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Biography
Professor Bill Fraser was born and educated in Glasgow, graduating from Glasgow University with BSc (Hons) MBChB and MD (Hons). He trained in Glasgow’s teaching hospitals before spending time as a consultant/travelling fellow in Canada.
Career
Bill Fraser supervises a very active research group investigating the diagnosis and treatment of metabolic bone disease including osteoporosis and Paget’s Disease of bone. He is on the Editorial Board of several journals, a Director of the Supra Regional Assay Service for bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis, and a Medical Advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society. He was a recent recipient of the ACB Foundation Award and presenter of the John Ireland Lecture.
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
- 1991 appointed Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology and Head of the Metabolic Bone Disease Unit
- 1998 promoted to Reader
- 2001 Professor
- 2008 Head of the Unit of Clinical Chemistry
- August 2008 appointed Director of the Masters in Research for Clinical Science
- 2010 Head of Department of Musculoskeletal Biology
Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
- May 2011 Professor of Medicine
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Clinical laboratory services processing research blood samples 2022
1/09/22 → 31/08/27
Project: Consultancy
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Bioinformatics support for primary bone cancer plus other childhood cancer studies
Children with Leukaemia (Children with Cancer UK)
1/12/21 → 30/04/25
Project: Research
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The efficacy of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in people with aspirin exacerbated airways disease and uncontrolled asthma
Wilson, A., Fraser, W., Minihane, A., Clark, A., Felgate, M., Grant, K., High, J., Mcalister, C., Pond, M., Stirling, S., Swart, A. M., West, C. & Tang, J.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/01/21 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Bayesian unsupervised clustering identifies clinically relevant osteosarcoma subtypes
Llaneza-Lago, S., Fraser, W. D. & Green, D., Jan 2025, In: Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26, 1, bbae665.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-dose vitamin D3 to improve outcomes in the convalescent phase of complicated severe acute malnutrition in Pakistan: A double-blind randomised controlled trial (ViDiSAM)
Saleem, J., Zakar, R., Salman Butt, M., Kaleem, R., Chaudhary, A., Chandna, J., Jolliffe, D. A., Piper, J., Abbas, Z., Tang, J. C. Y., Fraser, W. D., Freemantle, N., Prendergast, A. J. & Martineau, A. R., 5 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hormonal contraceptive use and physical performance, body composition, and musculoskeletal injuries during military training
O'Leary, T. J., Evans, H. A., Close, M-E. O., Izard, R. M., Walsh, N. P., Coombs, C. V., Carswell, A. T., Oliver, S. J., Tang, J. C. Y., Fraser, W. D. & Greeves, J. P., Mar 2025, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 57, 3, p. 613-624 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of calcium supplementation on bone calcium balance and calcium and bone metabolism during load carriage in women: A randomised controlled crossover trial
Coombs, C. V., Greeves, J. P., Young, C. D., Irving, A. S., Eisenhauer, A., Kolevica, A., Heuser, A., Tang, J. C. Y., Fraser, W. D. & O'Leary, T. J., 13 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. zjaf004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of vitamin D metabolism in regulating bone turnover in adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV in Southern Africa: A cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Madanhire, T., Ward, K. A., Macdougall, A., Mohammed, N., Filteau, S., Kasona, L., Mabuda, H. B., Chisenga, M., Tang, J. C. Y., Fraser, W. D., Bandason, T., Dzavakwa, N. V., Simms, V., Ferrand, R. A. & Gregson, C. L., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 40, 1, p. 59–68 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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50th Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Andre Chu (Contributor), Isabelle Piec (Contributor), William Fraser (Supervisor), Rachel Dunn (Contributor), Amrou Farag (Contributor), Allison Chipchase (Speaker), Jonathan Tang (Contributor) & Emma Webb (Presenter (poster))
8 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Medieval skeletons reveal an ancient and unusual form of bone disease that caused people to die as young as 35
Darrell Green & William Fraser
29/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Could a less sedentary lifestyle help to beat osteoporosis?
Jonathan C Y Tang & William Fraser
9/01/19 → 12/01/19
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution