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Biography
Emily has a degree in Biochemistry, a PhD in Bioinformatics and was employed as a post-doctoral researcher in Bioinformatics following her PhD. She then left academia to work in the finance sector. In industry she gained extensive experience of using “Big Data” and leading the delivery of large software and hardware projects. Emily then took a career break to solo cycle from New Zealand to the UK over 1 year.
Emily chose to return to work in an area she feels passionate about. She now works to combine an understanding of medical research and academia with industry standard IT project management and software development experience and apply these skills to the field of Health Informatics and Data Science.
As the academic lead and Director of the Health Informatics Centre (HIC) at the University of Dundee for the past 6 years, Emily has lead a team of ~60 providing services to hundreds of different research projects providing expertise in health informatics, data science, data management, governance, and machine learning. She is responsible for an ISO27001 certified infrastructure and a Scottish Government accredited Safe Haven.
As a Professor of Health Data Sceince, Emily is involved with a range of projects in the fields of data science, clinical imaging, data linkage and machine learning.
Research
As Professor in Health Data Science, Emily’s main research interest is in innovative methods for the provision of sensitive linked data which meets both data governance requirements and those of the research community. She is part of Health Data Research (HDR) UK.
For the past 5 years Emily has been leading the development of the Research Data Management Platform (RDMP), an open source tool for the management of longitudinal cohorts of clinical data and computable phenotypes. This tool has now been used to provide over 2000 extracts of anonymised linked data for research (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041881/).
She is currently leading a £3.8M MRC/EPSRC Programme Grant called PICTURES: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2019/pictures-study-to-create-new-platform-to-help-tackle-major-health-issues.php. The programme is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, Abertay University, National Services Scotland and an industry partner and will enable safe and secure research access to linked, routinely collected radiological images stored within the Scottish National Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Emily is leading the informatics work stream of a Horizon 2020 EU project called ENSAT-HT using machine learning to stratify individuals with different types of hypertension from multi-omics markers (http://www.ensat-ht.eu/). A video about this project can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXdFClmxtg.
As part of the work of the Health Data Research (HDR) UK Scottish site, Emily leads a project to roll out a widely used software tool, the Biorepository Management Platform (BMP) developed by Health Informatics Centre (HIC), across all of the Biorepositories within Scotland. Working with the UKRI Tissue Directory Co-ordination Centre (TDCC), we are supporting interoperability and standards.
Through her work as the Director of the Health Informatics Centre (HIC), Emily is involved with a wide range of other projects some of which include the Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre (SISCC) and SHARE.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Science
1 Oct 2003 → 1 Oct 2006
Award Date: 1 Jun 2007
Bachelor of Science, University of St Andrews
1 Sep 2000 → 1 Jul 2003
Award Date: 1 Jul 2003
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Alleviate: Hub for Pain (Pain Research Data Hub - UKRI and Versus Arthritis Strategic Priority Fund (SPF) Advanced Pain Discovery Platform) (Joint with University of Oxford, University of Bath, King's College London, Imperial College London and University of Nottingham)
Colvin, L., Hales, T., Jefferson, E., Smith, B. & Walls, R.
1/07/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Feasibility Study of How to Best Engage Obese Men in Narrative SMS and Incentive Interventions for Weight Loss to Inform a Future Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Trial (Joint with University of Stirling, University of Glasgow, University of Aberdeen, Queen's University Belfast, Glasgow Caledonian University, Men's Health Forum London, Men's Health Forum in Ireland and University of the Highlands and Islands)
Jefferson, E. & Jones, C.
1/10/20 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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A National Network of Safe Havens: Scottish Perspective
Gao, C., McGilchrist, M., Mumtaz, S., Hall, C., Anderson, L., Zurowski, J., Gordon, S., Lumsden, J., Munro, V., Wozniak, A., Sibley, M., Banks, C., Duncan, C., Linksted, P., Hume, A., Stables, C., Mayor, C., Caldwell, J., Wilde, K., Cole, C. & 1 others, , 9 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24, 3, 16 p., e31684.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Review of Trusted Research Environments to Support Next Generation Capabilities based on Interview Analysis
Kavianpour, S., Sutherland, J., Mansouri-Benssassi, E., Coull, N. & Jefferson, E., 30 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Medical Internet Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A National Network of Safe Havens: A Scottish Perspective
Gao, C., McGilchrist, M., Mumtaz, S., Hall, C., Anderson, L., Zurowski, J., Gordon, S., Lumsden, J., Munro, V., Wozniak, A., Sibley, M., Banks, C., Duncan, C., Linksted, P., Hume, A., Stables, C., Mayor, C., Caldwell, J., Wilde, K., Cole, C. & 1 others, , 9 Jul 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
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An overview of the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database: data quality and cohort analysis
Cushnan, D., Bennett, O., Berka, R., Bertolli, O., Chopra, A., Dorgham, S., Favaro, A., Ganepola, T., Halling-Brown, M., Imreh, G., Jacob, J., Jefferson, E., Lemarchand, F., Schofield, D. & Wyatt, J. C., Nov 2021, In: GigaScience. 10, 11, 20 p., giab076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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An overview of the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database: data quality and cohort analysis
Cushnan, D., Bennett, O., Berka, R., Bertolli, O., Chopra, A., Dorgham, S., Favaro, A., Ganepola, T., Halling-Brown, M., Imreh, G., Jacob, J., Jefferson, E., Lemarchand, F., Schofield, D. & Wyatt, J. C., 4 Mar 2021, medRxiv, 37 p.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
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Supporting data for "An overview of the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database: data quality and cohort analysis"
Cushnan, D. (Creator), Bennett, O. (Creator), Berka, R. (Creator), Bertolli, O. (Creator), Chopra, A. (Creator), Dorgham, S. (Creator), Favaro, A. (Creator), Ganepola, T. (Creator), Halling-Brown, M. D. (Creator), Imreh, G. (Creator), Jacob, J. (Creator), Jefferson, E. (Creator), Lemarchand, F. (Creator), Schofield, D. (Creator) & Wyatt, J. C. (Creator), GigaScience Database, 8 Sep 2021
DOI: 10.5524/100927
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ELIXIR All Hands
Emily Jefferson (Participant)
7 Jun 2022 → 9 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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AI Summit
Emily Jefferson (Participant)
15 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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UKRI DARE UK - Sprint Exemplar event
Emily Jefferson (Speaker)
11 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Quinquennial Review (QQR) of Health Data Research UK
Emily Jefferson (Speaker)
18 May 2022 → 20 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Advanced Pain Discovery Platform Public Launch Webinar
Emily Jefferson (Speaker)
9 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote
Press / Media
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Announcing the launch of the HDRUK Phenotype Library
4/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Desiderata for the development of next-generation electronic health record phenotype libraries
14/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Major funding success for research into chronic pain
27/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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UK data Hub to advance necessary research into chronic pain
27/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research