Newcastle University

Qualifications

BSc (Bath)
PhD (Newcastle) 

Memberships

Histiocyte Society
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
International Epidemiology Association
FUSE Centre for Translational Research in Public Health

Awards

Histiocyte Society Travel Bursary 2006
Donald Court travel Bursary 2006

Introduction

My main research is currently on large, radiation-related childhood cancer studies. However, I am also carrying out two regional studies, related to my PhD, on patients with histiocytic disorders - rare cancer-like diseases of the immune system. Previous work has included studies on bone tumours, childhood disability and other rare diseases.

Current work

2007- Study of the long-term sequelae of radiation exposure due to CT scanning in children and young people.

2010- EPI-CT - Epidemiological study to quantify risks for paediatric computerised tomography and to optimise doses - EU collaborative study. 

2011- Long-term risks associated with fluoroscopic cardiology procedures in children.

2012-14 Studies on adults with histiocytic disorders in Newcastle and the Northeast region. 

2012/13- Histiocytic disorders in children with congenital anomalies: a population-based record linkage study.

Research Roles

PhD - An epidemiological survey of children with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) in the UK and Ireland.

Occasional reviewer for Paediatric Blood and Cancer and Acta Paediatrica. 

Funding

National Cancer Institute, US; DoH; EU FP7; CRUK; Newcastle Hospitals Charities; Newlife Foundation for disabled children; JGW Patterson Foundation.

Projects

• Long-term sequelae of radiation exposure due to computed tomography in children and young people
  Project Leader(s): Dr Mark Pearce

• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet 2012, 380(9840), 499-505.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. CT scans in childhood and risk of leukaemia and brain tumours reply. Lancet 2012, 380(9855), 1736-1737.
• Turner N, Driver D, Salotti J, Pearce MS, Cheetham T. Increasing use of radioiodine in young people with thyrotoxicosis in Great Britain. European Journal of Endocrinology 2012, 167(5), 715-718.
• Kim KP, Berrington-Gonzalez A, Pearce M, Salotti J, Parker L, McHugh K, Craft A, Lee C. Development of a database of organ doses for pediatric and young adult CT scans in the United Kingdom. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2012, 150(4), 415-426.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, McHugh K, Kim KP, Craft AW, Lubin J, Ron E, Parker L. Socio-economic variation in CT scanning in Northern England, 1990-2002. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12(1), 24.
• Pearce MS, Salotti JA, McHugh K, Metcalf W, Kim KP, Craft AW, Parker L, Ron E. CT scans in young people in Northern England: trends and patterns 1993-2002. Pediatric Radiology 2011, 41(7), 832-838.
• Brown M, Pearce M, Salotti J, Craft A, Hale J. European Bone Tumour Outcome Study (EBTOS): Overview of health related quality of life (QOL) in study cohort. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh: BMJ Group.
• Pearce M, Salotti J, McHugh K, Kim KP, Craft A, Lubin J, Ron E, Parker L. Socio-economic variation in the use of CT scans in young people in the North of England, 1990-2002. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh: BMJ Group.
• Salotti J. An Epidemiological Survey of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in children in the UK and Republic of Ireland. PhD Thesis. Newcastle University, 2010.
• Salotti J, Nanduri V, Pearce MS, Parker L, Lynn RM, Windebank KP. Incidence and clinical features of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the UK and Ireland. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009, 94(5), 376-380.
• Salotti J. Epidemiology of Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Onwards and upwards!. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2008, 51(1), 3-4.
• Salotti J, Windebank K, Vasanta N, Lynn R, Parker L. An epidemiological survey of children with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in the UK and Eire, 2003-2006. In: Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society. 2007, Cambridge: Histiocyte Society.
• Salotti J, Nanduri V, Windebank KP, Pritchard J, Lynn R, Parker L. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) in children in the UK and Eire: An epidemiological survey. In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society. 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina: John Wiley & Sons.
• Tatevossian R, Nanduri V, Salotti J, Sargent C, Norton A, Wells A, Pritchard J. Adults with LCH - orphans with an orphan disease. Clinical Medicine 2006, 6(4), 404-408.
• Salotti J, Windebank K, Nanduri V, Parker L. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2006. 20th Annual Report 2005-2006, British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (RCPCH) 20.
• Salotti J, Nanduri V, Pritchard J, Windebank K, Lynn R, Parker L. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) In Children in the UK And Eire: Findings from a 2-year Epidemiological Survey. In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer: 21st Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society. 2006, Vancouver, Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Salotti J, Parker L, Lynn R, Nanduri V. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005. 19th Annual Report 2004-2005, British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (RCPCH).
• Salotti J, Vasanta N, Windebank K, Pritchard J, Louise P. Population-Based Survey of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in Children in the United Kingdom and Eire: A Preliminary Report. In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer: 20th Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society. 2005, Stockholm, Sweden: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Parker L, Nanduri V, Lynn R, Salotti J. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2004. 18th Annual Report 2003-2004, British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (RCPCH) 18.
• Salotti J, Glinianiaia S. Models of Paediatric Services in Other Countries (MOPS). 2004. Unpublished report for RCPCH and NHS Confederation.
• Parker L, Salotti J, Cresswell T, Jarvis S, Lothian J, Hammal D, Colver A, Smith I. Children with Long-Term Disability in the former Northern and Yorkshire NHS Region. North East Public Health Observatory, 2003. A Scoping Study for the North East Public Health Observatory Final Report.
• Dickinson HO, Parker L, Salotti J, Birch P. Paternal preconceptional irradiation, population mixing and solid tumors in the children of radiation workers (England). Cancer Causes & Control 2002, 13(2), 183-189.
• Dickinson HO, Salotti J, Birch PJ, Reid MM, Malcolm A, Parker L. How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2001, 55(6), 414-422.
• Dummer TJB, Pearce MS, Dickinson HO, Charlton ME, Salotti J, Parker L. Stillbirths in relation to the coastline of Cumbria, 1950-89. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 1999, 13(2), 131-137.
• Dummer TJB, Dickinson HO, Pearce MS, Charlton ME, Smith J, Salotti J, Parker L. Stillbirth rates around the nuclear installation at Sellafield, North West England: 1950-1989. International Journal of Epidemiology 1998, 27(1), 74-82.