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Personal profile
Biography
Christian Cole is Reader in Health Informatics and Academic co-Director of the Health Informatics Centre (HIC), University of Dundee. His research interests are in developing tools and infrastructure to advance data analysis capabilities within Trusted Research Environments (TREs) where healthcare data are securely held. He is interested in making AI/ML more directly clinically relevant by using real-world datasets to better model the diversity of data.
Chris is Director of the Alleviate Pain Data Hub which is an HDR UK national data hub specialising pain and chronic pain with the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform (APDP) consortium. The aim of Alleviate is to be the hub for UK pain data in a federated manner by removing data silos. Pain data is made more accessible via the OMOP common data model in collaboration with HDR UK.
He has held previous roles as a Principle Investigator in Data Science at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) and lead of the Data Analysis Group (DAG) in the School of Life Science at the University of Dundee.
Teaching
Co-lead on MSc module: Fundamentals of Applied Health Data Science for Precision Medicine Research module (GM51084)
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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SATRE DARE UK Interest Group
Cole, C. (Investigator) & Li, S. (Investigator)
3/02/25 → 2/04/26
Project: Research
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HDR UK QQR2 Phenomics (joint with HDR UK and UCL and 30 others)
Cole, C. (Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Improving treatment efficacy in hypertension by biomarker-guided personalised decision support (HT-ADVANCE) (Joint with INSERM (lead), Radboud UMC, University Hospital Zurich, Dresden University Hospital and University of Glasgow and 8 other organisations)
Cole, C. (Investigator) & Jefferson, E. (Investigator)
1/03/23 → 28/02/29
Project: Research
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A Digital Tool for Clinical Evidence-Driven Guideline Development by Studying Properties of Trial Eligible and Ineligible Populations: Development and Usability Study
Mumtaz, S., McMinn, M., Cole, C., Gao, C., Hall, C., Guignard-Duff, M., Huang, H., McAllister, D. A., Morales, D. R., Jefferson, E. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Guthrie, B., 16 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27, e52385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Federated Architecture for a National Data Library
Amugi, M., Baxter, R., Cole, C., Goble, C., Jefferson, E., McDonald, F., Morris, A., Quinlan, P., Seymour, D., Smith, J., Stewart, B. & Thompson, S. G., 16 Jan 2025, Zenodo. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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A pipeline for harmonising NHS Scotland laboratory data to enable national-level analyses
Gao, C., Mumtaz, S., McCall, S., O'Sullivan, K., McGilchrist, M., Morales, D. R., Hall, C., Wilde, K., Mayor, C., Linksted, P., Harrison, K., Cole, C. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Jefferson, E. (Lead / Corresponding author), Feb 2025, In: Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 162, 12 p., 104771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conversion of Sensitive Data to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model: Protocol for the Development and Use of Carrot
Cox, S., Masood, E., Panagi, V., Macdonald, C., Milligan, G., Horban, S., Santos, R., Hall, C., Lea, D., Tarr, S., Mumtaz, S., Akashili, E., Rae, A., Urwin, E., Cole, C., Sheikh, A., Jefferson, E. & Quinlan, P. R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 2 Apr 2025, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 14, p. 1-10 10 p., e60917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Wang, H., Gao, C., Guignard-Duff, M., Cole, C., Hall, C., Baruah, R., Das, S., Gao, H., Mamza, J. B., Lang, C. C. & Mordi, I. R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 29 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Heart. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)18 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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A digital forensics corpus representing the view of academics and practitioners 1999-2021
Santo, F. T. (Creator), Puch-Solis, R. (Creator), Le Gall, M. (Creator), Cole, C. (Creator), Haynes, D. (Creator) & Nic Daeid, N. (Creator), University of Dundee, 24 May 2024
DOI: 10.15132/10000252
Dataset
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Image Data from Transfer and Persistence of UV powder trace material
Cole, C. (Editor), Menard, H. (Data Collector), Nic Daeid, N. (Contributor), Mudie, R. (Contributor), Lawson, M. (Creator), Green, S. (Creator), Doyle, S. (Creator), Macneill, E. (Creator) & Hamilton, B. (Creator), University of Dundee, 21 May 2021
DOI: 10.15132/10000166, https://dmail.sharepoint.com/:u:/s/ResearchServicesPublicDocuments/ES88n8OVCwNGlZGqzI3A0f4BQCOlITjOHGUWQyctvA5U8Q?e=QrW7J1
Dataset
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LRCFS/GSR_Paper: Complete release to accompany publication
Menard, H. (Contributor) & Cole, C. (Contributor), Zenodo, 29 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3630306, https://zenodo.org/record/3630306 and one more link, https://github.com/LRCFS/GSR_Paper/tree/v1.0 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Covid-19 Tests
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), NHS Fife, A. C. (Creator), NHS Tayside, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 18 May 2022
DOI: 10.15132/10000225, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/53585c9c-f588-41f8-b493-3d271a2794a8
Dataset
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SHARE
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), NHS Scotland, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 19 May 2022
DOI: 10.15132/10000216, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/232c528c-48b5-4ff5-8119-5e9340bdc167
Dataset
Prizes
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Best Poster Prize at APDP Conference
Chuter, A. (Recipient) & Cole, C. (Recipient), 26 Jun 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dundee Difference Award for Positive Impact
Milligan, G. (Recipient), Cole, C. (Recipient), Masood, E. (Recipient), Long, S. (Recipient), Appleby, P. (Recipient), Hall, C. (Recipient), Jackson, A. (Recipient), Hales, T. (Recipient), Colvin, L. (Recipient), Smith, B. (Recipient), Brand, C. (Recipient), Johnston, J. (Recipient) & Martin, G. (Recipient), 18 Jan 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Gold Engage Watermark for Public Engagement
Nic Daeid, N. (Recipient), Marra, M. (Recipient), Doran, H. (Recipient), Mudie, R. (Recipient), Adegoke, O. (Recipient), Klu, J. (Recipient), Comrie, E. (Recipient), Cole, C. (Recipient), Menard, H. (Recipient), Hackman, L. (Recipient), Gray, A. (Recipient), Barros, M. (Recipient), Dennison-Wilkins, L. (Recipient), Dzetkulicová, V. (Recipient), Galais, V. (Recipient), Houston, A. (Recipient), Inman, K. (Recipient), Kuffel, A. (Recipient), Laisney, O. (Recipient), Sobreira, C. (Recipient), Yu, S. (Recipient), Zuppello, M. (Recipient), Menzies, S.-L. (Recipient), Daly, L. (Recipient), Davis, M. (Recipient), McFadyen, P. (Recipient) & De Carvalho, L. (Recipient), 4 Dec 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Letter of Commendation for PPIE
Milligan, G. (Recipient), Cole, C. (Recipient), Fisher, J. (Recipient), Long, S. (Recipient), Masood, E. (Recipient), Appleby, P. (Recipient), Colvin, L. (Recipient), Smith, B. (Recipient), Hales, T. (Recipient), Beggs, J. (Recipient) & Chuter, A. (Recipient), 5 Mar 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Ian Stevenson Award for Excellence in Public Engagement
Milligan, G. (Recipient), Cole, C. (Recipient), Long, S. (Recipient), Masood, E. (Recipient) & Fisher, J. (Recipient), 1 Dec 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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SATRE - A UK Specification for Trusted Research Environments
Cole, C. (Speaker)
7 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2025
Cole, C. (Organiser), Hetherington, J. P. J. (Organiser), Alam, S. (Organiser) & Li, S. (Participant)
18 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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UKRI National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus
Cole, C. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2025 → 6 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Use of OMOP/common data model experience across the regional safe havens
Milligan, G. (Speaker), Masood, E. (Speaker) & Cole, C. (Speaker)
8 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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UK National Pain Survey 2023 Results
Cole, C. (Member)
20 Aug 2024Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Oxford Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) Cohort now available in OMOP
4/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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