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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.
Recent publications
Outpatient hospital attendances in people with rheumatoid arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a cohort study in three nations of the UK
Journal article
Costello RE. et al, (2026), Rheumatology, 65
OpenSAFELY: Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Children and Adolescents
Journal article
Andrews CD. et al, (2026), Epidemiology Cambridge Mass, 37, 141 - 151
Hospitalisation and mortality impact of shielding during 2020 in England: a transmission modelling evaluation using the OpenSAFELY platform
Preprint
Filipe JAN. et al, (2025)
Pregnancy-related clinical codes in unlikely populations in primary care (Preprint)
Preprint
Curtis H. et al, (2025)
Opioid prescribing to people on orthopaedic waiting lists during the covid-19 pandemic in England: retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health record data in OpenSAFELY-TPP
Journal article
Higgins R. et al, (2025), BMJ Medicine, 4