abstract

1992

Ellison GTH, Skinner JD. The influence of ambient temperature on spontaneous daily torpor in pouched mice (Saccostomus campestris: Rodentia - Cricetidae) from Southern Africa. Journal of Thermal Biology 1992; 17: 25-30. (Paper)

1991

Ellison GTH, Skinner JD. Thermoregulation and torpor in African woodland dormice, Graphiurus murinus, following cold acclimation. Zeitschrift fur Säugetierkunde 1991; 56: 41-47. (Paper)

Ellison GTH, Skinner JD. Seasonal energy requirements and thermoregulation in growing pouched mice, Saccostomus campestris (Cricetidae). International Journal of Biometeorology 1991; 35: 98-102. (Paper) Available online

1990

Ellison GTH. The effect of scavenger mutilation on insect succession at impala carcasses in southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, London 1990; 220: 679-688. (Paper)

1988

Ellison GTH. Dorylus helvolus L.(Formicidae:Dorylinae) preying on Saccostomus campestris (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 1988; 51: 296. (Short Report)