Mrs Fatemeh Torabi

Senior Research Officer and Data Scientist

Health Data Science

fatemeh.torabi@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Open Plan Office - 406
Fourth Floor
Data Science Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5853-4625

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About

Fatemeh is an interdisciplinary data scientist she currently works as a Research Officer and Data Scientist at Swansea University, Health Data Research UK – Wales & Northern Ireland (HDR-UK). Her passion in data science is in machine learning, mathematical epidemiology and advanced computational method to explore, analyse and harness health data.

Areas Of Expertise

• Health Data Science
• Statistical modelling
• Data Analytics
• Machine learning

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Research methods and study design
Data Linkage
Mathematical Statistics
Machine Learning

Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: A national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation, and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58972
Bailey, G., Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2021). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: a national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58005
Agrawal, U., Katikireddi, S., McCowan, C., Mulholland, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Amele, S., Fagbamigbe, A., Vasileiou, E., Grange, Z., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Moore, E., Murray, J., Shah, S., Ritchie, L., O'Reilly, D., Stock, S., Beggs, J., Chuter, A...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 0
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00380-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58261
Knight, R., Walker, V., Ip, S., Cooper, J., Bolton, T., Keene, S., Denholm, R., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Omigie, E., Hollings, S., North, T., Toms, R., Angelantonio, E., Denaxas, S., Thygesen, J., Tomlinson, C., Bray, B...., & Study), . (2022). Association of COVID-19 With Major Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Diseases: A Population-Wide Cohort Study of 48 Million Adults in England and Wales. Circulation, 146(12), 892-906.
https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.122.060785, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58867
Torabi, F., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., & Akbari, A. (2017). ARCH Data Analysis Report
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44547
Torabi, F., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Harris, D., Lyons, R., Halcox, J., & Gravenor, M. (2020). Machine learning approaches in for prediction of 1-year risk of major bleeding events in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patients with atrial fibrillation in Wales.. In ESC Heart & Stroke 2020
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14854.11840, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53813
https://escheart-stroke2020.org/programme/
Harris, D., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Smith, D., Jenkins, G., Obaid, D., Chase, A., Gravenor, M., Halcox, J., & Torabi, F. (2020). Achievement of European guideline-recommended lipid levels post-percutaneous coronary intervention: A population-level observational cohort study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 204748732091411
https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487320914115, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53918
Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Davies, G., North, L., Griffiths, R., Bailey, R., Hollinghurst, J., Fry, R., Turner, S., Thompson, D., Rafferty, J., Mizen, A., Orton, C., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Au-Yeung, L., Cross, L., Gravenor, M., Brophy, S...., & Lyons, R. (2020). Understanding and responding to COVID-19 in Wales: protocol for a privacy-protecting data platform for enhanced epidemiology and evaluation of interventions. BMJ Open, 10(10), e043010
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55501
Torabi, F., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Bodger, O., Lyons, R., Gravenor, M., & Halcox, J. (2020). Longitudinal study of adherence to anticoagulation guidelines in patients with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal, 41(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55791
Torabi, F., Lee-Lane, E., Lacey, A., Fonferko-Shadrach, B., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Rees, M., Sawhney, I., Halcox, J., Powell, R., & Pickrell, O. (2020). A National Level Case-Control Study for Determining Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events in People with Epilepsy. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1539, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55870
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Vasileiou, E., Simpson, C., Robertson, C., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Agrawal, U., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, R., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Marple, J., McCowan, C...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Effectiveness of First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Against Hospital Admissions in Scotland: National Prospective Cohort Study of 5.4 Million People. SSRN Electronic Journal
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3789264, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56329
Dobbs, T., Gibson, J., Fowler, A., Abbott, T., Shahid, T., Torabi, F., Griffiths, R., Lyons, R., Pearse, R., & Whitaker, I. (2021). Surgical activity in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 127(2), 196-204.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56390
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., North, L., Harris, D., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Jenkins, N., Morris, A., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2021). Evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on dispensing patterns: a national cohort analysis. Research Square Preprint
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-233848/v1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56571
Vasileiou, E., Simpson, C., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Agrawal, U., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, F., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Marple, J., McCowan, C., McGagh, D...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study. The Lancet, 397(10285), 1646-1657.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00677-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56768
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
Lee‐Lane, E., Torabi, F., Lacey, A., Fonferko-Shadrach, B., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Rees, M., Sawhney, I., Halcox, J., Powell, R., & Pickrell, O. (2021). Epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs, and the risk of major cardiovascular events. Epilepsia, 62(7), 1604-1616.
https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56988
Simpson, C., Shi, T., Vasileiou, E., Katikireddi, S., Kerr, S., Moore, E., McCowan, C., Agrawal, U., Shah, S., Ritchie, L., Murray, J., Pan, J., Bradley, D., Stock, S., Wood, R., Chuter, A., Beggs, J., Stagg, H., Joy, M...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 27(7), 1290-1297.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01408-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57111
Perry, M., Akbari, A., Cottrell, S., Gravenor, M., Roberts, R., Lyons, R., Bedston, S., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Inequalities in coverage of COVID-19 vaccination: A population register based cross-sectional study in Wales, UK. Vaccine, 39(42), 6256-6261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57823
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Lyons, J., Castagnet, M., & Lyons, R. (2018). A Regional Collaboration of Health (ARCH): Using health survey and linked routine data to understand wellbeing.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.496, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43464
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Harris, D., Kalra, N., Haxton, A., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2018). Stroke prevention: Evaluation of the use of anticoagulation in the population with known Atrial Fibrillation. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceIPDLN 2018 conference.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.799, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44269
Bradley, D., Murphy, S., McWilliams, P., Arnold, S., Lavery, S., Murphy, J., Lusignan, S., Hobbs, R., Tsang, R., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Shi, T., Vasileiou, E., Robertson, C., Sheikh, A., Reid, H., & O'Reilly, D. (2022). Investigating the association between COVID-19 vaccination and care home outbreak frequency and duration. Public Health, 203, 110-115.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.12.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59048
Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Torabi, F., Katsoulis, M., Duffield, S., Kent, S., Mueller, T., Kurdi, A., McTaggart, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Hollings, S., Scourfield, A., Lyons, R., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Davies, G., Harris, D., Handy, A...., & Sofat, R. (2022). The adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management in England, Scotland and Wales: A population-scale analysis of trends in medication data. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.31.21268587, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59095
Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Jarvis, C., Lowthian, E., Torabi, F., North, L., Lyons, J., Perry, M., Griffiths, L., Owen, R., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Bradley, D., Lusignan, S., Fry, R., Hobbs, F., Hollinghurst, J., Katikireddi, S., Murphy, S...., & Lyons, R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and waning in 82,959 health care workers: A national prospective cohort study in Wales. Vaccine, 40(8), 1180-1189.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.061, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59218
Best, V., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Davies, G., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Informing better use of Welsh hospital admissions data in the SAIL Databank: A review of the clinical coding completeness and lag in the Patient Episode Database for Wales (PEDW)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59295
https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/publications-reports/informing-better-use-of-welsh-hospital-admissions-data-in-the-sail-databank/
Vasileiou, E., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Robertson, C., Joy, M., Tsang, R., McGagh, D., Williams, J., Hobbs, R., Lusignan, S., Bradley, D., OReilly, D., Murphy, S., Chuter, A., Beggs, J., Ford, D., Orton, C., Akbari, A., Bedston, S...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data. BMJ Open, 12(2), e050062.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062
Ellins, L., Harris, D., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Smith, D., Jenkins, G., Obaid, D., Chase, A., John, A., Gravenor, M., & Halcox, J. (2022). Achievement of European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society lipid targets in very high-risk patients: Influence of depression and sex. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264529
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264529, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59420
Lyons, J., Nafilyan, V., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Harrison, E., Hippisley-Cox, J., Hollinghurst, J., Khunti, K., North, L., Sheikh, A., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Validating the QCOVID risk prediction algorithm for risk of mortality from COVID-19 in the adult population in Wales, UK.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1697, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59436
Perry, M., Gravenor, M., Cottrell, S., Bedston, S., Roberts, R., Williams, C., Salmon, J., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake and effectiveness in adults aged 50 years and older in Wales UK: a 1.2m population data-linkage cohort approach. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18, 2022(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2031774, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59498
Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: An observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59502
Murphy, S., O'Reilly, D., Owen, R., Akbari, A., Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Hobbs, R., Robertson, C., Katikireddi, S., Sheikh, A., & Bradley, D. (2022). Variations in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among people in receipt of psychotropic drugs: cross-sectional analysis of a national population-based prospective cohort. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(1), 417-424.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.36, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59519
Ip, S., Torabi, F., Denaxas, S., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Knight, R., Cooper, J., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Bolton, T., Hollings, S., Omigie, E., North, T., Suseeladevi, A., Angelantonio, E., Khunti, K., Sterne, J., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W...., & Walker, V. (2022). Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccinations
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.06.21267462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59636
Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Emmerson, C., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Williams, C., Lyons, R., Hawkes, A., Bennett, E., Gravenor, M., & Fry, R. (2022). Intensity of COVID-19 in care homes following hospital discharge in the early stages of the UK epidemic. Age and Ageing, 51(5)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac072, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59693
Greene, G., Griffiths, R., Han, J., Akbari, A., Jones, M., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., Rolles, M., Torabi, F., Warlow, J., Morris, E., Lawler, M., & Huws, D. (2022). Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on female breast, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancer incidence, stage and healthcare pathway to diagnosis during 2020 in Wales, UK, using a national cancer clinical record system. British Journal of Cancer, 127(3), 558-568.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-022-01830-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59944
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Davies, G., Abbasizanjani, H., Gravenor, M., Griffiths, R., Harris, D., Jenkins, N., Lyons, J., Morris, A., North, L., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community medication dispensing: a national cohort analysis in Wales, UK. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1715, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59976
Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Szakmany, T., Pugh, R., Davies, G., Sivakumaran, S., Jarvis, R., Rolles, M., Pickrell, O., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Fry, R., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 77,587 healthcare workers: a national observational longitudinal cohort study in Wales, United Kingdom, April to November 2020. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 115(12), 014107682211071
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221107119, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60146
Harrison, S., Lip, G., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Ritchie, L., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., & Lane, D. (2022). Stroke in Older Adults Living in Care Homes: Results From a National Data Linkage Study in Wales. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(9), 1548-1554.e11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.05.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60151
Kerr, S., Joy, M., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Agrawal, U., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, R., Katikireddi, S., Lowthian, E., Lusignan, S., Lyons, R., Marple, J., McCowan, C., McGagh, D...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). First dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A pooled self-controlled case series study of 11.6 million individuals in England, Scotland, and Wales. PLOS Medicine, 19(2), e1003927
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003927, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60273
Griffiths, R., Herbert, L., Akbari, A., Bailey, R., Hollinghurst, J., Pugh, R., Szakmany, T., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). INTEGRATE: A methodology to facilitate critical care research using multiple, linked electronic health records at population scale.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1724, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60604
Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60846
Delanerolle, G., Williams, R., Stipancic, A., Byford, R., Forbes, A., Tsang, R., Anand, S., Bradley, D., Murphy, S., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Lyons, R., Owen, R., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Balharry, D., Joy, M., Sheikh, A...., & Lusignan, S. (2022). Methodological Issues in Using a Common Data Model of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Important Adverse Events of Interest: Feasibility Study of Data and Connectivity COVID-19 Vaccines Pharmacovigilance in the United Kingdom. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e37821
https://doi.org/10.2196/37821, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60874
Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Davies, G., Fry, R., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Torabi, F., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (2022). Developing a population-scale harmonised ethnicity-spine in Wales.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61240
Owen, R., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality: an individual-level population-scale analysis.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1922, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61241
Han, J., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Rolles, M., Arnold, C., Huws, D., Lawler, M., & Lyons, R. (2022). Using population-scale medication data to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the usage of analgesics by cancer patients.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61246
Reeve, N., Best, V., Gillespie, D., Hughes, K., Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Torabi, F., Wootton, M., Akbari, A., & Ahmed, H. (2022). Myocardial infarction and stroke subsequent to urinary tract infection (MISSOURI): protocol for a self-controlled case series using linked electronic health records. BMJ Open, 12(9), e064586
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064586, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61377
Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Akbari, A., Owen, R., Bradley, D., Agrawal, U., Collins, P., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., Beggs, J., Davies, G., Hollinghurst, J., Lyons, J., Abbasizanjani, H., Cottrell, S., Perry, M., Roberts, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A...., & Lyons, R. (2022). Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61394
Agrawal, U., Bedston, S., McCowan, C., Oke, J., Patterson, L., Robertson, C., Akbari, A., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Bradley, D., Fagbamigbe, A., Grange, Z., Hall, E., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Kerr, S., Ritchie, L., Murphy, S., Owen, R., Rudan, I...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Severe COVID-19 outcomes after full vaccination of primary schedule and initial boosters: pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lancet, 400(10360), 1305-1320.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01656-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61579
Kerr, S., Bedston, S., Bradley, D., Joy, M., Lowthian, E., Mulholland, R., Akbari, A., Hobbs, F., Katikireddi, S., Lusignan, S., Rudan, I., Torabi, F., Tsang, R., Lyons, R., Robertson, C., & Sheikh, A. (2023). Waning of first- and second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations: a pooled target trial study of 12.9 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 22-31.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac199, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac199
Ohaeri, C., Thomas, D., Salmon, J., Cottrell, S., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Torabi, F., Davies, G., & Williams, C. (2022). Comparative risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following COVID-19 vaccination or infection: A national cohort study using linked electronic health records. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 18(6)
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2127572, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61672
Bahhawi, T., Harrison, S., Lane, D., Buchan, I., Skjoth, F., Sharp, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Halcox, J., & Lip, G. (2022). Associations between pregnancy complications and incident cardiovascular disease: a nationwide data linkage study in Wales. European Heart Journal, 43(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61784

All Research

Journal Articles

Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (2024). Exploring ethnicity dynamics in Wales: a longitudinal population-scale linked data study and development of a harmonised ethnicity spine. BMJ Open, 14(8)
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077675, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67313
Ip, S., North, T., Torabi, F., Li, Y., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Horne, E., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Denaxas, S., Banerjee, A., Khunti, K., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W., Sterne, J., Wood, A., Walker, V., Consortium), ., & Study), . (2024). Cohort study of cardiovascular safety of different COVID-19 vaccination doses among 46 million adults in England. Nature Communications, 15(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49634-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67312
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2024). Prevalence and temporal relationship of clinical co-morbidities in idiopathic dystonia: a UK linkage-based study. Journal of Neurology, 271(6), 3398-3408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12284-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67651
Ritchie, L., Harrison, S., Penson, P., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., Oke, O., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Lip, G., & Lane, D. (2024). Adherence to the Atrial fibrillation Better Care pathway and the risk of adverse health outcomes in older care home residents with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective data linkage study 2003–18. Age and Ageing, 53(2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65727
Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Cowley, L., Fry, R., Owen, R., Hollinghurst, J., Rudan, I., Beggs, J., Marchant, E., Torabi, F., Lusignan, S., Crick, T., Moore, G., Sheikh, A., & Lyons, R. (2023). Trends in SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in school staff, students and their household members from 2020 to 2022 in Wales, UK: an electronic cohort study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 116(12), 413-424.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231181268, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63604
Sewell, B., Farr, A., Akbari, A., Carson-Stevens, A., Dale, J., Edwards, A., Evans, B., John, A., Torabi, F., Jolles, S., Kingston, M., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., Porter, A., Watkins, A., Williams, V., & Snooks, H. (2023). The cost of implementing the COVID-19 shielding policy in Wales. BMC Public Health, 23(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17169-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17169-3
Torabi, F., Harris, D., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Halcox, J., & Harris, D. (2023). External Validation of HASBLED and ORBIT bleeding risk scores in Wales-AF population. European Heart Journal, 44(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2450, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2450
Han, J., Rolles, M., Torabi, F., Griffiths, R., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Burnett, B., Lyons, J., Greene, G., Thomas, R., Long, T., Arnold, C., Huws, D., Lawler, M., & Lyons, R. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community prescription of opioid and antineuropathic analgesics for cancer patients in Wales, UK. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31(9)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07944-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07944-8
Lyons, J., Nafilyan, V., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Harrison, E., Hayward, A., Hippisley-Cox, J., Kee, F., Khunti, K., Rahman, S., Sheikh, A., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2023). An external validation of the QCOVID3 risk prediction algorithm for risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID-19: An observational, prospective cohort study of 1.66m vaccinated adults in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 18(5), e0285979
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285979, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285979
Harris, D., Torabi, F., Mallory, D., Akbari, A., Thayer, D., Wang, T., Grundy, S., Gravenor, M., Alikhan, R., Lister, S., & Halcox, J. (2023). SAIL Study of Stroke, Systemic Embolism and Bleeding, Outcomes with Warfarin Anticoagulation in Non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (S4-BOW-AF). European Heart Journal Open, 0
https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oead037, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oead037
Kerr, S., Bedston, S., Bradley, D., Joy, M., Lowthian, E., Mulholland, R., Akbari, A., Hobbs, F., Katikireddi, S., Lusignan, S., Rudan, I., Torabi, F., Tsang, R., Lyons, R., Robertson, C., & Sheikh, A. (2023). Waning of first- and second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations: a pooled target trial study of 12.9 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 22-31.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac199, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac199
Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Katsoulis, M., Torabi, F., Duffield, S., Kent, S., Mueller, T., Kurdi, A., Anh, T., McTaggart, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Hollings, S., Scourfield, A., Lyons, R., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Davies, G., Harris, D...., & Consortium), . (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Nature Medicine, 29(1), 219-225.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02158-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62383
Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Bolton, T., Davies, G., Denaxas, S., Griffiths, R., Herbert, L., Hollings, S., Keene, S., Khunti, K., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Mizani, M., Nolan, J., Sudlow, C., Walker, V., Whiteley, W., Wood, A...., & Consortium), . (2023). Harmonising electronic health records for reproducible research: challenges, solutions and recommendations from a UK-wide COVID-19 research collaboration. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-02093-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62338
Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Jarvis, C., Akbari, A., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Lusignan, S., Griffiths, R., Herbert, L., Hobbs, R., Kerr, S., Lyons, J., Midgley, W., Owen, R., Quint, J., Tsang, R., Torabi, F., Sheikh, A., & Lyons, R. (2023). COVID-19 booster vaccination uptake and infection breakthrough amongst health care workers in Wales: A national prospective cohort study. Vaccine, 41(7), 1378-1389.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62336
Ritchie, L., Harrison, S., Penson, P., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., Oke, O., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Lip, G., & Lane, D. (2023). Anticoagulation in older people with atrial fibrillation moving to care homes: a data linkage study. British Journal of General Practice, 73(726), e43-e51.
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0156, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61934
Ritchie, L., Harrison, S., Penson, P., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., Oke, O., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Lip, G., & Lane, D. (2022). Prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in older people living in care homes in Wales: a routine data linkage study 2003–2018. Age and Ageing, 51(12)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac252, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62133
Ohaeri, C., Thomas, D., Salmon, J., Cottrell, S., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Torabi, F., Davies, G., & Williams, C. (2022). Comparative risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following COVID-19 vaccination or infection: A national cohort study using linked electronic health records. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 18(6)
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2127572, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61672
Torabi, F., Harris, D., Bodger, O., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Gravenor, M., & Halcox, J. (2022). Identifying unmet antithrombotic therapeutic need, and implications for stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation patients: a population-scale longitudinal study. European Heart Journal Open, 2(6)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeac066, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62057
Mizani, M., Dashtban, A., Pasea, L., Lai, A., Thygesen, J., Tomlinson, C., Handy, A., Mamza, J., Morris, T., Khalid, S., Zaccardi, F., Macleod, M., Torabi, F., Canoy, D., Akbari, A., Berry, C., Bolton, T., Nolan, J., Khunti, K...., & Consortium), . (2022). Using national electronic health records for pandemic preparedness: validation of a parsimonious model for predicting excess deaths among those with COVID-19–a data-driven retrospective cohort study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 116(1), 014107682211318
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221131897, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61933
Agrawal, U., Bedston, S., McCowan, C., Oke, J., Patterson, L., Robertson, C., Akbari, A., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Bradley, D., Fagbamigbe, A., Grange, Z., Hall, E., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Kerr, S., Ritchie, L., Murphy, S., Owen, R., Rudan, I...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Severe COVID-19 outcomes after full vaccination of primary schedule and initial boosters: pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies of 30 million individuals in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lancet, 400(10360), 1305-1320.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01656-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61579
Bahhawi, T., Harrison, S., Lane, D., Buchan, I., Skjoth, F., Sharp, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Halcox, J., & Lip, G. (2022). Associations between pregnancy complications and incident cardiovascular disease: a nationwide data linkage study in Wales. European Heart Journal, 43(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61784
Ritchie, L., Harrison, S., Penson, P., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., Oke, O., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Lip, G., & Lane, D. (2022). Factors associated with prescription of oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in older people living in care homes in Wales: a routine data linkage study 2003–2018. European Heart Journal, 43(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.617, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61785
Bahhawi, T., Harrison, S., Lane, D., Buchan, I., Skjoth, F., Sharp, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Halcox, J., & Lip, G. (2022). Role of multiple- and single-pregnancy complications with incident cardiovascular diseases: a nationwide data linkage study in Wales. European Heart Journal, 43(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2516, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61787
Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Akbari, A., Owen, R., Bradley, D., Agrawal, U., Collins, P., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., Beggs, J., Davies, G., Hollinghurst, J., Lyons, J., Abbasizanjani, H., Cottrell, S., Perry, M., Roberts, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A...., & Lyons, R. (2022). Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61394
Reeve, N., Best, V., Gillespie, D., Hughes, K., Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Torabi, F., Wootton, M., Akbari, A., & Ahmed, H. (2022). Myocardial infarction and stroke subsequent to urinary tract infection (MISSOURI): protocol for a self-controlled case series using linked electronic health records. BMJ Open, 12(9), e064586
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064586, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61377
Knight, R., Walker, V., Ip, S., Cooper, J., Bolton, T., Keene, S., Denholm, R., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Omigie, E., Hollings, S., North, T., Toms, R., Angelantonio, E., Denaxas, S., Thygesen, J., Tomlinson, C., Bray, B...., & Study), . (2022). Association of COVID-19 With Major Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Diseases: A Population-Wide Cohort Study of 48 Million Adults in England and Wales. Circulation, 146(12), 892-906.
https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.122.060785, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58867
Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60846
Harrison, S., Lip, G., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Ritchie, L., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Hollinghurst, J., Harris, D., & Lane, D. (2022). Stroke in Older Adults Living in Care Homes: Results From a National Data Linkage Study in Wales. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(9), 1548-1554.e11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.05.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60151
Owen, R., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality: an individual-level population-scale analysis.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1922, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61241
Delanerolle, G., Williams, R., Stipancic, A., Byford, R., Forbes, A., Tsang, R., Anand, S., Bradley, D., Murphy, S., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Lyons, R., Owen, R., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Balharry, D., Joy, M., Sheikh, A...., & Lusignan, S. (2022). Methodological Issues in Using a Common Data Model of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Important Adverse Events of Interest: Feasibility Study of Data and Connectivity COVID-19 Vaccines Pharmacovigilance in the United Kingdom. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e37821
https://doi.org/10.2196/37821, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60874
Greene, G., Griffiths, R., Han, J., Akbari, A., Jones, M., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., Rolles, M., Torabi, F., Warlow, J., Morris, E., Lawler, M., & Huws, D. (2022). Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on female breast, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancer incidence, stage and healthcare pathway to diagnosis during 2020 in Wales, UK, using a national cancer clinical record system. British Journal of Cancer, 127(3), 558-568.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-022-01830-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59944
Griffiths, R., Herbert, L., Akbari, A., Bailey, R., Hollinghurst, J., Pugh, R., Szakmany, T., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). INTEGRATE: A methodology to facilitate critical care research using multiple, linked electronic health records at population scale.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1724, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60604
Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Szakmany, T., Pugh, R., Davies, G., Sivakumaran, S., Jarvis, R., Rolles, M., Pickrell, O., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Fry, R., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 77,587 healthcare workers: a national observational longitudinal cohort study in Wales, United Kingdom, April to November 2020. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 115(12), 014107682211071
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221107119, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60146
Murphy, S., O'Reilly, D., Owen, R., Akbari, A., Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Hobbs, R., Robertson, C., Katikireddi, S., Sheikh, A., & Bradley, D. (2022). Variations in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among people in receipt of psychotropic drugs: cross-sectional analysis of a national population-based prospective cohort. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(1), 417-424.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.36, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59519
Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Emmerson, C., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Williams, C., Lyons, R., Hawkes, A., Bennett, E., Gravenor, M., & Fry, R. (2022). Intensity of COVID-19 in care homes following hospital discharge in the early stages of the UK epidemic. Age and Ageing, 51(5)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac072, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59693
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Davies, G., Abbasizanjani, H., Gravenor, M., Griffiths, R., Harris, D., Jenkins, N., Lyons, J., Morris, A., North, L., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community medication dispensing: a national cohort analysis in Wales, UK. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1715, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59976
Perry, M., Gravenor, M., Cottrell, S., Bedston, S., Roberts, R., Williams, C., Salmon, J., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake and effectiveness in adults aged 50 years and older in Wales UK: a 1.2m population data-linkage cohort approach. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18, 2022(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2031774, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59498
Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: An observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59502
Ellins, L., Harris, D., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Smith, D., Jenkins, G., Obaid, D., Chase, A., John, A., Gravenor, M., & Halcox, J. (2022). Achievement of European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society lipid targets in very high-risk patients: Influence of depression and sex. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264529
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264529, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59420
Kerr, S., Joy, M., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Agrawal, U., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, R., Katikireddi, S., Lowthian, E., Lusignan, S., Lyons, R., Marple, J., McCowan, C., McGagh, D...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). First dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccinations and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A pooled self-controlled case series study of 11.6 million individuals in England, Scotland, and Wales. PLOS Medicine, 19(2), e1003927
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003927, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60273
Vasileiou, E., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Robertson, C., Joy, M., Tsang, R., McGagh, D., Williams, J., Hobbs, R., Lusignan, S., Bradley, D., OReilly, D., Murphy, S., Chuter, A., Beggs, J., Ford, D., Orton, C., Akbari, A., Bedston, S...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data. BMJ Open, 12(2), e050062.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062
Lyons, J., Nafilyan, V., Akbari, A., Davies, G., Griffiths, R., Harrison, E., Hippisley-Cox, J., Hollinghurst, J., Khunti, K., North, L., Sheikh, A., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Validating the QCOVID risk prediction algorithm for risk of mortality from COVID-19 in the adult population in Wales, UK.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1697, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59436
Bradley, D., Murphy, S., McWilliams, P., Arnold, S., Lavery, S., Murphy, J., Lusignan, S., Hobbs, R., Tsang, R., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Shi, T., Vasileiou, E., Robertson, C., Sheikh, A., Reid, H., & O'Reilly, D. (2022). Investigating the association between COVID-19 vaccination and care home outbreak frequency and duration. Public Health, 203, 110-115.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.12.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59048
Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Jarvis, C., Lowthian, E., Torabi, F., North, L., Lyons, J., Perry, M., Griffiths, L., Owen, R., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Bradley, D., Lusignan, S., Fry, R., Hobbs, F., Hollinghurst, J., Katikireddi, S., Murphy, S...., & Lyons, R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and waning in 82,959 health care workers: A national prospective cohort study in Wales. Vaccine, 40(8), 1180-1189.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.061, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59218
Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Torabi, F., Katsoulis, M., Duffield, S., Kent, S., Mueller, T., Kurdi, A., McTaggart, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Hollings, S., Scourfield, A., Lyons, R., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Davies, G., Harris, D., Handy, A...., & Sofat, R. (2022). The adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management in England, Scotland and Wales: A population-scale analysis of trends in medication data. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.31.21268587, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59095
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: A national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation, and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58972
Bailey, G., Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2021). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: a national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58005
Perry, M., Akbari, A., Cottrell, S., Gravenor, M., Roberts, R., Lyons, R., Bedston, S., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Inequalities in coverage of COVID-19 vaccination: A population register based cross-sectional study in Wales, UK. Vaccine, 39(42), 6256-6261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57823
Agrawal, U., Katikireddi, S., McCowan, C., Mulholland, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Amele, S., Fagbamigbe, A., Vasileiou, E., Grange, Z., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Moore, E., Murray, J., Shah, S., Ritchie, L., O'Reilly, D., Stock, S., Beggs, J., Chuter, A...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 0
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00380-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58261
Dobbs, T., Gibson, J., Fowler, A., Abbott, T., Shahid, T., Torabi, F., Griffiths, R., Lyons, R., Pearse, R., & Whitaker, I. (2021). Surgical activity in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 127(2), 196-204.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.05.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56390
Lee‐Lane, E., Torabi, F., Lacey, A., Fonferko-Shadrach, B., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Rees, M., Sawhney, I., Halcox, J., Powell, R., & Pickrell, O. (2021). Epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs, and the risk of major cardiovascular events. Epilepsia, 62(7), 1604-1616.
https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56988
Simpson, C., Shi, T., Vasileiou, E., Katikireddi, S., Kerr, S., Moore, E., McCowan, C., Agrawal, U., Shah, S., Ritchie, L., Murray, J., Pan, J., Bradley, D., Stock, S., Wood, R., Chuter, A., Beggs, J., Stagg, H., Joy, M...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 27(7), 1290-1297.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01408-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57111
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
Vasileiou, E., Simpson, C., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Agrawal, U., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, F., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Marple, J., McCowan, C., McGagh, D...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study. The Lancet, 397(10285), 1646-1657.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00677-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56768
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., North, L., Harris, D., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Jenkins, N., Morris, A., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2021). Evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on dispensing patterns: a national cohort analysis. Research Square Preprint
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-233848/v1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56571
Vasileiou, E., Simpson, C., Robertson, C., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Agrawal, U., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Beggs, J., Bradley, D., Chuter, A., Lusignan, S., Docherty, A., Ford, D., Hobbs, R., Joy, M., Katikireddi, S., Marple, J., McCowan, C...., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Effectiveness of First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Against Hospital Admissions in Scotland: National Prospective Cohort Study of 5.4 Million People. SSRN Electronic Journal
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3789264, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56329
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Torabi, F., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Bodger, O., Lyons, R., Gravenor, M., & Halcox, J. (2020). Longitudinal study of adherence to anticoagulation guidelines in patients with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal, 41(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55791
Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Davies, G., North, L., Griffiths, R., Bailey, R., Hollinghurst, J., Fry, R., Turner, S., Thompson, D., Rafferty, J., Mizen, A., Orton, C., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Au-Yeung, L., Cross, L., Gravenor, M., Brophy, S...., & Lyons, R. (2020). Understanding and responding to COVID-19 in Wales: protocol for a privacy-protecting data platform for enhanced epidemiology and evaluation of interventions. BMJ Open, 10(10), e043010
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55501
Harris, D., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Smith, D., Jenkins, G., Obaid, D., Chase, A., Gravenor, M., Halcox, J., & Torabi, F. (2020). Achievement of European guideline-recommended lipid levels post-percutaneous coronary intervention: A population-level observational cohort study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 204748732091411
https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487320914115, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53918
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Lyons, J., Castagnet, M., & Lyons, R. (2018). A Regional Collaboration of Health (ARCH): Using health survey and linked routine data to understand wellbeing.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.496, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43464
Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (n.d.) Developing a research ready population-scale linked data ethnicity-spine in Wales. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.28.22282810, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62091
Ip, S., North, T., Torabi, F., Li, Y., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Horne, E., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Denaxas, S., Banerjee, A., Khunti, K., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W., Sterne, J., Wood, A., & Walker, V. (n.d.) Long-term cardiovascular safety of COVID-19 vaccination according to brand, dose and combinations: Cohort study of 46 million adults in England. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.12.24302698, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65675
Owen, R., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Lyons, R., Oppen, J., & Abrams, K. (n.d.) Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality: an individual-level population-scale analysis using linked electronic health records from 2016-2022 in Wales, UK. Eurosurveillance
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67163

Conference Contributions

Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Davies, G., Fry, R., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Torabi, F., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (2022). Developing a population-scale harmonised ethnicity-spine in Wales.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61240
Han, J., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Rolles, M., Arnold, C., Huws, D., Lawler, M., & Lyons, R. (2022). Using population-scale medication data to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the usage of analgesics by cancer patients.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61246
Torabi, F., Lee-Lane, E., Lacey, A., Fonferko-Shadrach, B., Harris, D., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Rees, M., Sawhney, I., Halcox, J., Powell, R., & Pickrell, O. (2020). A National Level Case-Control Study for Determining Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events in People with Epilepsy. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1539, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55870
Torabi, F., Lacey, A., Akbari, A., Harris, D., Lyons, R., Halcox, J., & Gravenor, M. (2020). Machine learning approaches in for prediction of 1-year risk of major bleeding events in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patients with atrial fibrillation in Wales.. In ESC Heart & Stroke 2020
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14854.11840, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53813
https://escheart-stroke2020.org/programme/
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Harris, D., Kalra, N., Haxton, A., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2018). Stroke prevention: Evaluation of the use of anticoagulation in the population with known Atrial Fibrillation. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceIPDLN 2018 conference.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.799, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44269

Other Research Outputs

Ritchie, L., Harrison, S., Penson, P., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Halcox, J., Harris, D., Oke, O., Akpan, A., Halcox, J., Rodgers, S., Lip, G., & Lane, D. (2022). Prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in older people living in care homes in Wales: a routine data linkage study 2003–2018
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2543, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61786
Ip, S., Torabi, F., Denaxas, S., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Knight, R., Cooper, J., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Bolton, T., Hollings, S., Omigie, E., North, T., Suseeladevi, A., Angelantonio, E., Khunti, K., Sterne, J., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W...., & Walker, V. (2022). Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccinations
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.06.21267462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59636
Best, V., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Davies, G., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., & Lyons, R. (2022). Informing better use of Welsh hospital admissions data in the SAIL Databank: A review of the clinical coding completeness and lag in the Patient Episode Database for Wales (PEDW)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59295
https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/publications-reports/informing-better-use-of-welsh-hospital-admissions-data-in-the-sail-databank/
Torabi, F., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., & Akbari, A. (2017). ARCH Data Analysis Report
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44547

Taught Modules

PM-271 Population Health & The Art of Research 2

This module builds upon PM-269 Population Health and the art of research 1 and is designed to provide students with the opportunity to further develop their research skills by undertaking data analysis and interpretation of the results of a small-scale research study. Students will also gain an insight into the mechanisms through which research findings can be disseminated to the scientific community, and the importance of engaging the public in research.
PMI602 Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data

This module is taught at an intermediate to advanced level and assumes that students have completed PMIM302 Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data or have equivalent knowledge. Advanced principles of health care epidemiology are combined with hands-on practical exercises in the implementation of computing solutions. The module provides students with a theoretical grounding on each topic, followed by a training session on the corresponding computing solutions. Students use de-identified data files in the hands-on exercises. The computing component of the module assumes a basic competence in the preparation of computing syntax for programs such as SPSS, SAS, STATA or R and familiarity with the statistical analysis of linked data files at an introductory to intermediate level. The main lecturer will be Professors David Preen of the University of Western Australia. The module co-ordinator is Dr Peter Arnold.

Key Grants and Projects

SAIL Atrial Fibrillation Bleeding Risk Evaluation (SABRE) study 2018 - 2019

, with Julian Halcox*, Ashley Akbari, Mike Gravenor, Daniel Harris, Daniel Thayer, Fatemeh Torabi, Ting, £139,482
SAIL warfarin Anticoagulation effectiveness, Stroke and Systemic embolism Incidence (SASSI) 2020 - 2020

, with Julian Halcox*, Ashley Akbari, Mike Gravenor, Daniel Harris, Fatemeh Torabi. SAIL warfarin Antic, £59,783
SAIL Comparative anticoagulation Outcomes Risk Evaluation – AF (SCORE-AF) study 2020 - 2021

, with Julian Halcox*, Ashley Akbari, Mike Gravenor, Daniel Thayer, Fatemeh Torabi. SAIL Comparative an, £146,545

Career History

Research Officer and Data Scientist , HDRUK-Wales & NI

June 2018 - Present
Research Data Analyst, Farr Institute

October 2016 - Present

Affiliated Positions

ECR-Committee Member, HDR-UK

2019 - Present

Other Roles

Fellow, Royal Society of Statistics (RSS)

2019 - Present

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Longitudinal study of adherence to anticoagulation guidelines in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

August 2020

European Society of Cardiology
Machine learning approaches for prediction of 1-year risk of major bleeding events in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patient

January 2020

European Society of Cardiology (Heart and Stroke)
A longitudinal study of anticoagulant prescribing in patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Wales.

July 2019

Welsh Stroke Conference
Oral Anticoagulation in patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A longitudinal data linkage study.

June 2019

European Society of Cardiology

Mrs Fatemeh Torabi

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PM-271 Population Health & The Art of Research 2

PMI602 Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data

SAIL Atrial Fibrillation Bleeding Risk Evaluation (SABRE) study 2018 - 2019

SAIL warfarin Anticoagulation effectiveness, Stroke and Systemic embolism Incidence (SASSI) 2020 - 2020

SAIL Comparative anticoagulation Outcomes Risk Evaluation – AF (SCORE-AF) study 2020 - 2021

Research Officer and Data Scientist , HDRUK-Wales & NI

Research Data Analyst, Farr Institute

ECR-Committee Member, HDR-UK

Fellow, Royal Society of Statistics (RSS)

Longitudinal study of adherence to anticoagulation guidelines in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Machine learning approaches for prediction of 1-year risk of major bleeding events in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patient

A longitudinal study of anticoagulant prescribing in patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Wales.

Oral Anticoagulation in patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A longitudinal data linkage study.