Rate My Professor Niamh Fanning

Key publications include 'An association of smoking with serum urate and gout: a health paradox' (Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2018), which investigates the counterintuitive relationship between smoking history and urate levels, earning 49 citations. Other significant contributions are 'Association of rare and common genetic variants in MOCOS with inadequate response to allopurinol' (Rheumatology, 2024), 'Association of past smoking status with gout in Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand' (Journal of Rheumatology, 2025), and 'Plasma interleukin-23 and circulating IL-17A+IFNγ+ ex-Th17 cells predict opposing outcomes of anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis' (Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2022). She has also published on gout education preferences across indigenous and non-indigenous groups ('Arthritis Care & Research, 2018'), fructose malabsorption in gout ('Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2017'), and prescribing practices for pancreatic enzyme therapy in pancreatic cancer ('Pancreatology, 2024'). Additionally, Fanning contributes to systematic reviews on nutritional interventions in cancer care and behaviour change techniques. With approximately 14 research works and over 95 citations, her studies advance personalized treatment strategies and address health disparities in rheumatology.