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Scholar Profile: Harold Watson

Bio Information

Dr. Harold Watson

Department: Faculty: Faculty of Medical Sciences Position: Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine Status: Active (246) 417-4123 Check out my Website!

My Research Interests:

Emergency Medicine, Asthma, Asthma Management, Clinical Audit

Biography/Responsibilities/Duties:

Dr. Harold Watson is Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. His areas of subject specialization include Emergency Medicine, Asthma, Asthma Management and Clinical Audit and has authored a number of scholarly publications in these research areas. He is quite active in the area of public service having served on local, regional and international committees and currently maintains membership in a number of professional associations. In February 2020, he was apponted as a member of the UWI COVID-19 Task Force

Research Interests

Emergency Medicine
Asthma
Asthma Management
Clinical Audit

Research Activity

[Journal Article]
African and non-African admixture components in African Americans and an African Caribbean population more..
2010
Harold Watson
Murray, Tanda and Beaty, Terri H and Mathias, Rasika A and Rafaels, Nicholas and Grant, Audrey Virginia and Faruque, Mezbah U and Watson, Harold R and Ruczinski, Ingo and Dunston, Georgia M and Barnes, Kathleen C

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[Journal Article]
Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent more..
2019
Harold Watson
Sherman, Rachel M and Forman, Juliet and Antonescu, Valentin and Puiu, Daniela and Daya, Michelle and Rafaels, Nicholas and Boorgula, Meher Preethi and Chavan, Sameer and Vergara, Candelaria and Ortega, Victor E and others

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[Journal Article]
Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations more..
2019
Harold Watson
Daya, Michelle and Rafaels, Nicholas and Brunetti, Tonya M and Chavan, Sameer and Levin, Albert M and Shetty, Aniket and Gignoux, Christopher R and Boorgula, Meher Preethi and Wojcik, Genevieve and Campbell, Monica and others

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[Journal Article]
A genome-wide association study on African-ancestry populations for asthma more..
2010
Harold Watson
Mathias, Rasika A and Grant, Audrey V and Rafaels, Nicholas and Hand, Tracey and Gao, Li and Vergara, Candelaria and Tsai, Yuhjung J and Yang, Mao and Campbell, Monica and Foster, Cassandra and others

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[Journal Article]
An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes more..
2015
Harold Watson
Sudmant, Peter H and Rausch, Tobias and Gardner, Eugene J and Handsaker, Robert E and Abyzov, Alexej and Huddleston, John and Zhang, Yan and Ye, Kai and Jun, Goo and Fritz, Markus Hsi-Yang and others

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[Journal Article]
Co-Associations between Candidate Genes in Acute Lung Injury Models and Asthma more..
2008
Harold Watson
Gao, L and Grigoryev, DN and Cheadle, C and Grant, AV and Rafaels, NM and Hand, TA and Hansel, N and Diette, G and Adkinson, NF and Liu, MC and others

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[Journal Article]
A global reference for human genetic variation more..
2015
Harold Watson
1000 Genomes Project Consortium and others

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[Journal Article]
Transcriptomics of peripheral blood from asthmatics living in Barbados more..
2008
Harold Watson
Grigoryev, DN and Watkins, T and Gao, L and Grant, AV and Stockton-Porter, M and Watson, H and Mathias, RA and Gittens, M and Cheadle, C and Barnes, KC

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[Journal Article]
Validation of Previously Reported Genetic Associations for Asthma Using a Genome-Wide Association Approach among a Large Population of African Descent more..
2008
Harold Watson
Rafaels, NM and Mathias, RA and Grant, AV and Hand, T and Tsai, YJ and Gao, PS and Hansel, N and Diette, G and Adkinson, NF and Liu, MC and others

COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Challenges and disparities in the application of personalized genomic medicine to populations with African ancestry more..
2016
Harold Watson
Kessler, Michael D and Yerges-Armstrong, Laura and Taub, Margaret A and Shetty, Amol C and Maloney, Kristin and Jeng, Linda Jo Bone and Ruczinski, Ingo and Levin, Albert M and Williams, L Keoki and Beaty, Terri H and others

COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Cholesterol-phospholipid interactions: The role of the 3$\beta$-position in membrane ordering and intermembrane exchange more..
1982
Harold Watson
Parkes, Joel G and Watson, Harold R and Joyce, Anne and Phadke, Ratna S and Smith, Ian CP

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[Journal Article]
Gene encoding Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines is associated with asthma and IgE in three populations more..
2008
Harold Watson
Vergara, Candelaria and Tsai, Yuhjung J and Grant, Audrey V and Rafaels, Nicholas and Gao, Li and Hand, Tracey and Stockton, Maria and Campbell, Monica and Mercado, Dilia and Faruque, Mezbah and others

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Public Service

[Public or Community Service]
Member, Assessment Subcommittee for Barbados Medical Council more..
2017-Present

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External Examiner, the Masters in Advanced Emergency Care, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield more..
2017-2022

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Member, COVID- Therapeutics Review Committee more..
March 2020

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Member, UWI COVID-19 Task Force (February 2020-present) more..
February 2020

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Member, Cave Hill Campus Medical and Health Committee Group more..
March 2020

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Member, Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E Department Team Leaders Committee more..
March 2020

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University Service

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Education and Training

[Education and Training]
MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery more..

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BSc. Biochemistry more..

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Fellowship in Medical Toxicology more..

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MSc. Emergency Medicine more..

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Doctor of Medicine (D.M.) more..

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Other Activities

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Ask the Emergency Specialist more..

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Coordinator of free Public Lecture more..

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