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Kate Best is a Senior Research Fellow in the Academic Unit of Ageing and Stroke Research (AUASR) at the University of Leeds' School of Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. She specializes in medical statistics and epidemiology, with expertise in managing and analyzing large-scale linked health datasets from primary, secondary, and social care sources.
Education:
- PhD in Epidemiology from Newcastle University
- MSc in Medical Statistics from University of Leicester (2010)
- BSc in Maths & Statistics from University of York
Research Focus: Dr. Best leads quantitative research on ageing, particularly frailty as an expression of later-life multimorbidity and medicines optimization. Her work utilizes routine health data to address critical issues in geriatric care and digital inclusion for older populations.
Major Grants:
- NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Musculoskeletal Theme (£600k, 2022-2027)
- Digital Inclusion for Older People (Dunhill Medical Trust, £412k, 2023-2025)
- Intersectionality in Medication Reviews (NIHR HS&DR, £1M, 2024-2026)
- Electronic Frailty Index Development (NIHR ARC-YH, £9M, 2019-2024)
- Anticholinergic Prescribing Optimization (HDR UK, £1.2M, 2020-2023)
Teaching: Module lead for 'Capturing and Handling Data' in the Postgraduate Programme in Health Research.
Affiliations: Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences.
