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Dr. Lina Zgaga

Associate Professor (Public Health & Primary Care)
TALLAGHT HOSPITAL

 zgagal@tcd.ie

 3531896 1545


Research Tags

  1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN-D   25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D CONCENTRATIONS   Biostatistical methods   CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE   Clinical nutrition/malnutrition   Clinical research, trials   COLORECTAL CANCER   CORTISOL   Epidemiology   Genetics   Genomes, Genomics   Human genetics   Medicine   PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS   Public health   SURVIVAL ANALYSIS   VITAMIN D   VITAMIN-D DEFICIENCY   VITAMIN-D STATUS   VITAMIN-D SUPPLEMENTATION

Research Projects

 SOGVID: Survival in Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer Patients and Vitamin D
 Integrative genomics in colorectal cancer susceptibility: developing risk reducing interventions through understanding biology
 Growing Up in Ireland Phase 2
 The development of a well-being index and identification of major disruptors of well-being in Irish children

Representations

Details Date
Management Team Member for Growing up in Ireland Study 2014
External PhD Examiner (University of Edinburgh) 2020
External Evaluator for Senior Academic Promotion (University of Haifa) 2017
Grant reviewer (Medical Research Council) 2019
Grant reviewer (COST Association, European Cooperation in Science and Technology) 2017
Grant reviewer (Croatian National Science Foundation)
Journal Reviewer for renowned journals including: British Medical Journal (BMJ), European Journal of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Perspectives, International Journal of Cancer, Journal of Nutrition, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Medicine, and many other) regularly from 2009
Editorial Board Member (Journal of Global Health) 2011
Editorial Board Member (Endocrine Oncology and Metabolism Journal) 2015
Medically Assisted Reproduction Act (Croatia) 2012

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Croatian Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
German Medium Medium Medium
Italian Basic Basic Basic

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
TILDA Nutrition group 2020 present
HRB Trials Methodology Research Network 2018 present
The Irish Cancer Epidemiology Network (founding member) 2018 present
Cochrane (Author) 2016 present
Editorial Board Member, Endocrine Oncology and Metabolism Journal 2015 present
COST Action BM1206 Cooperation Studies on Inherited Susceptibility to Colorectal Cancer (MC member) 2013 2017
Trinity Academic Gastroenterology Group 2013 2016
Writing group of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care 2013 present
Molecular Epidemiology Group, University of Edinburgh 2012 present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Global Health 2011 present
Croatian Medical Association 2006 present
Moran GP, Zgaga L, Daly B, Harding M, Montgomery T., Does fluoride exposure impact on the human microbiome?, Toxicology letters, 2023, pS0378-4274(23)00098-X , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Jennifer Scott, Enock Havyarimana, Albert Navarro-Gallinad, Arthur White, Jason Wyse, Jos van Geffen, Michiel van Weele, Antonia Buettner, Tamara Wanigasekera, Cathal Walsh, Louis Aslett, John D Kelleher, Julie Power, James Ng, Declan O'Sullivan, Lucy Hederman, Neil Basu, Mark A Little, Lina Zgaga, The association between ambient UVB dose and ANCA-associated vasculitis relapse and onset, Arthritis Research & Therapy, 24, (1), 2022, p1 - 14, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Martin Dempster, Nicola O'Connell, Christopher D. Graham, Cliodhna O'Connor, Lina Zgaga, Emma Burke, Luke Mather, Gail Nicolson, Joe Barry, Gabriel Scally, Ann Nolan. Katy Tobin, Philip Crowley and Catherine D. Darker, Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone surv, BMC Public Health, 22, (898), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Shraim R, MacDonnchadha C, Vrbanic L, McManus R, Zgaga L., Share Gene-Environment Interactions in Vitamin D Status and Sun Exposure: A Systematic Review with Recommendations for Future Research., Nutrients, 14, (13), 2022, p2735-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Khanna T, Shraim R, Zarkovic M, van Weele M, van Geffen J, Zgaga L., Comprehensive Analysis of Seasonal and Geographical Variation in UVB Radiation Relevant for Vitamin D Production in Europe., Nutrients, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L., Shraim R., Bolger E., Wyse J., Statistical power in vitamin D randomized control trials investigating biomarkers as continuous outcomes, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Cliodhna O'Connor, Nicola O'Connell, Emma Burke, Martin Dempster, Christopher D. Graham, Gabriel Scally, Lina Zgaga, Ann Nolan, Gail Nicolson, Luke Mather, Joseph Barry, Philip Crowley, Catherine D. Darker,, Bordering on crisis: A qualitative analysis of focus group, social media, and news media perspectives on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border during the 'first wave' of the COVID-19 pandemic, Social Science and Medicine, 282, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
O'Connor, C., O'Connell, N., Burke, E., Nolan, A., Dempster, M., Graham, C.D., Nicolson, G., Barry. J., Scally, G., Crowley, P., Zgaga, L., Mather,L., & Darker, C.D, Media Representations of Science during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of News and Social Media on the Island of Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (9542), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wyse J, Mangan, R and Zgaga L, Power determination in vitamin D randomised control trials and characterising factors affecting it through a novel simulation-based tool, Scientific Reports, 11, 2021, p10804 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Li X, van Geffen J, van Weele M, Zhang X, He Y, Meng X, Timofeeva M, Campbell H, Dunlop M, Zgaga L, Theodoratou E., An observational and Mendelian randomisation study on vitamin D and COVID-19 risk in UK Biobank., 11, (1), 2021, p18262-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Zgaga L, Heterogeneity of the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation in Randomized Controlled Trials on Cancer Prevention. , JAMA Netw Open, 3, (11), 2020, pe2027176 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Causality in Vitamin D assessment, Irish Osteoporosis Society Annual Medical Conference, Dublin, October, 2019, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Vitamin D, BONE HEALTH & OSTEOPOROSIS CONFERENCE, April 2019, 2019, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
L Zgaga, F O'Sullivan, J van Geffen, M van Weele , ANNUAL AMBIENT UVB AT A PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RISK OF BREAST, COLORECTAL, LUNG AND PROSTATE CANCER: A LARGE PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY., Vitamin D Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2018, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L, Vaughan-Shaw PG, O'Sullivan F, Farrington SM, Theodoratou E, Campbell H, Dunlop MG., Reply to 'Comment on 'The impact of vitamin D pathway genetic variation and circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D on cancer outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis''., Br J Cancer. , 117, (2), 2017, pe4. , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Effects of Vitamin D deficiency on human health - not just a problem for bones? , 2nd Annual Multidisciplinary Study Day in Metabolic Bone Biochemistry and Medicine , Dublin, Ireland, 4th March, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lina Zgaga, Genetics and Vitamin D, Irish Osteoporosis Society Annual Medical Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Najznačajnije grane epidemiologije [Branches of Epidemiology; in Croatian]. in, editor(s)Ivana Kolcic, Ariana Vorko-Jovic. , Epidemiologija [Epidemiology; in Croatian]. , Zagreb, Croatia, Medicinska naklada, 2012, [Ivana Kolčić, Lina Zgaga, Ariana Znaor, Ira Gjenero-Margan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Zgaga L, Rudan I., Schizophrenia: Searching for the causes through many layers of complexity., Psychiatria Danubina, 24, (1), 2012, p21-2 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Psihosomatske bolesti [Psychosomatic diseases; in Croatian]. in, editor(s)Dinko Puntarić, Darko Ropac, Arijana Vorko-Jović, Ira Gjenero-Margan, Igor Rudan. , Opća epidemiologija [General epidemiology; in Croatian]. , Zagreb, Croatia, LASERplus, 2007, [Lina Zgaga], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Provost's Teaching Award 2018
Article selected as the "Editor's Pick" (Journal of Nutrition, Volume 147 Issue 5) 2017
Platform Presentation Prize Winner (Irish Society of Gastroenterology Summer Meeting) 2014
Award for outstanding scientific productivity during PhD 2011
Douglas Falconer Prize for best MSc dissertation 2009
MSc degree in genetics with distinction 2009
Grade Point Average in Medical School: 4.83 / 5.00; among top 5% of the class 2005