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Jonathan Birchall, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Radiology

Areas Of Expertise:

Git, Matlab, Data visualisation, Big data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Data architecture, Version control, Experimental design, Data storage, Code sharing, Writing/publishing data papers, Surveys, Imaging, Textual data, Digital illustration

Contact Information

jb2455@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0003-3920-4038

Biography

I am currently a Research Associate in the Gallagher Group, where my goals are to develop novel screening techniques for cancer using pre-clinical hyperpolarised 13C-MRI, with an aim towards evaluation, documentation and eventual translation of these techniques into human imaging. This work is jointly funded by the University and The National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA), where I am a member of the QA/QC Unit responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures and performing data analysis on NCITA exemplar studies towards the creation of an MRI Core Lab.

I received my PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017, researching experimental methods for improving 129Xe hyperpolarisation with an application to clinical functional lung imaging. I continued in a postdoctoral role for one year, performing QA/QC duties for the clinical Hyperpolarised Imaging Lung Facility (HILF), before moving to Wayne State University, Detroit, USA to take up a 2.5 year postdoctoral role developing pre-clinical hyperpolariser technologies for 13C, 15N and 129Xe.

I have always had a passion for statistics and communication, and as a Data Champion in the Department of Radiology, I hope that I can collaborate with my peers across a diverse range of projects, advocating for good record-keeping, analysis, dissemination and other facets of research data management.

Abdulwahab Alshallal

PhD Student

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Abdulwahab is a PhD student in Physical Activity Epidemiology, advised by Dr. Soren Brage at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. He is a recipient of the Kuwaiti High Science Achiever PhD Scholarship by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was previously awarded a full Bachelor's and Master's Scholarship from the Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education. His interests lie in the analysis of accelerometer-measured physical activity data in different populations and related disease endpoints. He previously studied adolescent physical activity behavior in relation to mental well-being. His current research interest is in the analysis of physical activity behavior in the Arabian Gulf in relation to metabolic disease incidence.

Abi Britten, PhD

Data Management Team Lead

MRC Epidemiology Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, SQL, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Database design, Sensitive data, Data protection and research, Institutional repositories, Data sharing

Contact Information

abigail.britten@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

Ali Abbas, PhD

Senior Data Scientist, MRC Epidemiology Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, SQL, C/C++/C# language, Java, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Version control, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Geospatial data

Contact Information

aa797@cam.ac.uk

Biography

Ali is Senior Data Scientist and public-health/transport modeller in the Public Health Modelling (PHM) group at the MRC-Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. He is interested in active travel, specifically cycling research.

Coming from a Computer Science background, with a focus on modelling in his PhD, for over a decade, he has been doing data-driven research and development. This includes Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Statistical Modelling (or Machine Learning), Interactive Visualization, all with a focus on collaborative, transparent and reproducible research. In addition, he leads in project management and managing, training, guiding, and teaching of junior staff in his Unit. His work can be seen on GitHub at https://github.com/usr110.

Andrew Gill, PhD

Research Associate

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Matlab, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Research data ethics, Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, Imaging

Contact Information

abg28@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-9287-9563

Biography

I am a post-doctoral physicist working in the Department of Radiology, with a background in programming and a particular interest in medical image analysis and software design. I am currently involved in setting up and maintenance of processes for data storage, sharing and archiving for the department - with particular emphasis on medical research image data.

Angela Talbot

Research Administrator

MRC Biostatistics Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Data sharing policies, Sensitive data, Data Management Plans, Research data ethics, Data protection and research

Contact Information

angela.talbot@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

@MRC_BSU

ORCiD:

0000-0002-0386-8070

Biography

My career has spanned both bench research and research administration providing me with an insight into RDM from both the user and a governance perspective.

Cameron Lloyd

Research Assistant

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, Java, Data visualisation, Version control, FAIR Data, Imaging

Contact Information

cbl27@cam.ac.uk

Davide Chiarugi, PhD

Head of Bioinformatics

Institute of Metabolic Science

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Statistics, R language, Matlab, Coding, Data visualisation, Statistical analysis

Contact Information

dc702@medschl.cam.ac.uk

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ORCiD:

0000-0003-2752-3189

Emma Harrison

Data Manager, Clinical Neurosciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Data Management Plans, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Data collection, Database design, Sensitive data, Data protection and research, Data sharing, Surveys, REDCap

Contact Information

eh435@cam.ac.uk

Biography

After completing my undergraduate degree in psychology, I spent several years working within the NHS and the charity sector, before moving into clinical research (Department of Oncology) in 2011. During this tenure I worked as a research assistant and latterly senior data manager, working across a variety of research and clinical systems (including OpenClinica, Achiever Medical and EDGE), gaining valuable experience in data approaches to research and governance. During this time I also completed a MSc in Psychological Research Methods. My knowledge and understanding of NHS systems was furthered during a secondment to the eHospital team, which facilitated the transition of Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust to a fully electronic medical health record system (EPIC), the first of its kind in the UK.

I joined the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in 2020, bringing a wealth of experience in the collection and management of clinical data from my time in Oncology. I currently work with the clinical and laboratory teams and external stakeholders to design, create and deliver streamlined methods for the prospective collection of high quality clinical and sample data.

Fiona Love

PhD student

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Code sharing, Data analysis, Version control, R language, Git, Data visualisation

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Andrew Gill, PhD

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Angela Talbot

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Cameron Lloyd

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Emma Harrison

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