Personal profile

Research interests

As an experienced researcher in population health with a rich 15-year career, my primary area of expertise encompasses cardiovascular epidemiology, with a keen focus on spatial analyses and multilevel modeling. My professional journey has led me to contribute significantly to esteemed universities across Australia, Ireland, India, and the UK. In these roles, I have excelled in population health studies, with a special emphasis on Big Data analytics. My strengths include the proficient management and nuanced interpretation of complex health datasets, particularly those involving longitudinal studies and electronic medical records.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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  • Changes in sick notes associated with COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022: a cohort study in 24 million primary care patients in OpenSAFELY-TPP

    Schaffer, A. L., Park, R. Y., Tazare, J., Bhaskaran, K., MacKenna, B., Denaxas, S., Dillingham, I., Bacon, S. C. J., Mehrkar, A., Bates, C., Goldacre, B., Greaves, F., Macleod, J., Collaborative, T. O., Collaborative, N. C. S., Tomlinson, L. A., Walker, A. & Toms, R., 3 Jul 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 7, p. e080600 e080600.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Illnesses in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People

    Walker, V. M., Patalay, P., Cuitun Coronado, J. I., Denholm, R., Forbes, H., Stafford, J., Moltrecht, B., Palmer, T., Walker, A., Thompson, E. J., Taylor, K., Cezard, G., Horne, E. M. F., Wei, Y., Al Arab, M., Knight, R., Fisher, L., Massey, J., Davy, S. & Mehrkar, A. & 150 others, Bacon, S., Goldacre, B., Wood, A., Chaturvedi, N., Macleod, J., John, A., Sterne, J. A. C., Study, L. H. A. W.C.-1. N. C., Lemanska, A., Kwong, A., Sampri, A., Rapala, A., Carnemolla, A., Hughes, A., Green, A., Folarin, A., Roberts, A., Goncalves Soares, A., Steptoe, A., Wong, A., Boyd, A., Gibson, A., Knueppel, A., Shah, A., Campbell, A., Kanagaratnam, A., Karthikeyan Suseeladevi, A., Zheng, B., Raman, B., Hou, B., Wielgoszewska, B., Mackenna, B., Stewart, C., Fang, C., Bridger-Staatz, C., Booth, C., Beckford, C., Park, C., Steves, C., Andrews, C., McCartney, D., Kopasker, D., Foster, D., Piehlmaier, D., Williams, D., Parker, E., Rafeti, E., Lukaschuk, E., Tunnicliffe, E., Badrick, E., Herrett, E., Turner, E. L., McElroy, E., Almaghrabi, F., Greaves, F., McArdle, F., Glen, F., Perez-Reche, F., Griffith, G., Ploubidis, G., Santorelli, G., Di Gessa, G., Woodward, H., Curtis, H., Herbert, A., Douglas, I., Oakley, J., Wild, J. M., Maddock, J., Carpentieri, J., Morley, J., Zhu, J., Tazare, J., Wright, J., Kellas, J., Kennedy, J., Northstone, K., Tilling, K., Mansfield, K., Evans, K. M., Mansfield, K., Willan, K., Wang, K., Campbell, K. C., Patel, K., Fox, L., Sheard, L., Saunders, L. C., Tomlinson, L., Hamill Howes, L., Smeeth, L., Nigrelli, L., Nab, L., Hopcroft, L., Huntley, L., Jones, L., Finnigan, L., Teece, L., Green, M., Crane, M., Freydin, M., Parker, M., Green, M., Kibble, M., Cheetham, N., Timpson, N., Hamilton, O., Zaninotto, P., Garcia, P., Jezzard, P., Whitehorn, R., Rhead, R., Toms, R., Thomas, R., Silverwood, R., Dobson, R., Willans, R., Flaig, R., McEachan, R., Mitchell, R., Bowyer, R., Costello, R., Parsons, S., Berman, S., Ip, S., Baz, S., Walker, S., Syed Ahmar, S., Shaw, R., Aziz, S., Langan, S., Brophy, S., Denaxas, S., Neubauer, S., Piechnik, S., McLachlan, S., Smith, S., Sharp, S., North, T., Kromydas, T., Cowling, T., Yang, T., Bolton, T., Ferreira, V., Katikireddi, V., Mahalingasivam, V., Jacques, W., Hulme, W., Ranjan, Y. & Sanders, Z.-B., 21 Aug 2024, In: JAMA Psychiatry. 81, 11, p. 1071-1080 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
    3 Citations (Scopus)
  • Impact of vaccination on the association of COVID-19 with cardiovascular diseases: An OpenSAFELY cohort study

    Cezard, G. I., Denholm, R. E., Knight, R., Wei, Y., Teece, L., Toms, R., Forbes, H. J., Walker, A. J., Fisher, L., Massey, J., Hopcroft, L. E. M., Horne, E. M. F., Taylor, K., Palmer, T., Arab, M. A., Cuitun Coronado, J. I., Ip, S. H. Y., Davy, S., Dillingham, I. & Bacon, S. & 12 others, Mehrkar, A., Morton, C. E., Greaves, F., Hyams, C., Davey Smith, G., Macleod, J., Chaturvedi, N., Goldacre, B., Whiteley, W. N., Wood, A. M., Sterne, J. A. C. & Walker, V., 11 Mar 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 2173 2173.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
    9 Citations (Scopus)
  • 4 Citations (Scopus)
  • Characterising patterns of COVID-19 and long COVID symptoms: evidence from nine UK longitudinal studies

    the CONVALESCENCE Study, 21 Jan 2023, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 38, 2, p. 199-210 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
    17 Citations (Scopus)