Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. We also embed content from third parties, including social media websites, which may include cookies.
You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on our cookies page.

If you're happy to accept these cookies, simply continue browsing.

The Institute of Applied Health Sciences

DaSH Projects

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:

2019

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Identifying clusters of multimorbidity in hospitalised patients	Lynn Robertson l.robertson@abdn.ac.uk website
Does carbamazepine cause hypogammaglobulinaemia	Angus Macleod Angus.Macleod@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

2018

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Patient Lists	Neil Basu neilbasu@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. STUDENT PROJECT	Melanie Turner m.e.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
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
Adversity in childhood and mid-life multimorbidity : findings from a prospective Scottish cohort	Corri Corri Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website

2017

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
What is the association between the number of oocytes retrieved and live birth rates in a complete IVF cycle incorporating fresh followed by frozen embryo transfer?	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
Characterising Emergency General Surgery Workload and Outcomes in Scotland	George Ramsay (staff) george.ramsay@nhs.net
Reoperation for recurrence following laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repairs: A population-based cohort study	George Ramsay (staff) george.ramsay@nhs.net
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
What are the chances of natural live birth in women following unsuccessful IVF treatment?	David Mclernon d.mclernon@abdn.ac.uk website
A national audit of management and outcomes for patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia in Scotland (RGU student project)	Zosia Miedzybrodzka zosia@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
Identifying the contribution of renal impairment to cognitive decline in two Aberdeen Birth Cohorts	Corri Corri 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
SSPEDI	Matthew Collinson
Kidney Disease rates (Host project): Exploration of kidney disease rates over time	Harry Marks (new log in)
Selective schooling and long-term health	Jessica Butler jessicabutler@abdn.ac.uk website
PAediatric unPlanned dAY case Admissions (PAPAYA)	Natasha Woodman tasha_woodman@hotmail.co.uk
Adversity in childhood and mid-life multimorbidity : findings from a prospective Scottish cohort	Corri Corri Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website

2016

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Multimorbidity: prevalence and outcomes	Lynn Robertson l.robertson@abdn.ac.uk website
Targeting therapy in people with severe asthma	John Haughney John.Haughney@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
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 (c02rr6) Reynolds R.Reynolds@ed.ac.uk
Cumulative live birth rates following a pregnancy loss in the first complete cycle of IVF’	David Mclernon d.mclernon@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
Equity of Access: A Geospatial Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Admission Rates and Mortality in Scotland.	Philip Emerson (student) philip.emerson.15@aberdeen.ac.uk
The role of pelvic examination in primary care in diagnosing gynaecological cancer.	Pauline Williams pauline.williams@abdn.ac.uk website
Using hospital admission data to study associations between early life conditions and later outcomes	Steve Turner s.w.turner@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
Avoidable Scottish Hospitalisations (ASH)	Marjon van der Pol m.vanderpol@abdn.ac.uk website
Linkage of SEATON and STONES databases	Steve Turner s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
A study of trends in acute medical paediatrics admissions to hospitals in Scotland	Steve Turner s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
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
Dietary Assessment Tools Study	Leone Craig l.craig@abdn.ac.uk website
Antenatal Origins of Chronic Disease	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
Linkage of the SEATON birth cohort to primary care prescribing for asthma and eczema medications	Steve Turner s.w.turner@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 sam.philip@nhs.net
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
Identifying AKI using Routine Biochemistry - A Comparison with Administrative Coding and a Well Characterised Cohort	Corri Corri Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
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
Patterns of fetal and birth measurements, childhood autism spectrum disorder and adult psychiatric outcomes: is there an association?	Markus Steiner m.steiner@abdn.ac.uk website
Urgent-suspected cancer (USC) referral data from 4 Scottish health boards and Northern Ireland	Peter Murchie p.murchie@abdn.ac.uk website
Offspring risks of elective caesarean section	Siladitya Siladitya s.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website
Predicting the impossible: what are the chances of spontaneous pregnancy in women following IVF 7 treatment?	Siladitya Siladitya s.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website
Investigating links between use of information technology and cognitive reserve in older adults (Aberdeen Birth Cohort 1936 Study)	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website

2013

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Maternity-related outcomes in women with a diagnosis of psychotic disorder: a case-control data-linkage study in a North East Scottish cohort	Angus MacBeth angus.macbeth@ed.ac.uk
Early Life Determinants of cognitive resilience	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
The Prediction of Short Term Outcomes from Risk Factors Identified during Pregnancy and at Hospital Admission in Women with Preeclampsia	Gordon Prescott gordon.prescott@abdn.ac.uk website
Foetal Origins of Childhood Obesity	Steve Turner s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk website
Fetal size and outdoor air quality	Steve Turner s.w.turner@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
Using GIS to assess the role of built environment in influencing Type 2 Diabetes in Aberdeen	Nicola Beech nicola.beech2@nhs.net
Methodlogical1	Corri Corri 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) t.lawes@nhs.net
A National Audit of Management and Outcomes for Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Scotland	Zosia Miedzybrodzka zosia@abdn.ac.uk website
ABC36 (consented) link to SMR	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
AKI Validation	Corri Corri Corri Black corri.black@abdn.ac.uk website
Patterns of fetal and birth measurements, childhood autism spectrum disorder and adult psychiatric outcomes: is there an association?	Markus Steiner m.steiner@abdn.ac.uk website
STratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL)	Alison Murray a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk website
Is Infectious mononucleosis in winter a stronger risk factor for multiple sclerosis than in summer? A case-control sturdy	Carl Counsell carl.counsell@abdn.ac.uk website

2012

PROJECT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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
Recurrent miscarriage and the subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality	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 health of women diagnosed with endometriosis: a Scottish Linkage Study	Siladitya Siladitya s.bhattacharya@abdn.ac.uk website
Long Term Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury: Establishing Prognosis to Design Optimal Management	Simon Sawhney simon.sawhney@abdn.ac.uk; simonsawhney@nhs.net website
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?	Mike Crilly mike.crilly@abdn.ac.uk website
Renal bone disease: the effect of renal impairment on orthopaedic related morbidity and mortality	Harry Marks (old log in) a.marks@abdn.ac.uk website