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Contact information

Email
helen.curtis@phc.ox.ac.uk

Research Groups

Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Colleges

Helen Curtis

BSc DPhil

Researcher

I am a postdoctoral health data researcher in the Bennett Institute working on COVID-19-related research in OpenSAFELY, including vaccine coverage and disruption to primary care services. I previously coordinated the development of OpenPathology.net from 2019-2020. I have also worked extensively on the OpenPrescribing project, developing new tools and carrying out research into prescribing patterns in a number of clinical areas.

I previously worked with secondary care and community datasets in a Commissioning Support Unit. I have a DPhil in Genetics from here at Oxford and a Natural Sciences (Cell Biology and Maths) degree from the University of Durham.

For more information:

https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BennettOxford

https://twitter.com/OpenSAFELY

https://twitter.com/openprescribing

Key publications

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant prescribing with a focus on people with learning disability and autism: an interrupted time series analysis in England using OpenSAFELY-TPP
Journal article

Cunningham C. et al, (2025), BMJ mental health, 28

Recent publications

Opioid prescribing to people on orthopaedic waiting lists during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a study using OpenSAFELY-TPP
Preprint

Higgins R. et al, (2025)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant prescribing with a focus on people with learning disability and autism: an interrupted time series analysis in England using OpenSAFELY-TPP
Journal article

Cunningham C. et al, (2025), BMJ mental health, 28
Uptake of service specific codes for the COVID oximetry @Home Pulse Oximetry service: an analysis of 57 million patients' primary care records using OpenSAFELY (Preprint)
Preprint

Andrews CD. et al, (2025)
Uptake of service specific codes for the COVID oximetry @Home Pulse Oximetry service: an analysis of 57 million patients' primary care records using OpenSAFELY
Preprint

Andrews CD. et al, (2025)
Educational interventions delivered to prescribing advisers to influence primary care prescribing: a very low-cost pragmatic randomised trial using routine data from OpenPrescribing.net
Journal article

Curtis HJ. et al, (2025), BMC health services research, 25

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