Cathie Sudlow

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Catherine (Cathie) Sudlow

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Academic work
DisciplineNeurology and Clinical Epidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh,
UK Biobank

Catherine Sudlow OBE FRSE is a British neurologist. She is a professor of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology and Head of the Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. [1] She is the Chief Scientist of UK Biobank, [2] an honorary Consultant Neurologist in the Division of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh [3] and Director of the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre. [4]

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Career

Research

Sudlow's research focuses on the epidemiology and genetic causes of stroke. [1] She is the principal investigator of the Edinburgh Stroke Study, which investigates the risk factors for and prognosis of different types of ischaemic stroke. [5] By 2005, the Edinburgh Stroke Study had recruited 2160 patients with stroke or transient ischaemic attacks, and these patients were followed up for between one and four years to identify those who had a further stroke, and myocardial infarction, or who died. [5]

She was appointed as the Head of the Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in August 2017. [6] Her inaugural lecture, 'Big data, big picture, big challenge,' described how big data can be used to study the causes of diseases, and the effects of treatments. [7]

In October 2019, Professor Sudlow was appointed as Director of the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre. [8]

UK Biobank Chief Scientist

UK Biobank is a prospective cohort study of over 500,000 British adults, who were recruited between 2006-2010 when aged 40–69. [9] Sudlow oversees the development of linkages between routinely collected primary and secondary healthcare records, death and cancer registers with data held on over 500,000 UK Biobank participants. [2] She works with the UK Biobank Imaging, Enhancements and Follow-up and Outcomes working groups, which aim to improve the UK Biobank as a resource for researchers. [10] The UK Biobank Imaging Study aims to perform brain, cardiac and body magnetic resonance imaging, carotid Doppler ultrasound and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning in 100,000 people. [11] As Chief Scientist, Sudlow oversees the handling of incidental findings detected during the collection of the UK Biobank's research imaging. [7]

Honours and awards

In 2018 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [12] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to medical research. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Catherine Sudlow". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Key UK Biobank contacts | UK Biobank". www.ukbiobank.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Professor Cathie Sudlow | www.ccace.ed.ac.uk". www.ccace.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Professor Cathie Sudlow appointed Chief Scientist of Health Data Research UK". British Heart Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 "ESS - Edinburgh Stroke Study". www.dcn.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Centre for Medical Informatics". The University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Inaugural Lecture: Big Data, Big Picture, Big Challenge". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Millions of patients to benefit from 10m national cardiovascular Data Science Centre". The British Heart Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "About UK Biobank | UK Biobank". www.ukbiobank.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Expert working groups | UK Biobank". www.ukbiobank.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "UK Biobank Imaging Study".
  12. ↑ "Professor Cathie L M Sudlow - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B15.
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