Research outputs
2025
Mobilising UK Data and AI for All with a National Grid of Civic Learning Systems
Buchan, I., Ainsworth, J., Angione, C., Ardern, K., Atkinson, K., Ball, S., . . . Zhang, X. (2025). Mobilising UK Data and AI for All with a National Grid of Civic Learning Systems (2025/03). https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/about/publications/: Northern Health Science Alliance. Retrieved from https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/
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
MOLGENIS Armadillo: a lightweight server for federated analysis using DataSHIELD.
Cadman, T., Slofstra, M. K., van der Geest, M. A., Avraam, D., Bishop, T. R. P., de Boer, T., . . . Swertz, M. (2024). MOLGENIS Armadillo: a lightweight server for federated analysis using DataSHIELD.. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 41(1), btae726. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btae726
Federated privacy-protected meta- and mega-omics data analysis in multi-center studies with a fully open-source analytic platform.
Escriba-Montagut, X., Marcon, Y., Anguita-Ruiz, A., Avraam, D., Urquiza, J., Morgan, A. S., . . . Gonzalez, J. R. (2024). Federated privacy-protected meta- and mega-omics data analysis in multi-center studies with a fully open-source analytic platform.. PLoS computational biology, 20(12), e1012626. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012626
MOLGENIS Armadillo: a lightweight server for federated analysis using DataSHIELD
Green spaces and respiratory, cardiometabolic, and neurodevelopmental outcomes: An individual-participant data meta-analysis of >35.000 European children.
Fernandes, A., Avraam, D., Cadman, T., Dadvand, P., Guxens, M., Binter, A. -C., . . . Vrijheid, M. (2024). Green spaces and respiratory, cardiometabolic, and neurodevelopmental outcomes: An individual-participant data meta-analysis of >35.000 European children.. Environment international, 190, 108853. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108853
Visualization and exploration of linked data using virtual reality.
Kellmann, A. J., Postema, M., de Keijser, J., Svetachov, P., Wilson, R. C., van Enckevort, E. J., & Swertz, M. A. (2024). Visualization and exploration of linked data using virtual reality.. Database : the journal of biological databases and curation, 2024, baae008. doi:10.1093/database/baae008
Reconciling the biomedical data commons and the GDPR: three lessons from the EUCAN ELSI collaboratory
Bernier, A., Molnar-Gabor, F., Knoppers, B. M., Borry, P., Cesar, P. M. D. G., Devriendt, T., . . . Maxwell, L. (2023). Reconciling the biomedical data commons and the GDPR: three lessons from the EUCAN ELSI collaboratory. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. doi:10.1038/s41431-023-01403-y
2023
Adjusting expected deaths for mortality displacement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a model based counterfactual approach at the level of individuals.
Holleyman, R. J., Barnard, S., Bauer-Staeb, C., Hughes, A., Dunn, S., Fox, S., . . . Burton, P. (2023). Adjusting expected deaths for mortality displacement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a model based counterfactual approach at the level of individuals.. BMC medical research methodology, 23(1), 241. doi:10.1186/s12874-023-01984-8
Correction: Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies.
Vinther, J. L., Cadman, T., Avraam, D., Ekstrøm, C. T., Sørensen, T. I. A., Elhakeem, A., . . . Nybo Andersen, A. -M. (2023). Correction: Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies.. PLoS medicine, 20(4), e1004232. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004232
Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies.
Vinther, J. L., Cadman, T., Avraam, D., Ekstrøm, C. T., I A Sørensen, T., Elhakeem, A., . . . Nybo Andersen, A. -M. (2023). Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies.. PLoS medicine, 20(1), e1004036. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004036
Visualisation and Exploration of Linked Data Using Virtual Reality - a preview of Graph2VR
Kellmann, A., Postema, M., de Keijser, J., Svetachov, P., Wilson, B., van Enckevort, E., & Swertz, M. A. (2023). Visualisation and Exploration of Linked Data Using Virtual Reality - a preview of Graph2VR. In Ceur Workshop Proceedings Vol. 3415 (pp. 153-154).
2022
Life course of retrospective harmonization initiatives: key elements to consider.
Fortier, I., Wey, T. W., Bergeron, J., Pinot de Moira, A., Nybo-Andersen, A. -M., Bishop, T., . . . Burton, P. (2022). Life course of retrospective harmonization initiatives: key elements to consider.. Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, 1-9. doi:10.1017/s2040174422000460
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
Advancing tools for human early lifecourse exposome research and translation (ATHLETE)
Vrijheid, M., Basagana, X., Gonzalez, J. R., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Jensen, G., Keun, H. C., . . . Slama, R. (2021). Advancing tools for human early lifecourse exposome research and translation (ATHLETE). ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 5(5). doi:10.1097/EE9.0000000000000166
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
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. doi:10.12688/f1000research.25484.1
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
2019
Associations between maternal physical activity in early and late pregnancy and offspring birth size: remote federated individual level meta-analysis from eight cohort studies
Pastorino, S., Bishop, T., Crozier, S. R., Granstrom, C., Kordas, K., Kupers, L. K., . . . Ong, K. K. (2019). Associations between maternal physical activity in early and late pregnancy and offspring birth size: remote federated individual level meta-analysis from eight cohort studies. BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 126(4), 459-470. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.15476
2018
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
Disseminating findings from the Data Analysis with Privacy Protection for Epidemiological Research (DAPPER) workshop
Wilson, R., Burton, P., Asher, I., Carter, K., Castelli, A., Cumin, D., . . . White, E. (2017). Disseminating findings from the Data Analysis with Privacy Protection for Epidemiological Research (DAPPER) workshop. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(1). doi:10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.301
Privacy protected graphical functionality in DataSHIELD
Avraam, D., Gaye, A., Isaeva, J., Burton, T., Wilson, R., Turner, A., & Burton, P. (2017). Privacy protected graphical functionality in DataSHIELD. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(1). doi:10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.296
Privacy protected text analysis in DataSHIELD
Wilson, R., Butters, O., Avraam, D., Turner, A., & Burton, P. (2017). Privacy protected text analysis in DataSHIELD. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(1). doi:10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.289
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
Synthetic ALSPAC longitudinal datasets for the Big Data VR project.
Avraam, D., Wilson, R. C., & Burton, P. (2017). Synthetic ALSPAC longitudinal datasets for the Big Data VR project.. Wellcome open research, 2, 74. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12441.1
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
Have primary emission reduction measures reduced ozone across Europe? An analysis of European rural background ozone trends 1996-2005
Wilson, R. C., Fleming, Z. L., Monks, P. S., Clain, G., Henne, S., Konovalov, I. B., . . . Menut, L. (2012). Have primary emission reduction measures reduced ozone across Europe? An analysis of European rural background ozone trends 1996-2005. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 12(1), 437-454. doi:10.5194/acp-12-437-2012