Seb Bacon
Chief Technical Officer
Seb Bacon is a manager, analyst, and programmer with a lifelong interest in “civic tech”. He is responsible for all the the software-related outputs of the DataLab. Prior to the DataLab, 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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Primary Care Post-COVID syndrome Diagnosis and Referral Coding
Preprint
Willans R. et al, (2023)
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Challenges in Estimating the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination Using Observational Data.
Journal article
Hulme WJ. et al, (2023), Ann Intern Med
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Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic using OpenSAFELY: population based, retrospective cohort study of 57 million patients using federated analytics
Journal article
Fisher L. et al, (2023), BMJ Medicine, 2, e000392 - e000392
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Data-Driven Identification of Unusual Prescribing Behavior: Analysis and Use of an Interactive Data Tool Using 6 Months of Primary Care Data From 6500 Practices in England.
Journal article
Hopcroft LE. et al, (2023), JMIR Med Inform, 11
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Postoperative mortality and complications in patients with and without pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection: a service evaluation of 24 million linked records using OpenSAFELY.
Journal article
McInerney CD. et al, (2023), Anaesthesia