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Dr Arron Lacey is a Senior Lecturer in Health Data Science and Natural Language Processing at Swansea University Medical School. He has been based at the SAIL Databank since 2011. His academic background includes a BSc in Physics, MSc in Computer Science, and a PhD in Healthcare Studies from Swansea University.
Education:
- BSc Physics, Swansea University
- MSc Computer Science, Swansea University
- PhD Healthcare Studies, Swansea University
Research Interests: Focuses on applying health data science and natural language processing (NLP) to healthcare challenges. Key areas include clinical data extraction from unstructured records, cardiovascular epidemiology, epilepsy outcomes analysis, and genomic data integration. His work emphasizes population-level data linkage and translational research.
Recent Research Trends: Recent publications highlight NLP applications in extracting structured data from clinical letters, cardiovascular disease management post-intervention, and epilepsy mortality during the pandemic. His work bridges computational methods with real-world healthcare data to improve diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and public health policy.
Grants & Collaborations: Led grants including HDR UK-funded NLP implementation projects (2017). Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on initiatives like MedGATE for scalable NLP healthcare frameworks.
Labs/Teams: Core member of the SAIL Databank, part of Swansea University's health data science ecosystem. Involved in the Center for Doctoral Training in Computation.
