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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on unplanned hospital use and ambulance conveyances for people in the last year of life
Reference: CCU110
Project lead(s): Joanna Davies & Anna Bone, King’s College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
Active
Simulation modelling of aortic disease detection and management: implications for post-COVID policy
Reference: CCU108
Project lead(s): Lois Kim, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
Active
An intersectionality approach to evaluate the variation of statins and anticoagulants prescriptions among stroke survivors before and during COVID-19
Reference: CCU107
Project lead(s): Alejandro Gonzalez-Aquines, King’s College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Stroke
Active
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the rate of A&E attendances for dental reasons
Reference: CCU102
Project lead(s): Richard Fitzgerald, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Dental care, Multiple conditions
Active
Inequalities in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction care during the COVID-19 pandemic for people living with chronic kidney disease and frailty
Reference: CCU109
Project lead(s): Patrick Bidulka, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Start date:
Topic(s): Heart attack, Kidneys
Active
Neurological consequences of COVID-19: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke and dementia in England
Reference: CCU104
Project lead(s): Eric Harshfield, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Dementia, Prediction, Stroke, Treatments
Active
Healthcare utilisation of patients with atrial fibrillation in England pre and post COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU103
Project lead(s): Rui Providencia, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Atrial fibrillation, Healthcare delivery
Active
Cardiovascular disease and cancer screening, and heart failure diagnosis and mortality in people with severe or complex mental illness: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU099
Project lead(s): Naomi Launders, University College London
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Mental health
Active
Supporting novel trial designs using healthcare systems data to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on diabetes research
Reference: CCU070
Project lead(s): Marion Mafham
Start date:
Topic(s): Clinical trials, Diabetes, Healthcare delivery
Active
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular risk in patients with and without kidney disease
Reference: CCU106
Project lead(s): Gavin Chapman, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Kidneys
Active
Health inequality in the incidence and clinical outcomes of chronic kidney disease following myocardial infarction: investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through whole-population analyses
Reference: CCU105
Project lead(s): Marlous Hall, University of Leeds
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart attack, Inequalities, Kidneys, Myocardial infarction, Whole population
Active
Lung-Pal-Equity: To identify patterns in use of hospital services in the last year of life for those with advanced lung disease and to examine inequalities by socio-economic group, before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU101
Project lead(s): Donna Wakefield & Joanna Davies, King's College London
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Lungs, Prediction
Active
CCU100: Impact of COVID-19 on fatty liver disease and cardiovascular outcomes in England, across ethnicities and social deprivation
Reference: CCU100
Project lead(s): Mayank Dalakoti, Angela Wood, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, University of Cambridge
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Topic(s): Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Whole population
Active
CCU097: Drivers, consequences and the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on severe hyperglycaemia at type 2 diabetes diagnosis
Reference: CCU097
Project lead(s): Ewan A Walker & Rachel Denholm, University of Bristol, and Sophie Eastwood, University College London
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Topic(s): Diabetes, Healthcare delivery, Prediction, Whole population
Active
CCU095: Quantifying and mitigating bias and health inequalities induced by clinical risk models
Reference: CCU095
Project lead(s): Honghan Wu, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Artificial intelligence, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Model, Prediction, Whole population
Active
Identifying preventative opportunities for coronary heart disease and stroke in multi-ethnic patients with non-cardiovascular conditions including COVID-19
Reference: CCU094
Project lead(s): Elias Allara, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Coronary heart disease, Inequalities, Stroke
Active
Understanding the relationship between diabetes and the development of multiple long-term conditions, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU093
Project lead(s): Genevieve Cezard, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Whole population
Active
Impact of COVID-19 on obesity and risks of cardio-renal-metabolic outcomes
Reference: CCU096
Project lead(s): Robert Fletcher, Angela Wood & Sadaf Farooqi, University of Cambridge, Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool, Nathalie Conrad, KU Leuven
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Kidneys, Multiple conditions, Treatments, Whole population
Active
Simulation modelling of cardiovascular disease development and management
Reference: CCU092
Project lead(s): Lois Kim, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Model
Active
The impact of cardiac rehabilitation following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU090
Project lead(s): Justin Braver & Angela Wood, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Treatments, Whole population
Active
The impact of comorbidity, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity on waiting times for surgery before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU089
Project lead(s): Antony Palmer, University of Oxford
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Treatments
Active
The impact of COVID-19 on the management of iron deficiency (with or without anaemia) in primary and secondary care
Reference: CCU088
Project lead(s): Akshay Shah, University of Oxford
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Treatments
Active
The impact of COVID-19 on heart failure outcomes: the moderation roles of diabetes and obesity
Reference: CCU087
Project lead(s): Ewan Pearson, University of Dundee
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Heart failure, Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Whole population
Active
A data landscape review of datasets used in the surveillance of neurological complications of COVID-19
Reference: CCU086
Project lead(s): Stephen McKeever, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Multiple conditions
Active
Impact of COVID-19 on the use of cardiovascular imaging
Reference: CCU080
Project lead(s): Michelle Williams, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Imaging, Inequalities, Whole population
Active
STROKE-IMPACT: What are the long-term consequences of stroke on the patient and to the NHS, and how does COVID-19 contribute to variation?
Reference: CCU085
Project lead(s): Michael Allen, University of Exeter
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Stroke
Active
Impact of COVID-19 on stroke incidence, severity, aetiology, management and outcome in younger vs. older individuals in England
Reference: CCU084
Project lead(s): Linxin Li, University of Oxford
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Stroke
Active
Trends in choice of management strategy for NSTE-ACS among patients with previous bypass surgery before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU083
Project lead(s): Mohamed Mohamed, Barts Heart Centre/University College London & Krishnaraj Rathod/ Daniel Jones, Barts Heart Centre/Queen Mary University London
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart attack, Inequalities, Treatments, Whole population
Active
Pulmonary arterial hypertension in repaired congenital heart disease: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prevalence, late diagnosis and outcomes
Reference: CCU082
Project lead(s): Andrew Constantine, Royal Brompton Hospital/Imperial College London
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Topic(s): Blood pressure, Congenital heart disease, Hypertension, Prediction
Active
Risk assessment and long-term outcomes of acute coronary syndrome management strategy in cardio-oncology patients before and after the COVID era
Reference: CCU077
Project lead(s): Mohamed Mohamed & Amitava Banerjee, University College London
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Topic(s): Cancer, Healthcare delivery, Multiple conditions, Treatments
Active
Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular and thromboembolic events in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and the incidence of connective tissue diseases
Reference: CCU081
Project lead(s): Hector Chinoy, University of Manchester
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Topic(s): Blood clots, COVID vaccination, Rare diseases, Thrombosis, Treatments
Active
Investigating the diagnoses of conditions among children in England following SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to general respiratory infections
Reference: CCU079
Project lead(s): Katharine Looker & Eleanor Walsh, University of Bristol
Start date:
Topic(s): Children and young people, Long COVID, Lungs, Multiple conditions, Whole population
Active
Foresight: a generative AI model of patient trajectories across the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU078
Project lead(s): Richard Dobson, King's College London & Chris Tomlinson, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Artificial intelligence, Inequalities, Model, Multiple conditions, Prediction, Whole population
Active
Risks for mortality in people with severe mental illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU057
Project lead(s): Jayati Das-Munshi, King's College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Mental health, Multiple conditions
Active
Improving the accuracy, equity and efficiency of using healthcare systems data for recruitment to a clinical trial involving people with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: a simulation study in the “Covid era” using the CVD‑COVID‑UK dataset
Reference: CCU074
Project lead(s): Alice Hosking, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Clinical trials, Diabetes, Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Stroke
Active
COVID-19 impact on the long-term outcomes of IAPT in people with long-term cardiovascular conditions
Reference: CCU058
Project lead(s): Alex Dregan, King's College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Mental health, Treatments
Active
Which combinations of Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) are associated with the greatest risk of hospital admission over the winter season, and to what extent does COVID-19 or influenza vaccination modify this risk?
Reference: CCU059
Project lead(s): Nazrul Islam & Hajira Dambha-Miller, University of Southampton
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Healthcare delivery, Multiple conditions, Whole population, Winter pressures
Active
The effect of COVID-19 infection on cardiovascular outcomes: an interaction analysis with environmental exposure
Reference: CCU076
Project lead(s): Elena Raffetti & Angela Wood, University of Cambridge, Rachel Denholm, University of Bristol
Start date:
Topic(s): Environment, Healthcare delivery, Winter pressures
Active
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on corticosteroid use and side effects in Takayasu arteritis and ANCA-associated vasculitis in England
Reference: CCU075
Project lead(s): Stephanie Lax, University of Nottingham
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Rare diseases, Treatments
Active
A regional approach for policy makers to tackle health inequalities in cardiovascular disease and its risk factors
Reference: CCU071
Project lead(s): Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Treatments
Active
Improving characterisation, prediction and intervention for COVID- and influenza-related morbidity and mortality
Reference: CCU060
Project lead(s): Amitava Banerjee, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Long COVID, Winter pressures
Active
Influence of COVID-19 on British burden of cardiovascular disease
Reference: CCU072
Project lead(s): William Whiteley, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Prediction, Whole population
Impact of COVID-19 on the association between Type 2 diabetes and incidence of cardiovascular diseases
Reference: CCU073
Project lead(s): Stephen Kaptoge, University of Cambridge
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Topic(s):
Active
RARE-CVD-COVID: To understand COVID-19 impact on intersectional disparity in rare versus common cardiometabolic disease, including diabetes
Reference: CCU069
Project lead(s): Sara Khalid, University of Oxford
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Rare diseases, Whole population
Complete
The impact of vaccination on the excess clinical risks of COVID-19 in patients with congenital heart disease
Reference: CCU068
Project lead(s): Simon Williams & Bernard Keavney, University of Manchester
Start date:
Topic(s): Congenital heart disease, COVID vaccination, Multiple conditions, Whole population
Active
Changes in acute cardiac care of patients with reduced kidney function during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reference: CCU066
Project lead(s): David Adlam, University of Leicester & Dorothea Nitsch, LSHTM & Patrick Bidulka, University of Leicester/LSHTM
Start date:
Topic(s): Heart attack, Kidneys, Multiple conditions, Myocardial infarction, Treatments, Whole population
Active
Impact of Covid-19 clinical care pathway changes on gestational diabetes incidence and pregnancy outcomes in England.
Reference: CCU064
Project lead(s): Rebecca Reynolds, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Pregnancy, Whole population
Active
The effect of COVID-19 on maternal and paediatric health among individuals who require an interpreter in England: from preconception to adolescence
Reference: CCU063
Project lead(s): Robert Aldridge, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Children and young people, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Pregnancy
On hold
Treatment patterns in COVID-19 in people in England.
Reference: CCU061
Project lead(s): Jennifer Quint, Imperial College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Whole population
Complete
Socio-demographic make-up of patients undergoing surgical and transcatheter aortic valve intervention in England and the impact of COVID on this
Reference: CCU056
Project lead(s): Anvesha Singh, Iain Squire et al, University of Leicester
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Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Treatments, Whole population
Active
Risks and benefits of treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors and the impact of intercurrent illness with COVID-19.
Reference: CCU053
Project lead(s): Ewan Pearson and Huan Wang, University of Dundee & Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Treatments
Active
An observational retrospective cohort study describing the changing epidemiology pre, during and post COVID-19 of asthma, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in England.
Reference: CCU052
Project lead(s): Jennifer Quint, Imperial College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Lungs, Whole population
Complete
Unvaccination and under-vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom
Reference: CCU051
Project lead(s): Angela Wood and Genevieve Cezard, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Whole population
Active
Healthcare utilisation in individuals with Long Covid
Reference: CCU049
Project lead(s): Amitava Banerjee, University College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Health economics, Healthcare delivery, Long COVID
On hold
COVID-19 infection, vaccination and psychosis risk.
Reference: CCU048
Project lead(s): Dominic Oliver, King's College London
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Mental health
On hold
The impact of COVID-19 on health equality, outcomes and mortality in people with epilepsy in England
Reference: CCU047
Project lead(s): Richard Chin, University of Edinburgh & Owen Pickrell, Swansea University
Start date:
Topic(s): Epilepsy, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Whole population
Active
Severe mental illness and receipt of acute cardiac care and mortality following myocardial infarction
Reference: CCU046
Project lead(s): Caroline Jackson, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart attack, Inequalities, Mental health, Myocardial infarction, Whole population
Active
The impact of COVID-19 on heart failure epidemiology, quality of care and outcomes across primary and secondary care.
Reference: CCU045
Project lead(s): Theresa McDonagh and Antonio Cannata, King’s College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart failure, Whole population
On hold
Shielding and COVID-19 outcomes
Reference: CCU044
Project lead(s): Deborah Lawlor and Mira Hidajat, University of Bristol
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Whole population
Active
Investigating new onset diabetes following COVID-19 infection.
Reference: CCU043
Project lead(s): Kamlesh Khunti and Cameron Razieh, University of Leicester
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Whole population
Complete
Investigating why some people with diabetes have a greater risk of becoming seriously unwell or dying with COVID-19
Reference: CCU040
Project lead(s): Adrian Heald, University of Manchester
Start date:
Topic(s): Diabetes, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
On hold
Greater Manchester Vaccine Equity Study
Reference: CCU039
Project lead(s): Ruth Watkinson, University of Manchester
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
Active
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on critical care outcomes
Reference: CCU038
Project lead(s): Chris Tomlinson, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Treatments
Active
Improving methods to minimise bias in ethnicity data for more representative and generalisable models, using CVD in COVID-19 as an example
Reference: CCU037
Project lead(s): Sara Khalid, University of Oxford
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Model, Prediction, Whole population
Active
The impact of previous exposure to COVID-19 and the safety of COVID-19 vaccination for fertility and pregnancy outcomes
Reference: CCU036
Project lead(s): Luisa Zuccolo, University of Bristol
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Healthcare delivery, Pregnancy
Complete
Are people with COVID-19 and pre-existing respiratory disease at higher risk of future cardiovascular and thromboembolic events?
Reference: CCU035
Project lead(s): Jennifer Quint, Imperial College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Blood clots, Heart attack, Lungs, Model, Multiple conditions, Prediction, Stroke, Thrombosis
On hold
Impacts of COVID-19 on sight-threatening ocular disease
Reference: CCU034
Project lead(s): Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Prediction, Sight loss
Active
The effect of COVID-19 on heart failure subtypes
Reference: CCU032
Project lead(s): Kazem Rahimi and Mohammad Mamouei, University of Oxford
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart failure, Whole population
On hold
Evaluation of cardiotonic steroids use and COVID-19 outcomes
Reference: CCU031
Project lead(s): Gareth Williams, King's College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Treatments
Active
Examining potential factors underlying the increased risk of severe COVID-19 experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Reference: CCU030
Project lead(s): Craig Melville, University of Glasgow
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Multiple conditions
Active
Child hospital admission with COVID-19 - risk factors, risk groups and NHS care utilisation
Reference: CCU029
Project lead(s): Kate Brown, GOSH and UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Children and young people, Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
Active
Coronary revascularisation and outcomes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU028
Project lead(s): Colin Berry, University of Glasgow
Start date:
Topic(s): Health economics, Healthcare delivery, Treatments, Whole population
On hold
Has COVID-19 affected the use of guideline directed medical therapy following coronary artery bypass grafting?
Reference: CCU025
Project lead(s): Salil Deo, University of Glasgow
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Heart attack, Stroke, Treatments
Complete
CovPall-Connect. Evaluation of how palliative and end of life care teams have responded to COVID-19
Reference: CCU024
Project lead(s): Irene Higginson and Mevhibe Hocaoglu, King’s College London
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities
Active
Repurposing medicines used to treat CVD risk to prevent COVID-19
Reference: CCU023
Project lead(s): Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Treatments
Active
Genomics of multimorbidity and CVD associated with susceptibility to COVID-19 infection and complications
Reference: CCU022
Project lead(s): Michael Inouye, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Model, Multiple conditions, Prediction
On hold
Research into the longer term effects of COVID-19 in non-hospitalised individuals
Reference: CCU021
Project lead(s): Nishi Chaturvedi, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Long COVID
Complete
Evaluation of antithrombotic use and COVID-19 outcomes
Reference: CCU020
Project lead(s): Alex Handy, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Atrial fibrillation, Blood clots, Stroke, Thrombosis, Treatments, Whole population
Active
Identification and personalised risk prediction for severe COVID-19 in patients with rare disorders impacting cardiovascular health
Reference: CCU019
Project lead(s): Honghan Wu, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Prediction, Rare diseases, Whole population
Active
COVID infection during pregnancy on cardiovascular disease and related risk factors
Reference: CCU018
Project lead(s): Elena Raffetti, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Healthcare delivery, Pregnancy
Active
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases related to antipsychotic prescribing in patients with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Reference: CCU016
Project lead(s): Tim Wilkinson, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): Dementia, Healthcare delivery, Heart attack, Stroke, Treatments
Active
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on clinical pathways using a medicines approach
Reference: CCU014
Project lead(s): Reecha Sofat, University of Liverpool
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Model, Treatments
Active
High-throughput electronic health record phenotyping approaches
Reference: CCU013
Project lead(s): Spiros Denaxas, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Long COVID, Phenotyping, Whole population
Active
In people with CVD and COVID-19, what is the influence of multi-morbidity on risk of poorer outcomes?
Reference: CCU010
Project lead(s): Claire Lawson, University of Leicester
Start date:
Topic(s): Inequalities, Multiple conditions, Prediction
Complete
Evaluating impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence and management of risk factors
Reference: CCU008
Project lead(s): Naveed Sattar, University of Glasgow
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Inequalities, Model
Active
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on heart disease patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Reference: CCU007
Project lead(s): Massimo Caputo, Gianni Angelini, Deborah Lawler, Shrubhra Sinha, Tim Dong, University of Bristol and Kate Brown, GOSH and UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Children and young people, Congenital heart disease, Healthcare delivery, Heart disease, Treatments
Active
Data management and analysis records
Reference: CCU005
Project lead(s): Angela Wood, University of Cambridge
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Topic(s): Inequalities, Methodologies, Whole population
Active
COVID and cardiovascular disease risk prevention
Reference: CCU004
Project lead(s): Angela Wood, University of Cambridge
Start date:
Topic(s): Methodologies, Model, Prediction
Active
Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with cardiovascular disease
Reference: CCU003
Project lead(s): Amitava Banerjee, UCL
Start date:
Topic(s): Healthcare delivery, Model, Prediction
Active
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination and the risk of vascular events
Reference: CCU002
Project lead(s): William Whiteley, University of Edinburgh
Start date:
Topic(s): COVID vaccination, Inequalities
Active
Investigating the effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers on COVID-19 outcomes
Reference: CCU001
Project lead(s): Jonathan Sterne, University of Bristol
Start date:
Topic(s): Blood pressure, Hypertension, Treatments, Whole population