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Dr. Luke Daines is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. He holds dual roles as an academic researcher at the Centre for Medical Informatics and a practicing General Practitioner at Murieston Medical Practice. His academic qualifications include a PhD in asthma prediction modelling from the University of Edinburgh (2021), Master of Public Health (2017), MBChB (2010), and BSc in Anatomical Sciences from the University of Bristol (2007).
His research focuses on respiratory medicine and health informatics, with specialization in prediction modelling, asthma diagnostics, and long COVID. He leads projects developing clinical decision support systems for asthma diagnosis and collaborates with national consortia including PHOSP-COVID and EAVE II. His work emphasizes translating primary care data into practical diagnostic tools and improving respiratory health equity.
Dr. Daines' publications demonstrate consistent focus on respiratory diagnostics and data science applications in primary care. Recent works explore long COVID prediction models, innovations in asthma diagnosis teaching, and methodological approaches for utilizing routine healthcare data.
Awards and Honors:
- Florence Nightingale Award for Healthcare Data Analytics (2023)
- Early Career Academic GP award (2019)
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group Abstract Award (2016)
- Asthma UK Centre Awards for presentations (2018, 2019)
As Research Staff Champion at the Usher Institute, he mentors early career researchers and serves on the institute's research committee. He currently accepts PhD students and has secured research funding from Asthma+Lung UK, Innovate UK, and Chief Scientist Office Scotland. His grant portfolio includes developing clinical decision support software for asthma diagnosis and studying post-COVID sequelae.
