Research groups
Cecilia Okusi
Data Scientist & SQL Developer
My work is focussed on respiratory disease surveillance in England, and I primarily support the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) with respiratory and communicable disease reports that are distributed twice weekly. I am also responsible for dashboard development in the team, including a dashboard to monitor circulating viruses in the community which is published on the government website. I also provide data-cuts from the Oxford-Royal College of General Practitioners Clinical Informatics Digital Hub (ORCHID) for statistical analysis. I have played my part in COVID-19 pandemic research and more recently I am enlisted as a dissertation project tutor in the MSc in Applied Digital Health. I have a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Master’s in Translational Clinical Science from University College London. I have previously worked as a Statistician, and I began my career in health data management and analysis in 2012.
Recent publications
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Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza in a primary care population (RAPTOR-C19)
Journal article
Fanshawe TR. et al, (2024), Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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Influenza vaccination during the 2021/22 season: A data-linkage test-negative case-control study of effectiveness against influenza requiring emergency care in England and serological analysis of primary care patients
Journal article
Whitaker HJ. et al, (2024), Vaccine
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COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death of people in clinical risk groups during the Delta variant period: English primary care network cohort study
Journal article
Whitaker HJ. et al, (2023), Journal of Infection, 87, 315 - 327
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The Impact of Point-of-Care Testing for Influenza on Antimicrobial Stewardship (PIAMS) in UK Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Preprint
Hoang U. et al, (2023)
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The Impact of Point-of-Care Testing for Influenza on Antimicrobial Stewardship (PIAMS) in UK Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
Journal article
Hoang U. et al, (2023), JMIR Research Protocols, 12