Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Will is a Professor of Digital Epidemiology, Director of the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis at the University of Manchester and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Turing Fellow and co-Director for the International Centre for Translational Research in Digital Health across the Universities of Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto.
His research aims to address clinically important questions by analysing data from patient populations, with particular focus on digital health data. This includes the analysis of electronic health record data from GP surgeries and from hospitals (for example, examining the safety of drugs used in rheumatology) and the collection and analysis of data direct from patients using smartphones and wearables. Examples of innovative digital health research include Cloudy with a Chance of Pain, REMORA (Remote Monitoring of RA) and Assembling the Data Jigsaw.
Will is a member of MRC's Population and Systems Medicine Board and chairs the Scientific Advisory Board for Our Future Health.
My collaborations
University of Manchester
- Niels Peek, Informatics, Imaging and Data Science
- Goran Nenadic, Computer Science
- Caroline Sanders, Primary Care
- David Schultz, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Sabine van der Veer, Informatics, Imaging and Data Science
National/ International
- Michal Abrahamowicz, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Johan Askling, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Nick Bansback, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Malcolm Maclure, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Kaleb Michaud, University of Nebraska, Omaha, US
- Robyn Tamblyn, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Industry
- uMotif
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
- Fellow, Alan Turing Instutute
- British Society for Rheumatology
- Founding Fellow, Faculty of Clinical Informatics
- International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
- Royal College of Physicians
Qualifications
- BSc (Physiology), The University of London, 1995
- MBBS, The University of London, 1997
- MRCP 2002
- MSc (Clinical Rheumatology), The University of Manchester, 2004
- PhD, The University of Manchester, 2008
- MSc (Pharmacoepidemiology), McGill University, Montreal, 2011
Teaching
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Scientific Advisory Board Chair, Our Future Health
Apr 2021 → …
Population & Systems Medicine Board (PSMB) Member, Medical Research Council (MRC)
1 Apr 2020 → …
External Examiner, Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacovigilance, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jul 2016 → Jul 2021
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Digital epidemiology
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Rheumatology
- Arthritis
- Drug safety
- mHealth
- eHealth
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“Take up to eight tablets per day”: Incorporating free-text medication instructions into a transparent and reproducible process for preparing drug exposure data for pharmacoepidemiology
Jani, M., Yimer, B. B., Selby, D., Lunt, M., Nenadic, G. & Dixon, W., 2023, In: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adoption of Digital Pain Manikins for Research Data Collection: A Systematic Review
Ali, S. M., Lee, R. R., Chiarotto, A., Dixon, W. G., McBeth, J. & van der Veer, S. N., 6 Jun 2022, In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 290, p. 748-751 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Better digital health data should be the foundation to transform outpatient consultations for people living with long-term conditions
Horan, J. D. F. G. M. & Dixon, W., 1 Apr 2022, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 115, 6, p. 208-212 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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COVID Voices: co-produced research to explore the shielding experiences of people with inflammatory musculoskeletal disease
Fox, J., Laidlaw, L., Dixon, W., Sanders, C. & Sharp, C., 2022, Rheumatology. (Supplement_1) ed. Vol. 61.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Does the process of developing products for knowledge mobilisation from healthcare research influence their uptake? A comparative case study
Sharp, C., Sanders, C., Dixon, W. & Boaden, R., 14 Dec 2022, In: Implementation science communications. 3, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assembling the Data Jigsaw: Powering Robust Research on the Causes, Determinants and Outcomes of MSK Disease.
Dixon, W., Brown, B., Clarkson, P., Dowding, D., Holm, S., Humphreys, J. H., Jani, M., Mcbeth, J., Nenadic, G., Peek, N., Pendleton, N., Sanders, C. & Van Der Veer, S.
1/05/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.
Cullum, N., Abel, K., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bee, P., Bower, P., Bucci, S., Burden, S., Burns, A., Checkland, K., Dixon, W., Dowding, D., Dumville, J., French, D., Grande, G., Green, J., Griffiths, J., Hodgson, D., Keady, J., Kislov, R., Kontopantelis, E., Lovell, K., Meacock, R., Morciano, M., Munford, L., O'Neill, T., Peek, N., Pendleton, N., Sanders, C., Spooner, S., Stanmore, E., Sutton, M., Todd, C., Turner, S., Van Der Veer, S., Webb, R., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis.
Dixon, W., Bruce, I., Felson, D., Hyrich, K., Lunt, M., Mcbeth, J., Mcdonagh, J., O'Neill, T., Sergeant, J., Verstappen, S. & Serafimova, I.
1/08/18 → 14/03/24
Project: Research
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Centre for Biological Timing
Lucas, R., Bechtold, D., Fustin, J., Ashe, H., Brown, T., Blaikley, J., Brass, A., Chandola, T., Durrington, H., Else, K., Hepworth, M., Hunter, L., Kadler, K., Kitchen, G., Loudon, A., Macdonald, A., Mcbeth, J., Milosavljevic, N., Rattray, M., Rutter, M., Sharrocks, A., Spiller, D., Storchi, R., Belle, M., Meng, Q., Allen, A., Dixon, W., Gibbs, J., Hazel, A., Papalopulu, N., Ray, D., White, M. & Chang, J.
Project: Research
Prizes
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Outstanding Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year
Dixon, William (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Patients as Partners award winner, ‘Enabling Patients with Technology’
Dixon, William (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Boston University
William Dixon (Secondee)
12 Jul 2022 → 14 Jul 2022Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external academic institution
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Smartphones to support clinical care and research
William Dixon (Speaker)
5 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The bionic patient: Technology supporting clinical care and research
William Dixon (Speaker)
2 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Technology to support clinical care and research
William Dixon (Speaker)
26 Sep 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Impacts
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Biologics registers for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: enhancing access to novel therapies and balancing drug safety concerns versus effectiveness
Kimme Hyrich (Participant), Ian Bruce (Participant), Christopher Griffiths (Participant), Richard Warren (Participant), Deborah Symmons (Participant), Darren Ashcroft (Participant), William Dixon (Participant), Mark Lunt (Participant), Zenas Yiu (Participant) & Louise Mercer (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
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Improving treatment outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Deborah Symmons (Participant), Alan Silman (Participant), Kimme Hyrich (Participant), Mark Lunt (Participant), William Dixon (Participant) & Suzanne Verstappen (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Societal impacts, Economic impacts
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REMORA as case study in NHSx's Rheumatology Digital Playbook
William Dixon (Participant)
Impact: Awareness and understanding, Technological, Health and wellbeing
Datasets
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MedNorm: A Corpus and Embeddings for Cross-terminology Medical Concept Normalisation
Belousov, M. (Contributor), Dixon, W. (Contributor) & Nenadic, G. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 3 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.17632/b9x7xxb9sz.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/b9x7xxb9sz
Dataset
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The Future of Patient-Generated Data for UK Health Research
Dixon, W. (Creator), Mcbeth, J. (Creator), Mackey, E. (Creator), Peek, N. (Creator), Van Der Veer, S. (Creator) & Ainsworth, J. (Creator), University of Manchester figshare, 27 Jun 2022
DOI: 10.48420/20066132, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/report/The_Future_of_Patient-Generated_Data_for_UK_Health_Research/20066132
Dataset
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Modelling and extraction of variability in free-text medication prescriptions from an anonymised primary care electronic medical record research database
Karystianis, G. (Contributor), Sheppard, T. (Contributor), Dixon, W. (Contributor) & Nenadic, G. (Contributor), figshare , 9 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3632789.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Modelling_and_extraction_of_variability_in_free-text_medication_prescriptions_from_an_anonymised_primary_care_electronic_medical_record_research_database/3632789/1
Dataset
Press / Media
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Good Housekeeping: the use of smartphones for health research
19/07/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Various Media: Dramatic escalation in opioid use over a decade
15/10/20 → 23/10/20
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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The Times: Rise of the over-the-counter opioid addicts
20/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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WASHINGTON POST: No rain, no pain: Study links foul weather with body aches
28/05/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: Cloudy with a Chance of Pain? Smartphone study shows pain more likely on humid, windy days
24/10/19 → 31/10/19
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research