Contact information
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9162-4999
Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford. OX2 6GG
he/him
Research Groups
William Hulme
PhD
Statistical Epidemiologist
- Lead, Epidemiology Team
- Co-lead, OpenSAFELY Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group
I am a statistical epidemiologist at the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, interested in improving how routinely-collected health data can be used for prediction and inference, and improving research transparency and reusability in sensitive data settings.
I lead the Bennett Institute's Epidemiology team.
My recent work has focused on target trial emulation, particularly it's application to evaulating vaccine safety and effectiveness. I co-lead the OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group and am Principal Investigator for the NIHR-funded ECHO project.
I am open to discussing proposals for doctoral projects relating to the application of the target trial emulation framework in EHR data, reusuable research pipelines in EHR data, and related topics.
Recent publications
Association between living with children, vaccination, and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England during 2021–22
Journal article
Cowling TE. et al, (2026), Wellcome Open Research, 8, 293 - 293
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