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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.
Emily was the academic lead and Director of the Health Informatics Centre (HIC) at the University of Dundee from 2013-2022, leading a team of ~60 people providing services to hundreds of different research projects providing expertise in health informatics, data science, data management, governance, and machine learning. She was responsible for an ISO27001 certified infrastructure, and a Scottish Government accredited Safe Haven.
Since November 2022, Emily has been on secondment from Dundee to Health Data Research (HDR) UK, working as their CTO. She is also Interim Director of DARE UK.
As a Professor of Health Data Science, Emily is involved with a range of projects in the fields of Trusted Research Environments (TREs), data science, software engineering, clinical imaging, data linkage and machine learning.
Her main research interest is in the development of technical innovations to Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and sensitive data linkage which meet the needs of the research community but also meet data governance requirements and maintain public trust.
Research
As a Professor of Health Data Science, Emily is involved with a range of projects in the fields of Trusted Research Environments (TREs), data science, software engineering, clinical imaging, data linkage and machine learning.
Her main research interest is in the development of technical innovations to Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and sensitive data linkage which meet the needs of the research community but also meet data governance requirements and maintain public trust.
Emily has been PI or Co-I on >38 grants, totaling > £120M (responsible for delivery >£28M), since returning to an academic role in 2014.
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, PhD Bioinformatics, University of Dundee
1 Oct 2003 → 1 Oct 2006
Award Date: 1 Jun 2007
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of St Andrews
1 Sept 2000 → 1 Jul 2003
Award Date: 1 Jul 2003
External positions
Interim Director DARE UK
22 Jan 2024 → …
CTO Health Data Research (HDR) UK
14 Nov 2022 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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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MICA: InterdisciPlInary Collaboration for EfficienT and Effective Use of Clinical Images in Big Data Health Care RESearch: PICTURES (Programme Grant) (Joint with Universities of Edinburgh and Abertay)
Doney, A. (Investigator), Jefferson, E. (Investigator), Palmer, C. (Investigator), Steele, D. (Investigator), Trucco, M. (Investigator) & Wang, H. (Investigator)
1/08/19 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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Enabling Research through the Innovative Storage, Management and Manipulation of NHS Fife Data Sets by HIC Services
Jefferson, E. (Investigator)
Project: Research
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TRE In A Box For The AWS Environment (TREEHOOSE)
Cole, C. (Investigator) & Jefferson, E. (Investigator)
4/01/22 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Green Paper: Disclosure Control Of Al Algorithms From TREs (GRAIMATTER) lead: University of Dundee other instns: National Services Scotland, University of the West England UWE - Bristol, University of Edinburgh, URV (Spain)
Daly, A. (Investigator), Jefferson, E. (Investigator) & Malone, M. (Investigator)
4/01/22 → 31/08/22
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 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, p. 104771 104771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial intelligence-assisted automated heart failure detection and classification from electronic health records
Oo, M. M. (Lead / Corresponding author), Gao, C., Cole, C., Hummel, Y. M., Guignard-Duff, M., Jefferson, E., Hare, J., Voors, A. A., de Boer, R. A., Lam, C. S. P., Mordi, I., Tromp, J. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Lang, C. (Lead / Corresponding author), Oct 2024, In: ESC Heart Failure. 11, 5, p. 2769-2777 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A SARS-CoV-2 minimum data standard to support national serology reporting
Urwin, E. (Lead / Corresponding author), Martin, J., Sebire, N., Harris, A., Johnston, J., Masood, E., Milligan, G., Mairs, L., Chuter, A., Ferguson, M., Quinlan, P. & Jefferson, E., 28 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association of adrenal steroids with metabolomic profiles in patients with primary and endocrine hypertension
Knuchel, R., Erlic, Z. (Lead / Corresponding author), Gruber, S., Amar, L., Larsen, C. K., Gimenez-Roqueplo, A. P., Mulatero, P., Tetti, M., Pecori, A., Pamporaki, C., Langton, K., Peitzsch, M., Ceccato, F., Prejbisz, A., Januszewicz, A., Adolf, C., Remde, H., Lenzini, L., Dennedy, M. & Deinum, J. & 5 others, , 26 Mar 2024, In: Frontiers in endocrinology. 15, 13 p., 1370525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Tayside Microbiology Lab
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), NHS Tayside, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 28 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.15132/10000223, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/826be5be-9977-49f9-b6d1-83ed9de08ebe
Dataset
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NHS Tayside A&E, Diagnosis During A&E visit
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), NHS Tayside, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 27 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.15132/10000222, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/14a39e96-8ac3-4df3-b42b-07718121c585
Dataset
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Demography
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), National Records Scotland, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 31 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.15132/10000221, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/b88c2b24-b75d-4d28-9391-2dbac1605a17
Dataset
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SAS (Scottish Ambulance Service) Hypoglycemic
Health Informatics Centre, A. C. (Creator), NHS Scotland, A. C. (Creator), Cole, C. (Other), Jefferson, E. (Other) & Johnston, J. (Other), University of Dundee, 25 May 2022
DOI: 10.15132/10000219, https://web.www.healthdatagateway.org/dataset/6a419752-42b0-485f-a0eb-08baa820920a
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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The Health Data Research Technology Ecosystem
Jefferson, E. (Speaker)
8 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Mapping Scottish Population Scale Health Data to Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM) standard to support FAIR Principles
Milligan, G. (Speaker), Masood, E. (Speaker), Morris, C. (Contributor), Jefferson, E. (Contributor) & Quinlan, P. (Contributor)
31 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Evaluation of solutions for data-driven health research networks
Cole, C. (Contributor), Gao, C. (Speaker), McGilchrist, M. (Contributor), Mumtaz, S. (Contributor) & Jefferson, E. (Contributor)
5 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Our Future Health (External organisation)
Jefferson, E. (Chair)
15 Nov 2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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ELIXIR (External organisation)
Jefferson, E. (Chair)
Jun 2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
Press/Media
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Researchers develop new system to classify endocrine hypertension
Reel, P., Reel, S. & Jefferson, E.
12/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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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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UK data Hub to advance necessary research into chronic pain
27/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research