Rachel is an epidemiologist and health service researcher, with expertise in the use of electronic health records for applied health and health service research. Rachel co-leads the Electronic Health Record group in Bristol, which was established during the COVID-19 pandemic, and access national linked, electronic health resources via trusted research environments to investigate the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Rachel is co-Director of Health Data Research UK South West and works closely with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board to develop and utilise the local linked administrative record resource, the system wide dataset, for applied research and improving direct care.
Reducing bias in research: Building better tools to combine study results
Theme Translational data science
Workstream Large, complex datasets
How do inflammation and asbestos exposure interact in developing pleural mesothelioma?
Theme Respiratory disease
Workstream Omics for prediction and prognosis
South West Secure Data Environment
Theme Translational data science
Workstream Clinical informatics platforms
Developing a reproducible data pipeline using stroke data
Theme Translational data science
Workstream Clinical informatics platforms
Lung development in early life and respiratory diagnosis and treatment
Themes Respiratory disease Translational data science
Workstream Airways diseases
Do ethnicity and coexisting health conditions impact high-risk diabetes?
Theme Translational data science
Workstreams Clinical informatics platforms Large, complex datasets
Exploring the clinical and health economic impact of the myCOPD app
Theme Respiratory disease
Workstream Airways diseases