Subhashisa Swain

About

I am a NIHR Dementia Fellow at the University of Oxford and Keele University. I am a qualified physiotherapist and epidemiologist. My research interests sit at the intersection of multimorbidity, polypharmacy, , ageing, frailty, exercise medicine, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions, and chronic pain. Using large electronic health records, I explore the complexities of multimorbidity, with a focus on dementia, rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, and age-related disorders. I have authored more than 60 publications and review for several journals. I aim to promote ethical and equitable research culture in the academic community.

I am originally from India and now based at the University of Oxford, with more than a decade of experience across developing and developed countries. My skills include life-course epidemiology, complex longitudinal analyses such as trajectory and transition models, latent variable modelling, geospatial modelling, interrupted time-series, joinpoint modelling, machine learning, digital health, and big-data analysis. I also have experience in systematic reviews, network meta-analysis, pharmacoepidemiology, and methodological development. I have designed community-based cluster surveys, analysed complex panel data, and developed complex interventions, policy evaluations, and advocacy strategies.

Link to Life in Embrace (Documentary film)- https://youtu.be/iy5TlvhmQd0

Employment

• Keele University NIHR DEMCOMM Postdoctoral Fellow
  2023 - 2026
• University of Oxford NIHR DEMCOMM Postdoctoral Fellow
  2023 - 2026
• University of Oxford Quantitative Researcher
  2021 - 2023
• University of Nottingham Research Assistant (Part-time)
  2019 - 2021
• Public Health Foundation of India Research Associate-Tutor-Lecturer
  2012 - 2017
• ASHA Rehabilitation Centre Physiotherapist (part-time)
  2012 - 2017
• Neelachal Institute of Medical Sciences Clinical Lecturer
  2010 - 2010
• University of Oxford

Education

• School of Medicine, University of Nottingham PhD in Academic Rheumatology
  2018 - 2021
• Maastricht University Certificate in Global Health (complex intervention and policy analysis)
  2011 - 2012
• Manipal Academy of Higher Education MPH
  2010 - 2012
• Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research Bachelor in Physiotherapy
  2004 - 2010

Projects & Funding

• SoLvE- OA consortium Versus Arthritis
  2026 - Present
• NIHR Pre-Application Support Fund National Institute for Health and Care Research
  2026 - 2026
• Comparing the Effects of Antidiabetic Medications on Depression: Network meta-analysis Diabetes UK
  2025 - 2026
• DEMCOMM internship National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames
  2025 - 2026
• AIMed: Optimising treatment regimens using computer-systems for people living with dementia Alzheimer's Society
  2024 - 2026
• NIHR DEMCOMM fellowship National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames
  2024 - 2026
• Vice-chancellor PG scholarship, University of Nottingham University of Nottingham
  2018 - 2021
• Beijing Joint Care Foundation International Scholarship Beijing Joint Care Foundation, China
  2018 - 2021
• A joint initiative to increase awareness, facilitate early diagnosis and provide right treatment for the underprivileged children through special intervention and referral in five major cities of India. AmericareIndia Foundation
  2017 - 2018
• Spatiotemporal prediction of dengue prevalence in Odisha, India: A tool for outbreak prevention Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
  2017 - 2018
• Identifying the risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in TATA operational area in Odisha Tata Steel (India)
  2016 - Present

Publications (77)

• Associations between osteoarthritis and comorbidities before and after diagnosis across four European primary care databases: a multinational case–control and cohort study
  The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101800
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• A cross-sectional study of associations between constitutional morphological features and individual radiographic phenotypes of hip osteoarthritis
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2026.05.003
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• Attitudes of People Living with Dementia and their Carers towards the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence to inform Structured Medication Reviews
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.24.26356103
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• Association of analgesics prescription with incident comorbidities in people with osteoarthritis—a UK primary care database cohort study
  Rheumatology Advances in Practice 2026 DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkag098
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• Multimorbidity research in dementia: it’s time to shift to a person-centred approach
  Frontiers in Dementia 2026 DOI: 10.3389/frdem.2026.1791795
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• Predicting hypotension, syncope, and fracture risk in patients indicated for antihypertensive treatment: the STRATIFY models
  Nature Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64408-9
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• Associations between falls and other serious adverse events and antihypertensive medication in individuals with dementia: An observational cohort study
  PLOS Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004731
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• Developing prediction models for electrolyte abnormalities in patients indicated for antihypertensive therapy: evidence-based treatment and monitoring recommendations
  Journal of Hypertension 2025 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000004032
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• 001 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PAIN RELATED COMORBIDITIES IN PEOPLE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN EUROPE - EVIDENCE FROM THE ComOA STUDY
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2025.02.005
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• Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the knee pain and related health in the community cohort.
  Sleep Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf039
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• Risk of Venous Thromboembolism after Knee, Hip or Shoulder Replacement: A Retrospective Cohortstudy of 476,620 Procedures Using Linked Hospital and Primary Care Data
  2025 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5270403
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• Transitions through different cognitive states and death in dementia in the UK population.
  AAIC-2025 2025
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• Causal associations of central and peripheral risk factors with knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal and Mendelian Randomisation study using UK Biobank data
  Pain 2024 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003183
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• OP0230 COMORBIDITIES IN PEOPLE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN FOUR EUROPEAN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS - COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE FROM THE ComOA STUDY
  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.3327
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• Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100414
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• Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain
  Rheumatology 2023 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead038
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• Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database
  British Journal of General Practice 2023 DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0419
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• THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT AND SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS BY PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ADVERSE EVENTS: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY
  Journal of Hypertension 2023 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000939560.32798.9f
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• The association between antihypertensive treatment and serious adverse events by age and frailty: a cohort study
  PLoS Medicine 2023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004223
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• Causal Associations Of Bmi With Osteoarthritis Using Bidirectional Mendelian Randomisation
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.01.559
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