Research Programs and Projects
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Analysis of survival from blood cancer in England (Approved)I. To estimate the number of years of life lost due to blood cancer in England II. To identify and measure disparities in blood cancer survival in England (by age, geographic area, gender, deprivation quintile and ethnicity) III. To estimate potenti ... |
Quantifying disparities in HRT prescribing (Approved)Objective a To determine the overall uptake of HRT in women of menopausal age and describe uptake of different types of HRT, duration of use and demographics of women taking HRT and those who are not over a 10-year period. Objective b To identify pr ... |
Influenza, MenACWY, HPV and COVID-19 vaccines in children: uptake, safety and effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (2) (Approved)Aims and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected millions of children globally with major health, social and educational consequences. It was seen that during the pandemic that fewer children received some of the common childhood vaccines. Th ... |
Antibiotic use and survival from breast cancer (Approved)What is the aim of the study? What do we plan to do? Our primary objective is to compare the survival experience of breast cancer patients who frequently use antibiotics to the survival experience of breast cancer patients who do not frequently use a ... |
Comparisons between three clinical research databases (QResearch, CPRD Aurum and CPRD Gold) (Approved)QResearch, CPRD Gold and CPRD Aurum databases are three large general practice databases which are widely used for research. The CPRD databases are similar to the QResearch database but contain a different group of practices and are linked to differe ... |
The Psychosis Metabolic Risk Calculator (PsyMetRiC) - Validation, Recalibration and Model Revision Study (Approved)People with long term mental illness die earlier than people from the general population. This is mostly because of physical health problems like heart disease and diabetes. Preventing these physical health problems is an important way to improve the ... |
Effects of obesity on COVID in the 2nd wave of the pandemic (including healthcare costs) (Approved)It is now established that infection with the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, does not affect everyone equally, with some prone to get more severe illness, called COVID-19, than others. We have previously shown, using data from the first wave of the ... |
Is critical illness treated on ICU associated with an increase in subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events when compared with similar members of the UK population and does severe COVID-19 increase this risk further? (Approved)There is mounting evidence that patients who have been critically unwell and received treatment on an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during their illness, have much higher rates of heart attacks, strokes and problems with how strongly their heart beats, f ... |