Dr Anna Long
M.biol(Bath), PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
My research interests are prediction of type 1 diabetes through genetic and islet autoantibody markers. Currently my research focuses on a group of individuals with high risk of type 1 diabetes, based on presence of multiple islet autoantibodies, who have remained free from diabetes or progressed slowly to disease. These rare individuals may help inform strategies to delay or prevent progression to diabetes in other 'at risk' individuals.
Publications
Recent publications
22/01/2026Improved prediction of symptomatic type 1 diabetes using a luciferase-based assay to measure (pro)insulin autoantibodies
Diabetic Medicine
Interlaboratory Evaluation of Multiplex Autoantibody Assay Performance in the Islet Autoantibody Standardization Program 2024 Workshop
Diabetes Care
Genetic risk-targeted islet autoantibody screening for presymptomatic type 1 diabetes in adults
Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
A novel, high-performance, low-volume, rapid luciferase immunoprecipitation system (LIPS) assay to detect autoantibodies to zinc transporter 8
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
Autoantibodies to truncated GAD(96-585) antigen stratify risk of early insulin requirement in adult-onset diabetes
Diabetes
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