The Institute of Applied Health Sciences

Projects Delivered

DaSH has supported over 240 approaches for potential data linkage research projects.

The data linkage projects currently in analyis or have been completed are listed below:

2021

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Investigating risk factors for postpartum haemorrhage	Madeline Elkington madeline.elkington@dph.ox.ac.uk
Post-discharge cost attributable to hospital admission with Acute Kidney Injury	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Are carbamazepine or other anticonvulsants associated with hypogammaglobulinaemia?	Angus Macleod Angus.Macleod@abdn.ac.uk website
Inequalities in access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Long-term Effect of Separation from the Best Friends: Lesson from Aberdeen Cohort	Gabriella Conti gabriella.conti@ucl.ac.uk
DaSH 126 Student Project	Mary Joan Macleod m.j.macleod@abdn.ac.uk website

2020

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis: SBRI competition (Phase 2: SeeAI LTD)	Saile Moreno Villegas Saile@seeai.co.uk
Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis: SBRI competition (Phase 2: Bering Ltd)	Ignat Drozdov idrozdov@beringresearch.com
SteatoSITE project	Jonathan Fallowfield Jonathan.Fallowfield@ed.ac.uk
Networked Data Lab	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Managing healthcare for vulnerable patients during the coronavirus pandemic: monitoring and adapting COVID and non-COVID clinical care	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Integrating real time surveillance and dynamic modelling of COVID-19 in Grampian to inform an adaptive healthcare response	Dimitra Blana dimitra.blana@abdn.ac.uk website
Understanding the individual clinical course of severe Covid-19: a series of n-of-1 studies	Rute Vieira rute.vieira@abdn.ac.uk website
A comparison between the deprivation levels of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Grampian with the wider Grampian population	Dimitra Blana dimitra.blana@abdn.ac.uk website
Association between childhood epilepsy and socioeconomic status in adulthood (GS)	William Whiteley william.whiteley@ed.ac.uk
Can a machine learning approach identify distinct AKI phenotypes that are useful for clinical decision making?	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Perinatal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic	Albert Farre a.farre@dundee.ac.uk
Cardiovascular risk and risk prediction for all stages of chronic kidney disease in the Grampian Laboratory Outcomes Morbidity and Mortality Study (GLOMMS III) cohort	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Primary postpartum haemorrhage and longer term maternal physical and mental health outcomes: a record linkage retrospective cohort study	Su Mon Latt sumon.latt@dph.ox.ac.uk
Reproductive outcomes after a fully dilated Caesarean section: is there a risk of preterm birth and late miscarriage?	Andrea Woolner a.woolner@abdn.ac.uk website
Association between childhood epilepsy and socioeconomic status in adulthood	Sohinee Bhattacharya sohinee.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website

2019

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Identifying clusters of multimorbidity in hospitalised patients	Lynn Robertson l.robertson@abdn.ac.uk website
Retrospective clinical evaluation of a novel medical technology (Mia) on Scottish Breast Screening cases as part of the iCAIRD (Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Digital Diagnostics) Programme	Gerald Lip gerald.lip@nhs.scot
iCAIRD SBRI ankle and wrist fracture	Andrew Keen a.keen@nhs.net
Beyond success: exploration of the inter-generational social mobility effects on subjective wellbeing through life trajectories of the Aberdeen Children of 1950s cohort study	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
How strongly is family socioeconomic status associated with children’s cognitive and scholastic performance during the years of attending primary school?	Sophie von Stumm sophie.vonstumm@york.ac.uk
The prevalence and outcome of polypharmacy in Generation Scotland linked PIS dataset	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Jess Wellcome Trust Open Application	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
SEEAI Ltd: Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis SBRI competition	Saile Moreno Villegas Saile@seeai.co.uk
Jiva.AI Limited: Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis SBRI competition	Manish Patel manish.patel@jiva.ai
Bering Limited: Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis SBRI competition	Ignat Drozdov idrozdov@beringresearch.com
Red Star Consulting Limited: Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis SBRI competition.	Andrew Conkie andrew.conkie@redstarconsulting.co.uk
University of Aberdeen: Artificial intelligence-supported early fracture diagnosis SBRI competition	Nir Oren n.oren@abdn.ac.uk website
Multicentre Acute kidney injury, Readmissions and Kidney Endpoints Replication (MARKER) Study Salford Dataset	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Just how unequal are we? Mapping health inequalities in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study.	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
iCAIRD Stroke Thrombolysis AI Treatment Decision Support Evaluation and Federated Learning	Mary Joan Macleod m.j.macleod@abdn.ac.uk website

2018

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Evaluating a new protocol for primary-care initiated identification and management of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: observational study and cost-effectiveness analysis.	Zosia Miedzybrodzka zosia@abdn.ac.uk website
Farr Lab data provisioning	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Alison Murray - a future project	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Patient Lists	Neil Basu neilbasu@abdn.ac.uk website
Understanding the interplay of geography and demographic characteristics in the diagnosis of eight common cancers	Peter Murchie p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk website
FH+ cohort for Glasgow safe haven	Jennifer Logue Jennifer.Logue@glasgow.ac.uk
The role of co-morbidities in stroke prevention, stroke management and patient outcomes following stroke	Melanie Turner m.e.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
Maternal Pathways to Offspring Mental Disorder	Angus MacBeth angus.macbeth@ed.ac.uk
Investigating the predictors of polypharmacy and its role in brain ageing, and cognitive, physical and emotional impairment in three well characterised cohort studies in Aberdeen	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Multicentre Acute Kidney Injury and Readmissions Replication Study (MARS)	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Grampian Renal Linkage	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website
Adversity in childhood and mid-life multimorbidity : findings from a prospective Scottish cohort	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Local biochemistry and stroke cohort linkage	Melanie Turner m.e.turner@abdn.ac.uk website

2017

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Characterising Emergency General Surgery Workload and Outcomes in Scotland	George Ramsay (staff) george.ramsay@nhs.scot
Reoperation for recurrence following laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repairs: A population-based cohort study	George Ramsay (staff) george.ramsay@nhs.scot
What are the chances of a live birth following day 5/6 embryo transfer versus day 2/3 embryo transfer in the first complete cycle of IVF?	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
Predicting cumulative pregnancy outcomes in patients having IVF treatment	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
Evaluating the effectiveness of in vitro fertilisation in couples with unexplained infertility using observational data	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
Risk of recurrent stillbirth: Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analysis	Sohinee Bhattacharya sohinee.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website
Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy in the first complete cycle of in vitro fertilisation	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
PACFIND - Fibromyalgia patient digital healthcare journey	Rosemary Hollick rhollick@abdn.ac.uk website
Identifying the contribution of renal impairment to cognitive decline in two Aberdeen Birth Cohorts	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Optimal brain development for global mental health through data science approaches.	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Selective Schooling and Long-term Health	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
SSPEDI	Matthew Collinson
Kidney Disease rates (Host project): Exploration of kidney disease rates over time	Harry Marks (new log in) a.marks@abdn.ac.uk website
GLOMMS III (Linkage)	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Selective schooling and long-term health	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
Perinatal outcomes of singleton siblings born as a result of assisted conception: a comparison of different embryo transfer strategies using linked cycle records from the HFEA dataset	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
PAediatric unPlanned dAY case Admissions (PAPAYA)	Natasha Woodman tasha_woodman@hotmail.co.uk
iCAIRD - Infrastructure	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Adversity in childhood and mid-life multimorbidity : findings from a prospective Scottish cohort	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website

2016

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Multimorbidity: prevalence and outcomes	Lynn Robertson l.robertson@abdn.ac.uk website
Evaluating a new protocol for primary-care initiated identification and management of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: observational study and cost-effectiveness analysis	Nadeem Qureshi nadeem.qureshi@nottingham.ac.uk
Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and mental disorders in the offspring	Rebecca Reynolds R.Reynolds@ed.ac.uk
Artificial intelligence for the health sector_PhD1	Markus Steiner m.steiner@abdn.ac.uk website
Artificial intelligence for the health sector_PhD2	Markus Steiner m.steiner@abdn.ac.uk website
BSRBR-AS	Claudia Zabke c.zabke@abdn.ac.uk website
Benzodiazepines and z-drugs prescribing pattern over the time among the Aberdeen Children of The Nineteen Fifties Cohort	Gareth Jones gareth.jones@abdn.ac.uk website
The role of pelvic examination in primary care in diagnosing gynaecological cancer.	Pauline Williams r01pw16@abdn.ac.uk website
PSP_CBD Prevalence study	Diane Swallow diane.swallow@abdn.ac.uk website
Development of a global neurodevelopmental risk score predictive of life adversity	Jill Pell Jill.Pell@glasgow.ac.uk
Investigating the influence of post-treatment care on survival of individuals within the North of Scotland Cancer and Residence (NASCAR) dataset.	Peter Murchie p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk website

2015

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Can we improve secondary prevention after stroke? A national linkage study utilising stroke and dispensing datasets.	Mary Joan Macleod m.j.macleod@abdn.ac.uk website
Linking antenatal maternity data to non-communicable disease data in children and adults	Steve Turner s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
Factors affecting variations in Campylobacter disease rates in Scotland	Norval Strachan n.strachan@abdn.ac.uk website
Bakery products for non-Coeliac gluten sensitive consumers	Dinka Rees dinka.rees@abdn.ac.uk website
Future risk of developing diabetes in mothers with gestational diabetes and their offspring identified as part of the 1000 women project	Sam Philip Philip s.philip@abdn.ac.uk website
The role of co-morbidities in stroke prevention, stroke management and patient outcomes following stroke	Melanie Turner m.e.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
Study of HPV screening in Immunised women as First Test (SHIFT)	Maggie Cruickshank m.e.cruickshank@abdn.ac.uk website
Health Care Reform: the iMpact on practice, oUtcomes and costs of New roles for h realth pROfeSsionals (MUNROS). Work package 7: Have new professions, or new roles of existing professions, any association with key outcomes from medical treatment and care?	Christine Bond c.m.bond@abdn.ac.uk website

2014

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Diabetes_Biobank Proteinuria: SDRN Type 1 Bioresource Linkage	Helen Colhoun h.colhoun@dundee.ac.uk
What are the factors which make individuals resilient to developing multimorbidity and what factors are associated with psychological and functional resilience in those with multimorbidity?	Marj Johnston marjorie.johnston@abdn.ac.uk website
Offspring risks of elective caesarean section	Siladitya Bhattacharya s.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website

2013

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Early Life Determinants of cognitive resilience	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Using data linkage to ascertain early gestational accuracy and to explore the association between IVF conception and reduced weight in infancy and childhood	Steve Turner s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
Methodlogical1	Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Does access to health services influence provider delay, stage, treatment and survival from eight common cancers: analysis of a linked dataset based on the NASCAR Cohort.	Peter Murchie p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk website
PCCIU	Peter Murchie p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk website
Socio-economic predictors of Antibiotic Resistant Community- and Healthcare-associated Infections in NHS Grampian (SEARCHiNG)	Tim Lawes (Grampian) Timothy.Lawes@nhs.scot
A National Audit of Management and Outcomes for Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Scotland	Zosia Miedzybrodzka zosia@abdn.ac.uk website
SCI proteinuria: SDRN National Extract Linkage	Sarah Wild Sarah.Wild@ed.ac.uk
ABC36 (consented) link to SMR	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
STratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL)	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website

2012

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Stroke and diabetes	Mary Joan Macleod m.j.macleod@abdn.ac.uk website
Study of HPV screening in Immunised women as First Test (SHIFT)	Maggie Cruickshank m.e.cruickshank@abdn.ac.uk website
CHIMES Pharmacovigilance - Validation	Graham Devereux g.devereux@abdn.ac.uk website
To assess levels of medication discontinuation or switching in children prescribed orlistat, metformin and antidepressants: as a marker of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)	Angela/Peichen Sun peichen.sun@abdn.ac.uk website
Taking folate in pregnancy and all cause and cause-specific mortality - further follow up of the Aberdeen folate trial	Sohinee Bhattacharya sohinee.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website
Development and Validation of Prognostic Models for Subfertility	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
Long Term Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury: Establishing Prognosis to Design Optimal Management	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simon.sawhney2@nhs.scot website