Dr Hoda Abbasizanjani

Research Officer and Data Scientist

Health Data Science

+44 (0) 1792 205678 ext 1569

hoda.abbasizanjani@swansea.ac.uk

Open Plan Office - 307
Third Floor
Data Science Building
Singleton Campus

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-4758

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About

Hoda is a Research Officer & Data Scientist based within the Population Data Science team at Swansea University. Hoda is part of the Administrative Data Research Wales (ADR Wales) team. She has experience working on various research projects and epidemiological studies with expertise in data linkage techniques using the SAIL Databank, data analytics, data visualisation and statistical modelling. Prior to joining ADR Wales, she worked as a Data Scientist for the Health Data Research UK team and CVD-COVID-UK Consortium.

Areas Of Expertise

Health and social data science
Health and administrative data management and linkage
Statistical modelling
High performance computing

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Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (2024). Exploring ethnicity dynamics in Wales: a longitudinal population-scale linked data study and development of a harmonised ethnicity spine. BMJ Open, 14(8)
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077675, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67313
Ip, S., North, T., Torabi, F., Li, Y., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Horne, E., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Denaxas, S., Banerjee, A., Khunti, K., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W., Sterne, J., Wood, A., Walker, V., Consortium), ., & Study), . (2024). Cohort study of cardiovascular safety of different COVID-19 vaccination doses among 46 million adults in England. Nature Communications, 15(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49634-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67312
Bedston, S., Almaghrabi, F., Patterson, L., Agrawal, U., Woolford, L., Anand, S., Joy, M., Crawford, A., Goudie, R., Byford, R., Abbasizanjani, H., Smith, D., Laidlaw, L., Akbari, A., Sullivan, C., Bradley, D., Lyons, R., Lusignan, S., Hobbs, F...., & Shi, T. (2024). Risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after autumn 2022 COVID-19 booster vaccinations: a pooled analysis of national prospective cohort studies involving 7.4 million adults in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 37, 100816
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100816, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100816
Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Cowley, L., Fry, R., Owen, R., Hollinghurst, J., Rudan, I., Beggs, J., Marchant, E., Torabi, F., Lusignan, S., Crick, T., Moore, G., Sheikh, A., & Lyons, R. (2023). Trends in SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in school staff, students and their household members from 2020 to 2022 in Wales, UK: an electronic cohort study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 116(12), 413-424.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231181268, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63604
Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Katsoulis, M., Torabi, F., Duffield, S., Kent, S., Mueller, T., Kurdi, A., Anh, T., McTaggart, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Hollings, S., Scourfield, A., Lyons, R., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Davies, G., Harris, D...., & Consortium), . (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Nature Medicine, 29(1), 219-225.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02158-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62383
Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Bolton, T., Davies, G., Denaxas, S., Griffiths, R., Herbert, L., Hollings, S., Keene, S., Khunti, K., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Mizani, M., Nolan, J., Sudlow, C., Walker, V., Whiteley, W., Wood, A...., & Consortium), . (2023). Harmonising electronic health records for reproducible research: challenges, solutions and recommendations from a UK-wide COVID-19 research collaboration. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-02093-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62338
Bahhawi, T., Harrison, S., Lane, D., Buchan, I., Skjoth, F., Sharp, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Halcox, J., & Lip, G. (2022). Role of multiple- and single-pregnancy complications with incident cardiovascular diseases: a nationwide data linkage study in Wales. European Heart Journal, 43(Supplement_2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2516, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61787
Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Akbari, A., Owen, R., Bradley, D., Agrawal, U., Collins, P., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., Beggs, J., Davies, G., Hollinghurst, J., Lyons, J., Abbasizanjani, H., Cottrell, S., Perry, M., Roberts, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A...., & Lyons, R. (2022). Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61394
Knight, R., Walker, V., Ip, S., Cooper, J., Bolton, T., Keene, S., Denholm, R., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Omigie, E., Hollings, S., North, T., Toms, R., Angelantonio, E., Denaxas, S., Thygesen, J., Tomlinson, C., Bray, B...., & Study), . (2022). Association of COVID-19 With Major Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Diseases: A Population-Wide Cohort Study of 48 Million Adults in England and Wales. Circulation, 146(12), 892-906.
https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.122.060785, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58867
Torabi, F., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Davies, G., Abbasizanjani, H., Gravenor, M., Griffiths, R., Harris, D., Jenkins, N., Lyons, J., Morris, A., North, L., Halcox, J., & Lyons, R. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community medication dispensing: a national cohort analysis in Wales, UK. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1715, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59976
Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: An observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59502
Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Torabi, F., Katsoulis, M., Duffield, S., Kent, S., Mueller, T., Kurdi, A., McTaggart, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Hollings, S., Scourfield, A., Lyons, R., Griffiths, R., Lyons, J., Davies, G., Harris, D., Handy, A...., & Sofat, R. (2022). The adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management in England, Scotland and Wales: A population-scale analysis of trends in medication data. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.31.21268587, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59095
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Akbari, A., Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (n.d.) Developing a research ready population-scale linked data ethnicity-spine in Wales. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.28.22282810, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62091
Ip, S., North, T., Torabi, F., Li, Y., Abbasizanjani, H., Akbari, A., Horne, E., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Denaxas, S., Banerjee, A., Khunti, K., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W., Sterne, J., Wood, A., & Walker, V. (n.d.) Long-term cardiovascular safety of COVID-19 vaccination according to brand, dose and combinations: Cohort study of 46 million adults in England. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.12.24302698, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65675
Knight, C., Lowthian, E., Rees, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Rawlings, A., Jones, C., & Crick, T. (n.d.) Sociodemographic Trends in Special Educational Needs Identification in Wales. British Educational Research Journal
https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4083, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67911

Conference Contributions

Abbasizanjani, H., Bedston, S., Robinson, L., Curds, M., & Akbari, A. (2023). Clinical coding of long Covid in Wales: A cohort study of 3.5 million people using linked health and demographic data. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2308, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64580
http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2308
Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Abbasizanjani, H., Davies, G., Fry, R., Lowthian, E., Lyons, J., Owen, R., Torabi, F., Khunti, K., & Lyons, R. (2022). Developing a population-scale harmonised ethnicity-spine in Wales.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1930, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61240
Schlueter, D., Lai, E., Abbasizanjani, H., Griffiths, R., Akbari, A., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2021). P58 Understanding pathways to inequalities in child mortality: a mediation analysis using whole population linked data in Wales. In J Epidemiol Community HealthBMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-ssmabstracts.146, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57957

Other Research Outputs

Ip, S., Torabi, F., Denaxas, S., Akbari, A., Abbasizanjani, H., Knight, R., Cooper, J., Denholm, R., Keene, S., Bolton, T., Hollings, S., Omigie, E., North, T., Suseeladevi, A., Angelantonio, E., Khunti, K., Sterne, J., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W...., & Walker, V. (2022). Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccinations
https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.06.21267462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59636

Key Grants and Projects

CVD-COVID-UK. Cardiovascular disease and COVID-19: using UK-wide linked routine healthcare data to address the impact of cardiovascular disease on COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular diseases – 2nd award 2023 - 2024

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), with Akbari A, Ellins L, Ford DV, Gravenor M, Halcox JPJ, Harris DE, Lyons J, Thompson SE, Torabi F, , £101,979

Career History

Research Officer and Data Scientist, Administrative Data Research Wales, Swansea University Medical School

2022 - Present
Research Officer and Data Scientist, Health Data Research UK, Swansea University Medical School

2020 - 2022
Postgraduate Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover, UK

2018 - 2019

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