Professor Keith Millar
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
Keith.Millar@glasgow.ac.uk
R214 Level 2, Psychological Medicine, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow G12 0XH
Publications
2023
Millar, K. (2023) Victorian prescience: The Lancet medical journal and the loss of the Franklin expedition, 1845-1859. Polar Record, 59, e40. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247423000323)
Bowman, A. W. , Christensen, J. R., Dagneau, C., Kavousanaki, D., Millar, K. and Moore, J. (2023) Human hair from the wreck of HMS Erebus of the Franklin Expedition, 1845: elemental chemistry revealed by double-ablation LA-ICP-MS. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 52, 104270. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104270)
2020
Millar, K. and Bowman, A. W. (2020) Cognitive archaeology: estimating the effects of blood-lead concentrations on the neuropsychological function of an officer of the 1845 Franklin expedition. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 32, 102449. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102449)
2017
Millar, K. and Bowman, A. W. (2017) “Hartnell's time machine” reprise: Further implications of zinc, lead and copper in the thumbnail of a Franklin expedition crewmember. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 13, pp. 286-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046)
2016
Millar, K., Bowman, A. W. , Battersby, W. and Welbury, R. R. (2016) The health of nine Royal Naval Arctic crews, 1848 to 1854: implications for the lost Franklin Expedition. Polar Record, 52(4), pp. 423-441. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247416000176)
2015
Millar, K., Bowman, A. W. and Battersby, W. (2015) A re-analysis of the supposed role of lead poisoning in Sir John Franklin’s last expedition, 1845-1848. Polar Record, 51(3), pp. 224-238. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247413000867)
2014
Millar, K., Bowman, A.W. , Burns, D., McLaughlin, P., Moores, T., Morton, N.S., Musiello, T., Wallace, E., Wray, A. and Welbury, R.R. (2014) Children's cognitive recovery after day-case general anesthesia: a randomized trial of propofol or isoflurane for dental procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, 24(2), pp. 201-207. (doi: 10.1111/pan.12316)
2013
Cavanagh, J. et al. (2013) Socioeconomic status and the cerebellar grey matter volume. Data from a well-characterised population sample. Cerebellum, 12(6), pp. 882-891. (doi: 10.1007/s12311-013-0497-4)
Krishnadas, R. , Kim, J., Mclean, J., Batty, D., Mclean, J., Millar, K., Packard, C. and Cavanagh, J. (2013) The envirome and the connectome: exploring the structural noise in the human brain associated with socioeconomic deprivation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(722), (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00722)
Krishnadas, R. et al. (2013) Socioeconomic deprivation and cortical morphology: psychological, social, and biological determinants of ill health study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 75(7), pp. 616-623. (doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a151a7)
Millar, K., Bell, A. , Bowman, A. , Brown, ., Lo, T.-W., Siebert, J.P. , Simmons, D. and Ayoub, A. (2013) Psychological status as a function of residual scarring and facial asymmetry after surgical repair of cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 49(6), pp. 150-157. (doi: 10.1597/10-222)
Krishnadas, R. et al. (2013) Cardio-metabolic risk factors and cortical thickness in a neurologically healthy male population: results from the psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid) study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2(2013), pp. 646-657. (doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.04.012)
Millar, K. et al. (2013) Personality, socio-economic status and inflammation: cross-sectional, population-based study. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58256. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058256) (PMID:23516457) (PMCID:PMC3596406)
2012
McLean, J. et al. (2012) Early life socioeconomic status, chronic physiological stress and hippocampal N-acetyl aspartate concentrations. Behavioural Brain Research, 235(2), pp. 225-230. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.08.013)
Packard, C. et al. (2012) Interaction of personality traits with social deprivation in determining mental wellbeing and health behaviours. Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 615-624. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds030)
Knox, S. et al. (2012) 25-hydroxyvitamin D is lower in deprived groups, but is not associated with carotid intima media thickness or plaques: results from pSoBid. Atherosclerosis, 223(2), pp. 437-441. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.05.001) (PMID:22632919)
McGuinness, D. et al. (2012) Socio-economic status is associated with epigenetic differences in the pSoBid cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 41(1), pp. 151-160. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr215)
2011
Forrest, C.M., Mackay, G.M., Oxford, L., Millar, K., Gail Darlington, L., Higgins, M. and Stone, T.W. (2011) Kynurenine metabolism predicts cognitive function in patients following cardiac bypass and thoracic surgery. Journal of Neurochemistry, 119(1), pp. 136-152. (doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07414.x)
Packard, C.J. et al. (2011) Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid atherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study. BMC Public Health, 11, p. 42. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-42)
Shiels, P.G. et al. (2011) Accelerated telomere attrition is associated with relative household income, diet and inflammation in the pSoBid cohort. PLoS ONE, 6(7), e22521. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022521) (PMID:21818333) (PMCID:PMC3144896)
2010
Mishra, P.K., Mathias, H., Millar, K., Nagrajan, K. and Murday, A. (2010) A randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of audiotaped consultations on the quality of informed consent in cardiac surgery. Archives of Surgery, 145(4), pp. 383-388. (doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.45)
2009
Deans, K.A. et al. (2009) Differences in atherosclerosis according to area level socioeconomic deprivation: cross sectional, population based study. British Medical Journal, 339, b4170. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4170)
Hosey, M.T., Asbury, A.J., Bowman, A.W. , Millar, K., Martin, K., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2009) The effect of transmucosal 0.2mg/kg Midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction. British Dental Journal, 207, E2. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.570) (PMID:19574992)
2008
Lumsden, M.A. , Millar, K., Osborne, M. and Remedios, R. (2008) Working in Health Access Programme (WHAP): Initial results. Medical Education, 42(4), pp. 412-419. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03007.x)
O'Connor, S., Jardine, A. and Millar, K. (2008) The prediction of self-care behaviors in end-stage renal disease patients using Leventhal's Self-Regulatory ModeL. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65(2), pp. 191-200. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.008)
Velupillai, Y.N. et al. (2008) Psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid): study protocol of a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 8(126), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-126)
2007
Millar, K., Asbury, A.J., Bowman, A.W., Hosey, M., Martin, K., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2007) A randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition. Anaesthesia, 62(9), pp. 923-930. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05148.x)
McGuire, L., Millar, K. and Lindsay, S. (2007) A treatment trial of an information package to help patients accept new dentures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(8), pp. 1941-1948. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.012)
Millar, K. (2007) Anaesthesia. In: Ayers, S., Baum, A., McManus, C., Newman, S., Wallston, K., Weinman, J. and West, R. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 551-554. ISBN 9780521605106
2006
Millar, K., Asbury, A.J., Bowley, C., Hosey, M., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2006) The effects of brief sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia upon children's postoperative cognition and behaviour. Anaesthesia, 61(6), pp. 541-547. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04662.x)
2005
Purushotham, A.D., Upponi, S., Borislav Klevesath, M., Bobrow, L., Millar, K., Myles, J.P. and Duffy, S.W. (2005) Morbidity after sentinel lymph node biopsy in primary breast cancer: results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(19), pp. 4312-4321. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.228)
Millar, K., Purushotham, A.D., McLatchie, E., George, W.D. and Murray, G.D. (2005) A 1-year prospective study of individual variation in distress, and illness perceptions, after treatment for breast cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58(4), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.10.005)
Lumsden, M. A. , Bore, M., Millar, K., Jack, R. and Powis, D. (2005) Assessment of personal qualities in relation to admission to medical school. Medical Education, 39(3), pp. 258-265. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02087.x)
2004
Leitch, J.A., Anderson, K., Gambhir, S., Millar, K., Robb, N.D., McHugh, E.S. and Kenny, G.N. (2004) A partially blinded randomised controlled trial of patient-maintained propofol sedation and operator controlled midazolam sedation in third molar extractions. Anaesthesia, 59(9), 853 -860. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03761.x)
Boyle, S., Allan, C. and Millar, K. (2004) Cognitive-behavioural interventions in a patient with an anxiety disorder related to diabetes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42(3), pp. 357-366. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2003.11.006)
Campbell, L., Imrie, G., Doherty, P., Porteous, C., Millar, K., Kenny, G.N.C. and Fletcher, G. (2004) Patient maintained sedation for colonoscopy using a target controlled infusion of propofol. Division of Developmental Medicine, 59(2), pp. 127-132. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03580.x)
2003
O'Dwyer, P.J. et al. (2003) Local or general anesthesia for open hernia repair: a randomized trial. Annals of Surgery, 237(4), pp. 574-579.
Millar, K., Nicoll, J.A.R., Thornhill, S., Murray, G.D. and Teasdale, G.M. (2003) Long term neuropsychological outcome after head injury: relation to APOE genotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74, pp. 1047-1052. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1047)
2002
Purushotham, A.D. et al. (2002) Randomized clinical trial of no wound drains and early discharge in the treatment of women with breast cancer. British Journal of Surgery, 89(3), pp. 286-292. (doi: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.02031.x)
2001
Asbury, A.J., Millar, K. and Murray, G.D. (2001) Pre-existing cognitive impairment as a factor influencing outcome after cardiac surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 86(1), pp. 63-67. (doi: 10.1093/bja/86.1.63)
Articles
Millar, K. (2023) Victorian prescience: The Lancet medical journal and the loss of the Franklin expedition, 1845-1859. Polar Record, 59, e40. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247423000323)
Bowman, A. W. , Christensen, J. R., Dagneau, C., Kavousanaki, D., Millar, K. and Moore, J. (2023) Human hair from the wreck of HMS Erebus of the Franklin Expedition, 1845: elemental chemistry revealed by double-ablation LA-ICP-MS. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 52, 104270. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104270)
Millar, K. and Bowman, A. W. (2020) Cognitive archaeology: estimating the effects of blood-lead concentrations on the neuropsychological function of an officer of the 1845 Franklin expedition. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 32, 102449. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102449)
Millar, K. and Bowman, A. W. (2017) “Hartnell's time machine” reprise: Further implications of zinc, lead and copper in the thumbnail of a Franklin expedition crewmember. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 13, pp. 286-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.046)
Millar, K., Bowman, A. W. , Battersby, W. and Welbury, R. R. (2016) The health of nine Royal Naval Arctic crews, 1848 to 1854: implications for the lost Franklin Expedition. Polar Record, 52(4), pp. 423-441. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247416000176)
Millar, K., Bowman, A. W. and Battersby, W. (2015) A re-analysis of the supposed role of lead poisoning in Sir John Franklin’s last expedition, 1845-1848. Polar Record, 51(3), pp. 224-238. (doi: 10.1017/S0032247413000867)
Millar, K., Bowman, A.W. , Burns, D., McLaughlin, P., Moores, T., Morton, N.S., Musiello, T., Wallace, E., Wray, A. and Welbury, R.R. (2014) Children's cognitive recovery after day-case general anesthesia: a randomized trial of propofol or isoflurane for dental procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, 24(2), pp. 201-207. (doi: 10.1111/pan.12316)
Cavanagh, J. et al. (2013) Socioeconomic status and the cerebellar grey matter volume. Data from a well-characterised population sample. Cerebellum, 12(6), pp. 882-891. (doi: 10.1007/s12311-013-0497-4)
Krishnadas, R. , Kim, J., Mclean, J., Batty, D., Mclean, J., Millar, K., Packard, C. and Cavanagh, J. (2013) The envirome and the connectome: exploring the structural noise in the human brain associated with socioeconomic deprivation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(722), (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00722)
Krishnadas, R. et al. (2013) Socioeconomic deprivation and cortical morphology: psychological, social, and biological determinants of ill health study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 75(7), pp. 616-623. (doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a151a7)
Millar, K., Bell, A. , Bowman, A. , Brown, ., Lo, T.-W., Siebert, J.P. , Simmons, D. and Ayoub, A. (2013) Psychological status as a function of residual scarring and facial asymmetry after surgical repair of cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate: Craniofacial Journal, 49(6), pp. 150-157. (doi: 10.1597/10-222)
Krishnadas, R. et al. (2013) Cardio-metabolic risk factors and cortical thickness in a neurologically healthy male population: results from the psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid) study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2(2013), pp. 646-657. (doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.04.012)
Millar, K. et al. (2013) Personality, socio-economic status and inflammation: cross-sectional, population-based study. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58256. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058256) (PMID:23516457) (PMCID:PMC3596406)
McLean, J. et al. (2012) Early life socioeconomic status, chronic physiological stress and hippocampal N-acetyl aspartate concentrations. Behavioural Brain Research, 235(2), pp. 225-230. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.08.013)
Packard, C. et al. (2012) Interaction of personality traits with social deprivation in determining mental wellbeing and health behaviours. Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 615-624. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds030)
Knox, S. et al. (2012) 25-hydroxyvitamin D is lower in deprived groups, but is not associated with carotid intima media thickness or plaques: results from pSoBid. Atherosclerosis, 223(2), pp. 437-441. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.05.001) (PMID:22632919)
McGuinness, D. et al. (2012) Socio-economic status is associated with epigenetic differences in the pSoBid cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 41(1), pp. 151-160. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr215)
Forrest, C.M., Mackay, G.M., Oxford, L., Millar, K., Gail Darlington, L., Higgins, M. and Stone, T.W. (2011) Kynurenine metabolism predicts cognitive function in patients following cardiac bypass and thoracic surgery. Journal of Neurochemistry, 119(1), pp. 136-152. (doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07414.x)
Packard, C.J. et al. (2011) Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid atherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study. BMC Public Health, 11, p. 42. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-42)
Shiels, P.G. et al. (2011) Accelerated telomere attrition is associated with relative household income, diet and inflammation in the pSoBid cohort. PLoS ONE, 6(7), e22521. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022521) (PMID:21818333) (PMCID:PMC3144896)
Mishra, P.K., Mathias, H., Millar, K., Nagrajan, K. and Murday, A. (2010) A randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of audiotaped consultations on the quality of informed consent in cardiac surgery. Archives of Surgery, 145(4), pp. 383-388. (doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.45)
Deans, K.A. et al. (2009) Differences in atherosclerosis according to area level socioeconomic deprivation: cross sectional, population based study. British Medical Journal, 339, b4170. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4170)
Hosey, M.T., Asbury, A.J., Bowman, A.W. , Millar, K., Martin, K., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2009) The effect of transmucosal 0.2mg/kg Midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction. British Dental Journal, 207, E2. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.570) (PMID:19574992)
Lumsden, M.A. , Millar, K., Osborne, M. and Remedios, R. (2008) Working in Health Access Programme (WHAP): Initial results. Medical Education, 42(4), pp. 412-419. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03007.x)
O'Connor, S., Jardine, A. and Millar, K. (2008) The prediction of self-care behaviors in end-stage renal disease patients using Leventhal's Self-Regulatory ModeL. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65(2), pp. 191-200. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.008)
Velupillai, Y.N. et al. (2008) Psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid): study protocol of a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 8(126), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-126)
Millar, K., Asbury, A.J., Bowman, A.W., Hosey, M., Martin, K., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2007) A randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition. Anaesthesia, 62(9), pp. 923-930. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05148.x)
McGuire, L., Millar, K. and Lindsay, S. (2007) A treatment trial of an information package to help patients accept new dentures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(8), pp. 1941-1948. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.012)
Millar, K., Asbury, A.J., Bowley, C., Hosey, M., Musiello, T. and Welbury, R.R. (2006) The effects of brief sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia upon children's postoperative cognition and behaviour. Anaesthesia, 61(6), pp. 541-547. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04662.x)
Purushotham, A.D., Upponi, S., Borislav Klevesath, M., Bobrow, L., Millar, K., Myles, J.P. and Duffy, S.W. (2005) Morbidity after sentinel lymph node biopsy in primary breast cancer: results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(19), pp. 4312-4321. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.228)
Millar, K., Purushotham, A.D., McLatchie, E., George, W.D. and Murray, G.D. (2005) A 1-year prospective study of individual variation in distress, and illness perceptions, after treatment for breast cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58(4), pp. 335-342. (doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.10.005)
Lumsden, M. A. , Bore, M., Millar, K., Jack, R. and Powis, D. (2005) Assessment of personal qualities in relation to admission to medical school. Medical Education, 39(3), pp. 258-265. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02087.x)
Leitch, J.A., Anderson, K., Gambhir, S., Millar, K., Robb, N.D., McHugh, E.S. and Kenny, G.N. (2004) A partially blinded randomised controlled trial of patient-maintained propofol sedation and operator controlled midazolam sedation in third molar extractions. Anaesthesia, 59(9), 853 -860. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03761.x)
Boyle, S., Allan, C. and Millar, K. (2004) Cognitive-behavioural interventions in a patient with an anxiety disorder related to diabetes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42(3), pp. 357-366. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2003.11.006)
Campbell, L., Imrie, G., Doherty, P., Porteous, C., Millar, K., Kenny, G.N.C. and Fletcher, G. (2004) Patient maintained sedation for colonoscopy using a target controlled infusion of propofol. Division of Developmental Medicine, 59(2), pp. 127-132. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03580.x)
O'Dwyer, P.J. et al. (2003) Local or general anesthesia for open hernia repair: a randomized trial. Annals of Surgery, 237(4), pp. 574-579.
Millar, K., Nicoll, J.A.R., Thornhill, S., Murray, G.D. and Teasdale, G.M. (2003) Long term neuropsychological outcome after head injury: relation to APOE genotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74, pp. 1047-1052. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1047)
Purushotham, A.D. et al. (2002) Randomized clinical trial of no wound drains and early discharge in the treatment of women with breast cancer. British Journal of Surgery, 89(3), pp. 286-292. (doi: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.02031.x)
Asbury, A.J., Millar, K. and Murray, G.D. (2001) Pre-existing cognitive impairment as a factor influencing outcome after cardiac surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 86(1), pp. 63-67. (doi: 10.1093/bja/86.1.63)
Book Sections
Millar, K. (2007) Anaesthesia. In: Ayers, S., Baum, A., McManus, C., Newman, S., Wallston, K., Weinman, J. and West, R. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 551-554. ISBN 9780521605106