By Emeritus Professor Richard John Taylor

Book Chapters

Zimmet P; Kirk R; Serjeantson S; Whitehouse S; Taylor RJ, 1982, 'Diabetes in Pacific populations - genetic and social environmental interactions', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 9 - 17

Zimmet P; Taylor RJ; King H, 1982, 'Diabetes in the Pacific - An epidemiological perspective', in Kobberling J; Tattersall R (ed.), The Genetics of Diabetes Mellitus, Academic Press, London, pp. 211 - 224

Taylor RJ, 1982, 'Is the role of obesity as a risk factor for diabetes overstated?', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 179 - 183

Taylor RJK, 1982, 'Synthesis and biological activity of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) analogues', in Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes, Elsevier, pp. 132 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-408-10773-0.50015-2

Taylor RJK, 1982, 'Synthesis of thromboxanes', in Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes, Elsevier, pp. 90 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-408-10773-0.50012-7

Weinstein S; Sedlak-Weinstein E; Taylor RJ; Zimmet P, 1982, 'The high prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in an isolated Polynesian population Manihiki, Cook Islands', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 88 - 94

Journal articles

Dearie C; Linhart C; Figueroa C; Saumaka V; Dobbins T; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2024, 'Adult mortality from non-communicable diseases in Fiji's major ethnic groups 2013–17', Global Epidemiology, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2024.100157

Linhart C; Singh N; Nadakuca M; Saumaka V; Congdon C; Serrao S; Taylor R; Morrell S, 2024, 'Improving the timeliness of birth registration in Fiji through a financial incentive', Global Epidemiology, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2024.100162

Pett J; Linhart C; Osborne N; Morrell S; Fahim M; Knight J; Premaranthne S; Wazil AWM; Ratnatunga N; Wijethunga S; Thalgahagoda S; Endre Z; Taylor R; Nanayakkara N, 2024, 'Tubulointerstitial nephropathy is the predominant finding in men in a review of more than 3000 renal biopsies over a 10-year period from Sri Lanka', BMC Nephrology, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03731-7

Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2024, 'Ynones in dearomative spirocyclisation processes; a review', Tetrahedron Chem, 9, pp. 100055 - 100055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100055

Figueroa CA; Linhart CL; Dearie C; Fusimalohi LE; Kupu S; Morrell SL; Taylor RJ, 2023, 'Effects of inappropriate cause-of-death certification on mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Tonga', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17294-z

Inprung N; Whitwood AC; Taylor RJK; James MJ; Unsworth WP, 2023, 'Radical Dearomatising Spirocyclisation of Benzisoxazole‐Tethered Ynones', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300603

Anwar J; Torvaldsen S; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2023, 'Maternal Mortality in a Rural District of Pakistan and Contributing Factors', Maternal and Child Health Journal, 27, pp. 902 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03570-8

Badurdeen Z; Ratnatunga N; Abeysekera T; Wazil AWM; Rajakrishna PNN; Thinnarachchi JPP; Welagedera DDD; Ratnayake N; Alwis APD; Abeysundara H; Kumarasiri R; Taylor R; Nanayakkara N, 2023, 'Randomized control trial of prednisolone and doxycycline in patients with acute interstitial nephritis of unknown aetiology', TRIALS, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-07056-4

Beetson J; Anderson P; Lin S; Williamson F; Amazan R; Boughton B; Morrell S; Taylor R; Schwartz M, 2022, 'Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2201

Adepoyibi T; Dixon H; Gidding H; Taylor R; Morley B, 2022, 'Trends and determinants of active school travel among Australian secondary school students: national cross-sectional data from 2009 to 2018', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 800 - 806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13315

Pett J; Mohamed F; Knight J; Linhart C; Osborne NJ; Taylor R, 2022, 'Two decades of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) research: Existing evidence and persistent gaps from epidemiological studies in Sri Lanka', Nephrology, 27, pp. 238 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13989

Inprung N; Ho HE; Rossi-Ashton JA; Epton RG; Whitwood AC; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; James MJ; Unsworth WP, 2022, 'Indole-ynones as Privileged Substrates for Radical Dearomatizing Spirocyclization Cascades.', Org Lett, 24, pp. 668 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04098

Boughton B; Williamson F; Lin S; Taylor R; Beetson J; Bartlett B; Anderson P; Morrell S, 2022, 'Measuring adult English literacy improvements in First Nations communities in Australia', International Journal of Training Research, 20, pp. 248 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14480220.2022.2032268

Figueroa C; Linhart C; Fusimalohi L; Kupu S; Mathenge G; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2021, 'Mortality in Tonga over three triennia, 2010–2018', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10023-w

Dearie C; Linhart C; Rafai E; Nand D; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2021, 'Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Fiji over 20 years', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11186-w

Lin S; Williamson F; Beetson J; Bartlett B; Boughton B; Taylor R, 2021, 'Quantifying low English literacy in Australian Aboriginal communities: a correlational study', Australian Educational Researcher, 48, pp. 267 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-020-00388-7

Inprung N; James MJ; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2021, 'A Thiol-Mediated Three-Step Ring Expansion Cascade for the Conversion of Indoles into Functionalized Quinolines.', Org Lett, 23, pp. 2063 - 2068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00205

Taylor RJK, 2021, 'Perspective: Reflections on a career in synthetic organic chemistry, 1970 to 2020', Tetrahedron, 79, pp. 131820 - 131820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2020.131820

Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Unsworth WP; Taylor RJK, 2020, 'Phosphoranyl Radical Fragmentation Reactions Driven by Photoredox Catalysis.', ACS Catal, 10, pp. 7250 - 7261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01923

Clarke AK; Parkin A; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP; Rossi-Ashton JA, 2020, 'Photocatalytic Deoxygenation of Sulfoxides Using Visible Light: Mechanistic Investigations and Synthetic Applications.', ACS Catal, 10, pp. 5814 - 5820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00690

Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Donald JR; Zheng C; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP; You S-L, 2020, 'Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular Indole C2-Allylation.', Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 59, pp. 7598 - 7604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202001956

Rossi‐Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Donald JR; Zheng C; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP; You S, 2020, 'Iridium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular Indole C2‐Allylation', Angewandte Chemie, 132, pp. 7668 - 7674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202001956

Gamlath L; Nandasena S; Silva PD; Morrell S; Linhart C; Lin S; Sharpe A; Nathan S; Taylor R, 2020, 'Community intervention for cardiovascular disease risk factors in Kalutara, Sri Lanka', BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01427-y

Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2020, 'Modular Synthesis of Polycyclic Alkaloid Scaffolds via an Enantioselective Dearomative Cascade.', Org Lett, 22, pp. 1175 - 1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00053

Clarke AK; Rossi-Ashton JA; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2020, 'Synthesis of polycyclic scaffolds via a gold-catalysed dearomative cyclisation cascade', Tetrahedron, 76, pp. 131392 - 131392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2020.131392

Ho HE; Pagano A; Rossi-Ashton JA; Donald JR; Epton RG; Churchill JC; James MJ; O'Brien P; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2019, 'Visible-light-induced intramolecular charge transfer in the radical spirocyclisation of indole-tethered ynones.', Chem Sci, 11, pp. 1353 - 1360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sc05311e

Gorman RM; Hurst TE; Petersen WF; Taylor RJK, 2019, 'A copper(II)-mediated radical cross-dehydrogenative coupling/sulfinic acid elimination approach to 2-quinolones', Tetrahedron, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2019.130711

Gkotsi DS; Ludewig H; Sharma SV; Connolly JA; Dhaliwal J; Wang Y; Unsworth WP; Taylor RJK; McLachlan MMW; Shanahan S; Naismith JH; Goss RJM, 2019, 'A marine viral halogenase that iodinates diverse substrates', Nature Chemistry, 11, pp. 1091 - 1097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0349-z

Epton RG; Clarke AK; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP; Lynam JM, 2019, 'Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into the Rearrangement of Spirocyclic Indolenines into Quinolines', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, pp. 5563 - 5571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201900798

Russell G; Lane R; Parker S; Litt J; Mazza D; Lloyd J; Zwar N; Van Driel M; Del Mar C; Smith J; Harris MF; Taylor R; Denney-Wilson E; Davies GP; Laws R; Snowdon T; Bolger-Harris H; Groombridge S; Goldstein S; Howarth T; Huang N; Wilson J, 2019, 'Preventive Evidence into Practice: What factors matter in a facilitation intervention to prevent vascular disease in family practice?', BMC Family Practice, 20, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0995-7

Clarke AK; Ho HE; Rossi-Ashton JA; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2019, 'Indole Synthesis Using Silver Catalysis', Chemistry an Asian Journal, 14, pp. 1900 - 1911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.201900309

Livesey G; Taylor R; Livesey HF; Buyken AE; Jenkins DJA; Augustin LSA; Sievenpiper JL; Barclay AW; Liu S; Wolever TMS; Willett WC; Brighenti F; Salvadó JS; Björck I; Rizkalla SW; Riccardi G; La Vecchia C; Ceriello A; Trichopoulou A; Poli A; Astrup A; Kendall CWC; Ha MA; Sinnott SB; Miller JCB, 2019, 'Dietary glycemic index and load and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and updated meta‐analyses of prospective cohort studies', Nutrients, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061280

Livesey G; Taylor R; Livesey HF; Buyken AE; Jenkins DJA; Augustin LSA; Sievenpiper JL; Barclay AW; Liu S; Wolever TMS; Willett WC; Brighenti F; Salas-Salvadó J; Björck I; Rizkalla SW; Riccardi G; Vecchia CL; Ceriello A; Trichopoulou A; Poli A; Astrup A; Kendall CWC; Ha MA; Baer-Sinnott S; Brand-Miller JC, 2019, 'Dietary glycemic index and load and the risk of type 2 diabetes: Assessment of causal relations', Nutrients, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061436

Morrell S; Taylor R; Nand D; Rao C, 2019, 'Changes in proportional mortality from diabetes and circulatory disease in Mauritius and Fiji: Possible effects of coding and certification', BMC Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6748-7

Lin S; Rocha VM; Taylor R, 2019, 'Artefactual inflation of type 2 diabetes prevalence in WHO STEP surveys', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 24, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13213

Morrell S; Gregory M; Sexton K; Wharton J; Sharma N; Taylor R, 2019, 'Absence of sustained breast cancer incidence inflation in a national mammography screening programme', Journal of Medical Screening, 26, pp. 26 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141318775766

Taylor R; Gregory M; Sexton K; Wharton J; Sharma N; Amoyal G; Morrell S, 2019, 'Breast cancer mortality and screening mammography in New Zealand: Incidence-based and aggregate analyses', Journal of Medical Screening, 26, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141318776039

Ho HE; Stephens TC; Payne TJ; O'Brien P; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2019, 'Merging π-Acid and Pd Catalysis: Dearomatizing Spirocyclization/Cross-Coupling Cascade Reactions of Alkyne-Tethered Aromatics', ACS Catalysis, 9, pp. 504 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03861

Liddon JTR; Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, 'Divergent Reactivity of Indole-Tethered Ynones with Silver(I) and Gold(I) Catalysts: A Combined Synthetic and Computational Study', Synthesis Germany, 50, pp. 4829 - 4836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1610181

Anwar J; Torvaldsen S; Sheikh M; Taylor R, 2018, 'Completeness of a Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Enhanced Surveillance System in Pakistan: Evidence from Capture–Recapture Methods', Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22, pp. 1743 - 1750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2571-5

Hurst TE; Gorman R; Drouhin P; Taylor RJK, 2018, 'Application of copper(II)-mediated radical cross-dehydrogenative coupling to prepare spirocyclic oxindoles and to a formal total synthesis of Satavaptan', Tetrahedron, 74, pp. 6485 - 6496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2018.09.026

Clarke AK; Unsworth WP; Taylor RJK, 2018, 'Divergent reactivity of phenol- and anisole-tethered donor-acceptor α-diazoketones', Tetrahedron, 74, pp. 5374 - 5382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2018.02.003

Linhart C; Taylor R; Morrell S; Lin S, 2018, 'Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991–2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6016-2

Clarke AK; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, '"back-to-Front" Indole Synthesis Using Silver(I) Catalysis: Unexpected C-3 Pyrrole Activation Mode Supported by DFT', ACS Catalysis, 8, pp. 6844 - 6850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00745

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