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Research Groups
Seb Bacon
Chief Technology Officer
Professor of Research Software Engineering
Seb Bacon is responsible for all the the software-related outputs of the Bennett Institute. Prior to this, he was CTO at OpenCorporates, creating the largest open database of corporate data in the world. Elsewhere, he has been responsible for the design and deployment of the international Freedom of Information software, Alaveteli; and was founder of Democracy Club, an organisation dedicated to transparency in the operation of UK elections.
Recent publications
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The relationship between general practice characteristics, case-mix, and secondary care attendances/admissions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol for an OpenSAFELY cohort study
Journal article
Zou M. et al, (2025), Wellcome Open Research, 10, 396 - 396
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Time trends in new diagnoses of 19 long-term conditions: a population-level cohort study in England using OpenSAFELY
Preprint
Russell MD. et al, (2025)
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Variation in duration of repeat prescriptions: a primary care cohort study in England
Journal article
MacKenna B. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice, 75, e448 - e456
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Effect of the 2022 COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign in people aged 50 years in England: Regression discontinuity analysis in OpenSAFELY-TPP
Journal article
Schaffer AL. et al, (2025), Vaccine, 59
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time series study.
Journal article
Walter SR. et al, (2025), BJGP Open