Research outputs
2026
Residential green and blue space effects on newborn health: findings from a retrospective longitudinal study in Wales.
Khalaf, R. K. S., Villegas-Diaz, R., Butters, O., Head, A., Geary, R. S., Kolamunnage-Dona, R., & Rodgers, S. E. (2026). Residential green and blue space effects on newborn health: findings from a retrospective longitudinal study in Wales.. Health & place, 98, 103628. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103628
2025
Evaluating the impact of a structured medication optimisation review on prescribing patterns and bleeding risk among patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): a difference-in-differences study
Camacho, E. M., Butters, O., Daras, K., Downing, J., Bateman, J., Lynch, S., . . . Barr, B. (2025). Evaluating the impact of a structured medication optimisation review on prescribing patterns and bleeding risk among patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): a difference-in-differences study. BMJ OPEN QUALITY, 14(4). doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003568
How can mobility data be used to evaluate urban green space interventions? A synthetic control analysis of wildflower planting in Liverpool, UK (2021-2022)
Green, M. A., Zhang, W., Moseley, P., Scott, R., Butters, O., Wang, R., . . . Geary, R. S. (2025). How can mobility data be used to evaluate urban green space interventions? A synthetic control analysis of wildflower planting in Liverpool, UK (2021-2022). CITIES & HEALTH. doi:10.1080/23748834.2025.2536891
2024
DataSHIELD: mitigating disclosure risk in a multi-site federated analysis platform
Avraam, D., Wilson, R. C., Aguirre Chan, N., Banerjee, S., Bishop, T. R. P., Butters, O., . . . Burton, P. (2024). DataSHIELD: mitigating disclosure risk in a multi-site federated analysis platform. Bioinformatics Advances, 5(1). doi:10.1093/bioadv/vbaf046
Creating a learning health system to include environmental determinants of health: The GroundsWell experience
Rodgers, S. E., Geary, R. S., Villegas-Diaz, R., Buchan, I., Burnett, H., Clemens, T., . . . Butters, O. (2024). Creating a learning health system to include environmental determinants of health: The GroundsWell experience. Learning Health Systems. doi:10.1002/lrh2.10461
2022
GroundsWell: Community-engaged and data-informed systems transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for population health - a new initiative.
Hunter, R. F., Rodgers, S. E., Hilton, J., Clarke, M., Garcia, L., Ward Thompson, C., . . . GroundsWell Consortium. (2022). GroundsWell: Community-engaged and data-informed systems transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for population health - a new initiative.. Wellcome open research, 7, 237. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18175.1
GroundsWell: Community-engaged and data-informed systems transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for population health – a new initiative
2021
Privacy preserving data visualizations
Avraam, D., Wilson, R., Butters, O., Burton, T., Nicolaides, C., Jones, E., . . . Burton, P. (2021). Privacy preserving data visualizations. EPJ DATA SCIENCE, 10(1). doi:10.1140/epjds/s13688-020-00257-4
PUblications Metadata Augmentation (PUMA) pipeline.
Butters, O. W., Wilson, R. C., Garner, H., & Burton, T. W. Y. (2020). PUblications Metadata Augmentation (PUMA) pipeline.. F1000Research, 9, 1095. doi:10.12688/f1000research.25484.2
2020
Recognizing, reporting and reducing the data curation debt of cohort studies
Butters, O. W., Wilson, R. C., & Burton, P. R. (2020). Recognizing, reporting and reducing the data curation debt of cohort studies. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi:10.1093/ije/dyaa087
Automation of cleaning and reconstructing residential address histories to assign environmental exposures in longitudinal studies
Fecht, D., Garwood, K., Butters, O., Henderson, J., Elliott, P., Hansell, A. L., & Gulliver, J. (2020). Automation of cleaning and reconstructing residential address histories to assign environmental exposures in longitudinal studies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 49, I49-I56. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz180
2019
Information-sharing in health and social care: Lessons from a socio-technical initiative
Shah, T., Wilson, L., Booth, N., Butters, O., McDonald, J., Common, K., . . . Murtagh, M. (2019). Information-sharing in health and social care: Lessons from a socio-technical initiative. PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT, 39(5), 359-363. doi:10.1080/09540962.2019.1583891
2018
Assessing the Effects of Residential Mobility on Air Pollution Exposure Misclassification in Longitudinal Birth Cohort Studies
Fecht, D., Garwood, K., Butters, O., Boyd, A., Henderson, J., Elliott, P., . . . Gulliver, J. (2018). Assessing the Effects of Residential Mobility on Air Pollution Exposure Misclassification in Longitudinal Birth Cohort Studies. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2018(1). doi:10.1289/isesisee.2018.p03.1150
Better governance, better access: practising responsible data sharing in the METADAC governance infrastructure
Murtagh, M. J., Blell, M. T., Butters, O. W., Cowley, L., Dove, E. S., Goodman, A., . . . Burton, P. R. (2018). Better governance, better access: practising responsible data sharing in the METADAC governance infrastructure. HUMAN GENOMICS, 12. doi:10.1186/s40246-018-0154-6
Generation of a cleaned dataset listing Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents And Children peer-reviewed publications to 2015.
Butters, O., Ismail, A., Thompson, S., & Wilson, R. (2018). Generation of a cleaned dataset listing Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents And Children peer-reviewed publications to 2015.. Wellcome open research, 3, 161. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14986.1
2017
DataSHIELD – New Directions and Dimensions
Wilson, R. C., Butters, O. W., Avraam, D., Baker, J., Tedds, J. A., Turner, A., . . . Burton, P. R. (2017). DataSHIELD – New Directions and Dimensions. Data Science Journal, 16. doi:10.5334/dsj-2017-021
Privacy protected text analysis in DataSHIELD
Wilson, R., Butters, O., Avraam, D., Turner, A., & Burton, P. (n.d.). Privacy protected text analysis in DataSHIELD. International journal of population data science, 1(1).
The ECOUTER methodology for stakeholder engagement in translational research
Murtagh, M. J., Minion, J. T., Turner, A., Wilson, R. C., Blell, M., Ochieng, C., . . . Burton, P. R. (2017). The ECOUTER methodology for stakeholder engagement in translational research. BMC MEDICAL ETHICS, 18. doi:10.1186/s12910-017-0167-z
Digital Methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process
Wilson, R. C., Butters, O. W., Clark, T., Minion, J., Turner, A., & Murtagh, M. J. (2017). Digital Methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process. F1000Research, 5, 1307. doi:10.12688/f1000research.8786.2
2016
Digital Methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process.
Wilson, R. C., Butters, O. W., Clark, T., Minion, J., Turner, A., & Murtagh, M. J. (2016). Digital Methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process.. F1000Research, 5, 1307. doi:10.12688/f1000research.8786.2
The Biomedical Research Infrastructure Software as a Service Kit (BRISSKit): technical description
Butters, O., Issa, S., Lusted, J., Newbury, M., Parsloe, R., Holden, N., . . . Tedds, J. (2016). The Biomedical Research Infrastructure Software as a Service Kit (BRISSKit): technical description. doi:10.12688/f1000research.8736.1
2014
DataSHIELD: taking the analysis to the data, not the data to the analysis
Gaye, A., Marcon, Y., Isaeva, J., LaFlamme, P., Turner, A., Jones, E. M., . . . Burton, P. R. (2014). DataSHIELD: taking the analysis to the data, not the data to the analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 43(6), 1929-1944. doi:10.1093/ije/dyu188
2012
On the spin modulated circular polarization from the intermediate polars NY Lup and IGR J15094-6649
Potter, S. B., Romero-Colmenero, E., Kotze, M., Zietsman, E., Butters, O. W., Pekeur, N., & Buckley, D. A. H. (2012). On the spin modulated circular polarization from the intermediate polars NY Lup and IGR J15094-6649. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 420(3), 2596-2602. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20232.x
Revisiting the proposed planetary system orbiting the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii
Wittenmyer, R. A., Horner, J., Marshall, J. P., Butters, O. W., & Tinney, C. G. (2012). Revisiting the proposed planetary system orbiting the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 419(4), 3258-3267. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19966.x
2011
SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars
Smalley, B., Kurtz, D. W., Smith, A. M. S., Fossati, L., Anderson, D. R., Barros, S. C. C., . . . Wood, P. L. (2011). SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 535. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117230
WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G-type star
Faedi, F., Barros, S. C. C., Anderson, D. R., Brown, D. J. A., Cameron, A. C., Pollacco, D., . . . Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G-type star. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 531. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116671
INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET HAT-P-14b
Simpson, E. K., Barros, S. C. C., Brown, D. J. A., Cameron, A. C., Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., . . . Wheatley, P. J. (2011). INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET HAT-P-14b. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 141(5). doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/161
Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP
Norton, A. J., Payne, S. G., Evans, T., West, R. G., Wheatley, P. J., Anderson, D. R., . . . Street, R. A. (2011). Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 528. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116448
RXTE and <i>XMM</i> observations of intermediate polar candidates
Butters, O. W., Norton, A. J., Mukai, K., & Tomsick, J. A. (2011). RXTE and <i>XMM</i> observations of intermediate polar candidates. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 526. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015848
WASP-35b, WASP-48b, AND HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: TWO NEW PLANETS AND AN INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY OF A HAT PLANET
Enoch, B., Anderson, D. R., Barros, S. C. C., Brown, D. J. A., Cameron, A. C., Faedi, F., . . . Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-35b, WASP-48b, AND HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: TWO NEW PLANETS AND AN INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY OF A HAT PLANET. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 142(3). doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/86
WASP-37b: A 1.8 <i>M</i><sub>J</sub> EXOPLANET TRANSITING A METAL-POOR STAR
Simpson, E. K., Faedi, F., Barros, S. C. C., Brown, D. J. A., Cameron, A. C., Hebb, L., . . . Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-37b: A 1.8 <i>M</i><sub>J</sub> EXOPLANET TRANSITING A METAL-POOR STAR. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 141(1). doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/8
2010
WASP-38b: a transiting exoplanet in an eccentric, 6.87d period orbit
Barros, S. C. C., Faedi, F., Cameron, A. C., Lister, T. A., McCormac, J., Pollacco, D., . . . Wheatley, P. J. (2011). WASP-38b: a transiting exoplanet in an eccentric, 6.87d period orbit. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 525. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015800
DISCOVERY OF POLARIZED EMISSION FROM TWO SOFT X-RAY-EMITTING INTERMEDIATE POLARS: UU Col AND NY Lup
Katajainen, S., Butters, O., Norton, A. J., Lehto, H. J., Piirola, V., & Berdyugin, A. (2010). DISCOVERY OF POLARIZED EMISSION FROM TWO SOFT X-RAY-EMITTING INTERMEDIATE POLARS: UU Col AND NY Lup. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 724(1), 165-170. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/724/1/165
The first WASP public data release
Butters, O. W., West, R. G., Anderson, D. R., Cameron, A. C., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., . . . Wilson, D. M. (2010). The first WASP public data release. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 520. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015655
Polarized QPOs from the <i>INTEGRAL</i> polar IGRJ14536-5522 (=Swift J1453.4-5524)
Potter, S. B., Buckley, D. A. H., O'Donoghue, D., Romero-Colmenero, E., O'Connor, J., Fourie, P., . . . Mukai, K. (2010). Polarized QPOs from the <i>INTEGRAL</i> polar IGRJ14536-5522 (=Swift J1453.4-5524). MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 402(2), 1161-1170. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15944.x
2009
RXTE confirmation of the intermediate polar status of IGR J15094-6649
Butters, O. W., Norton, A. J., Mukai, K., & Barlow, E. J. (2009). RXTE confirmation of the intermediate polar status of IGR J15094-6649. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 498(2), L17-L19. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200911725
Circular polarization survey of intermediate polars I. Northern targets in the range 17 h < RA < 23 h
Butters, O. W., Katajainen, S., Norton, A. J., Lehto, H. J., & Piirola, V. (2009). Circular polarization survey of intermediate polars I. Northern targets in the range 17 h < RA < 23 h. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 496(3), 891-902. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811058
2008
RXTE determination of the intermediate polar status of XSS J00564+4548, IGR J17195-4100, and XSS J12270-4859
Butters, O. W., Norton, A. J., Hakala, P., Mukai, K., & Barlow, E. J. (2008). RXTE determination of the intermediate polar status of XSS J00564+4548, IGR J17195-4100, and XSS J12270-4859. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 487(1), 271-276. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809942
Are the INTEGRAL Intermediate Polars Different?
Norton, A. J., Barlow, E. J., Butters, O. W., Wynn, G. A., Bandyopadhyay, R. M., Wachter, S., . . . Gelino, C. R. (2008). Are the INTEGRAL Intermediate Polars Different?. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1010, 230-234. doi:10.1063/1.2945047
A new 2 channel Hlgh-speedPhoto-POlarimeter (HIPPO) for the SAAO
Potter, S., Buckley, D., O'Donoghue, D., O'Conner, J., Fourie, P., Evans, G., . . . Still, M. (2008). A new 2 channel Hlgh-speedPhoto-POlarimeter (HIPPO) for the SAAO. In GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY II, PTS 1-4 Vol. 7014. doi:10.1117/12.789716
The accretion flows and evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables
Norton, A. J., Butters, O. W., Parker, T. L., & Wynn, G. A. (2008). The accretion flows and evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 672(1), 524-530. doi:10.1086/523932
2007
Discovery of polarized emission from the long period intermediate polar RX J2133.7+5107
Katajainen, S., Butters, O. W., Norton, A. J., Lehto, H. J., & Piirola, V. (2007). Discovery of polarized emission from the long period intermediate polar RX J2133.7+5107. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 475(3), 1011-1018. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077618
RXTE confirmation of the intermediate polar status of Swift J0732.5-1331
Butters, O. W., Barlow, E. J., Norton, A. J., & Mukai, K. (2007). RXTE confirmation of the intermediate polar status of Swift J0732.5-1331. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 475(2), L29-L32. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078700
Magnetic cataclysmic variable accretion flows
Norton, A. J., Butters, O. W., Parker, T. L., & Wynn, G. A. (2007). Magnetic cataclysmic variable accretion flows. In MULTICOLORED LANDSCAPE OF COMPACT OBJECTS AND THEIR EXPLOSIVE ORIGINS Vol. 924 (pp. 534-+). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/