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Emily McFadden is a Departmental Lecturer and Senior Statistical Epidemiologist at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, where she serves as a Faculty Member. She is concurrently a Fellow of Kellogg College and an active contributor to the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and Medical Statistics Group. Her role involves coordinating the Big Data Epidemiology module within the Evidence-Based Health Care MSc Programme and deputy-coordinating the Medical Statistics for Big Data short course (launching July 2026), alongside prior coordination of the Introduction to Study Design module and Evidence-Based Medicine theme for medical students.
Education:
- MA from University of Cambridge
- PhD from University of Cambridge
- MSc from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Her research centers on statistical epidemiology using large routine healthcare databases to address critical gaps in medical research design. Key projects include REDUCE-HF (an NIHR SPCR-funded initiative leveraging machine learning and electronic health records to reduce heart failure diagnosis inequalities) and a breastfeeding support study examining nipple shields through community co-production. This work spans vulnerable populations like women with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa and UK primary care settings, focusing on health service utilization patterns and intervention safety.
Analysis of her 2018-2024 publications reveals consistent methodological innovation in CPRD and survey-based epidemiology, with dominant themes in heart failure diagnosis, surgical mesh complications, disability health outcomes, and breast cancer risk factors. Her cohort studies, systematic reviews, and metaanalyses emphasize reducing health inequalities through data-driven primary care improvements.
Scientific awards: None explicitly documented in the provided texts.
Dr. McFadden supervises DPhil and MSc students in statistical epidemiology and routinely collected data methods, actively seeking prospective students for her research areas. She has secured NIHR SPCR funding as co-Principal Investigator for two major projects: REDUCE-HF (focused on heart failure diagnosis equity) and the nipple shields breastfeeding intervention study, demonstrating her grant leadership in applied health research.
Her laboratory and team affiliations include the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and Medical Statistics Group within the Nuffield Department, with dedicated work through the Heart Failure research stream. She maintains a decade-long governance role at CPRD as Chair of an Expert Review Committee and Central Advisory Committee (CAC) member, directly shaping research data standards for UK primary care databases.
