@K_Daras

Research Associate in Health Data Analysis

 Liverpool, UK
Joined June 2008
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How does vulnerability to COVID-19 vary between communities in England? Developing a Small Area Vulnerability Index (SAVI) jech.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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Thrilled our groundbreaking work with @Ana_Tsakiridi, @K_Daras, @rhiannoncor, & Mark Gabbay is out!The first nationwide, longitudinal spatial analysis of depression reveals varying levels of 'spatial mental burden',crucial to understanding mental health inequalities.Check it out!
University of Southampton
@unisouthampton16 May 2024
Our research by @DrDaliaTsimpida and @UoS_SocSci with @LivUni reveals 'hotspots' in England of high levels of depression coupled with deprivation, particularly in the North. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wJPGh
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NERC Digital Solutions Programme is looking to appoint up to 3 geospatial software developers #gischat #GIS, further details jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo… £36k - £44k depending on experience. Closing date: 12 Feb 2024. Starting ASAP until 31 Dec 2025 - strong change of extension. – at Manchester, England
NERC Digital Solutions Hub

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Iain Buchan@profbuchan6 Jul 2023
Delighted to receive @RoyalStatSoc Florence Nightingale Award for Liverpool’s data science excellence in #COVID19 responses and its legacy: remarkable teamwork with major #publichealth impact @LivUni @CivicDataCoop @LivUniIPH @lpoolcouncil @NHSCandM @LpoolCityRegion @Mersey_Care
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Ben Barr@benj_barr25 Jul 2023
Preston Model policy of community wealth building leaves residents 'happier, healthier and wealthier' - and on fewer antidepressants, research suggests. @mickmckeown2016 @prestonlabour @blogpreston @MatthewBrownLab lep.co.uk/news/politics/pres…
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Ben Barr@benj_barr222 Jun 2023
#dataalert travel times to GP practices 2011-2020 by LSOA by @K_Daras pldr.org/dataset/ep4py/gp-pr… @alexsingleton @markalangreen @GeographySarah @thomasforth

GP practice characteristics – GP practice network distances (GPP_3_04)

Summary This indicator measures the average network distances and times to the nearest GP practice across Lower Super Output Areas in England since 2011. Technical description GP practice addresses o…

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Selina Wallis@UnlockingBirth13 Jun 2023
Procurement & living wage are key to reducing place based financial & health inequalities. Is this scalable to other regions & the wider UK do you think @Benj_Barr ? @arc_nwc #Arcfest23 – at Preston, England
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Ben Barr@benj_barr214 Jun 2023
#dataalert DLA/PIP Claimants for mental health reasons & learning difficulties by LSOA 2010-2022 pldr.org/dataset/2rp04/welfa… thanks to @K_Daras

Welfare indicators - Claimants of DLA/PIP for mental health reasons and learning difficulties...

Summary This indicator measures the number of claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for mental health reasons and learning difficulties in England. Nu…

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Ben Barr@benj_barr227 Apr 2023
Does it work? Measuring impact for community wealth building themj.co.uk/Does-it-work-Mea… @tomlloydgoodwin #PrestonModel #communitywealthbuilding

Does it work? Measuring impact for community wealth building

A new paper shows that community wealth building in the city of Preston is having a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of its residents, says Tom Lloyd Goodwin.

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Andy Pennington@Dr_Andy_Penn4 Jan 2023
New paper… The survival impacts of profound gender discrimination: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) The impacts of profound gender discrimination on the survival of girls and women in son-pre...

PDF | Amartya Sen first used the phrase ‘missing women’ to describe a survival disadvantage for women exposed to extreme gender discrimination in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

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Francisco Rowe ✌️@Fcorowe15 Dec 2022
Please help me spreading the world - far and wide! At @geodatascience, we are looking for two new amazing colleagues in geographic data science. Looking forward to seeing all those great applications 🙌
GeoDataScience@geodatascience13 Dec 2022
👀JOBS👀JOBS👀JOBS👀 YES! TWO JOBS!!👀Come and join our rapidly expanding team as Lecturer in Geographic Data Science(x2)🌎🛰️⌨️ The dream team needs you! 🥰 jobs.ac.uk/job/CVI731/lectur…. Get in touch👇👇
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Mark Green@markalangreen29 Nov 2022
New paper!!! We explore the changing patterns of SARS-CoV-2 infection by neighbourhood deprivation, showing inequalities have not always been consistent across Delta and Omicron waves. A🧵bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.c…

Changing patterns of SARS-CoV-2 infection through Delta and Omicron waves by vaccination status,...

BMC Infectious Diseases - Our study examines if SARS-CoV-2 infections varied by vaccination status, if an individual had previously tested positive and by neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation...

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Do people living in disadvantaged circumstances receive different #mentalhealth treatments than those from less disadvantaged backgrounds? #inequalities @Benj_Barr @K_Daras bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra…

Do people living in disadvantaged circumstances receive different mental health treatments than...

BMC Public Health - Socio-economic status (SES) has been linked to treatment outcomes for mental health problems, whilst little to no literature has explored the effects of SES on access to both...

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Two months to write this paper, but ten years in the making. Like the old jazz story: "it took me 15 minutes to write...and 30 years in the trade to come up with that song" One of the academic endeavours (and team!) I'm most proud of being involved in now distilled in 21 pages!📰
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Ben Barr@benj_barr21 Jun 2022
Child poverty leads to 10,000 children being taken into care. ⁦@felly500⁩ ⁦@MichaelMarmot new paper by ⁩ @davara_bennett⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Jenny Downing@Jenny_Downing126 May 2022
🚨New paper🗞 examining socioeconomic and health factors related to polypharmacy and medication management. @arc_nwc @LivUniSMIB @BecoftheTay @benj_barr2 @MPUoL bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5…

Socioeconomic and health factors related to polypharmacy and medication management: analysis of a...

Objectives To examine the socioeconomic and demographic drivers associated with polypharmacy (5–9 medicines), extreme polypharmacy (9–20 medicines) and increased medication count. Design, setting and...

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Alex Singleton@alexsingleton25 Apr 2022
New paper w/ @murraydata, @martinfleis and @darribas that uses open-source satellite imagery to create measures of local neighbourhood context. Open Access published version here: doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurb… - all data and code: github.com/GDSL-UL/sat_cnn 1/11
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Mark Green@markalangreen13 Apr 2022
New paper!! Evaluating the impacts of tiered restrictions introduced in England, during October and December 2020 on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study with Nina, @GTNOwen, @benj_barr2, @profbuchan in @BMJ_Open. A🧵of what we found bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4…

Evaluating the impacts of tiered restrictions introduced in England, during October and December...

Objectives To analyse the impact on SARS-CoV-2 transmission of tier 3 restrictions introduced in October and December 2020 in England, compared with tier 2 restrictions. We further investigate...

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Ben Barr@benj_barr28 Apr 2022
Integrated Care Team intervention does not reduce emergency admissions or increase survival sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Ben Barr@benj_barr28 Mar 2022
Replying to @stevensenior
Use panel data on all practices in England then construct a synthetic control using cran.r-project.org/web/packa… or use PSM e.g papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… heart.bmj.com/content/106/5/… we can help with data from pldr.org

Impact of a community-based cardiovascular disease service intervention in a highly deprived area

Objective To examine the effects on emergency hospital admissions, length of stay and emergency re-admissions of providing a consultant-led, community-based cardiovascular diagnostic, treatment and...

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Ben Barr@benj_barr227 Jan 2022
Do you want to reduce health inequalities - do you love data, come and work with the Health Inequalities Policy Research Group @LivUni . @PHJobsUK @NewDataSciJobs @profbuchan @alexsingleton @markalangreen @jobsacuk #epitwitter #EconTwitter #geogtwitter my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecrui…
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