Dr Alison Wright BSc, MSc, PhD

Overview

I work with large-scale electronic health databases, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), the UK Biobank and the SAIL Databank, to investigate epidemiologic/pharmacoepidemiologic related research questions.

I have been involved in Diabetes UK projects investigating cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes and type 2 diabetes prediction models, specifically assessing addition of sleep traits.

I am currently working on the Global Psoriasis Atlas project, examining multimorbidity in people with psoriasis.

Qualifications

BSc Mathematics and Statistics & Operational Research, The Queen's University of Belfast (2010)

MSc Medical Statistics, The University of Leicester (2011)

PhD Pharmacoepidemiology, The University of Manchester (2015)

GradStat (Graduate Statistician), The Royal Statistical Society (2015)

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

Fellow (GradStat) of The Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Member of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE)

Member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)

Professional member of Diabetes UK