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Research groups
Margaret Smith
Senior Statistician and Epidemiologist
I have been working in the Department since October 2014. I am a medical statistician and I am part of the CPRD (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) team. I have worked on the study design, data mangement and statistical analysis for many studies. My current collaborations include studies on fracture in people with intellectual disability, anaemia, and eosinophils in COPD. I'm also part of the Cancer Group. I am Deputy Directory of the MSc EBHC in medical statistics and a co-ordinator of the Big Data Epidemiology module. I also teach on the Introduction to Study design and Research Methods and the Essential Medical Statistics modules.
Before joining the Department I worked in the Nuffield Department of Population Health on two very large prospective observational studies of Chinese men and women.
Recent publications
Defining recurrent urinary tract infection and reinfection risk: electronic health record study.
Journal article
Vazquez-Montes MD. et al, (2026), BJGP Open
Temporality might matter in people with atrial fibrillation and heart failure
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Jones NR. et al, (2025), Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6
Temporality may matter in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure – reply
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Jones N. et al, (2025), The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Weight trajectories and access to weight management services in individuals with severe mental illness in the UK: a population-based, matched cohort study
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Lee CL. et al, (2025), Lancet Psychiatry, 12, 736 - 745
Stroke incidence in heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a population-based retrospective cohort study
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Jones NR. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice, 75, e258 - e265
Prevalence and patterns of testing for anaemia in primary care in England: a cohort study using an electronic health records database
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Smith M. et al, (2025), British Journal of General Practice, 75, e232 - e240
Trends in mortality in people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study
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Jones NR. et al, (2025), Lancet Healthy Longevity
Maternal Anaemia and Congenital Heart Disease in Offspring: A Case–Control Study Using Linked Electronic Health Records in the United Kingdom
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Nair M. et al, (2025), BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cost-effectiveness of osteoporotic fracture risk assessment in people with intellectual disabilities
Preprint
Png ME. et al, (2025)
Heart failure and major haemorrhage in people with atrial fibrillation
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Jones NR. et al, (2024), Open Heart, 11
Incidence of fractures in people with intellectual disabilities over the life course: a retrospective matched cohort study
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Frighi V. et al, (2022), eClinicalMedicine, 52
Association between smoking, e-cigarette use and severe COVID-19: A cohort study
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Gao M. et al, (2022), International Journal of Epidemiology, 51, 1062 - 1072
Consultations for clinical features of possible cancer and associated urgent referrals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cohort study from English primary care
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Nicholson BD. et al, (2022), British Journal of Cancer, 126, 948 - 956
Blood eosinophils to guide inhaled maintenance therapy in a primary care COPD population
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Ashdown HF. et al, (2022), Erj Open Research, 8
Use and risk of side effects of antiresorptive medication in people with intellectual disabilities
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Frighi V. et al, (2022), NIHR Open Research, 2
Survival among people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation; a population cohort study
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Jones N. et al, (2022), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 43, 899 - 899
Statin prescription in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of exacerbations: A retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
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Smith MC. et al, (2021), BMJ Open, 11