{"id":7,"date":"2025-11-30T17:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pceu.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:08:55","slug":"welcome-to-the-primary-care-epidemiology-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pceu.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Primary Care Epidemiology Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0c9c989a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:0vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-346627ba wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\"><strong>\ud83c\udfe5 Welcome to our Unit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the&nbsp;<strong>Primary Care Epidemiology Unit<\/strong>. We are based in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/wiph\/centres\/centre-for-primary-care\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/wiph\/centres\/centre-for-primary-care\/\">Centre for Primary Care&nbsp;<\/a>at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/wiph\/\">Wolfson Institute for Population Health<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\">&nbsp;<strong>Queen Mary University of London<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pceu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/primary-care-epi-image-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Who we are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our academic unit is led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/wiph\/people\/profiles\/julia-hippisley-cox-.html\"><strong>Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a team of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GPs and doctors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pharmacists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statisticians and epidemiologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data scientists and software developers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patients and public partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ebee8dc1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Our Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"http:\/\/pceu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/natural-history.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Disease patterns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">We study the natural history of a wide range of diseases to better understand who is most affected, which factors increase the risk of illness and how conditions develop and change over a person&#8217;s lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pceu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Medication-safety.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Safety of Medicines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">We use very large databases of electronic health records to gain knew knowledge about the risks and benefits of medicines. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pceu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Risk-Prediction.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Risk Prediction Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We develop novel risk prediction tools which are used across the NHS to identify patients at increased of major health conditions such as heart disease and cancer. They help shared decision-making between patients and clinicians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfe5 Welcome to our Unit Welcome to the&nbsp;Primary Care Epidemiology Unit. We are based in the&nbsp;Centre for Primary Care&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Wolfson Institute for Population Health,&nbsp;Queen Mary University of London. \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Who we are Our academic unit is led by&nbsp;Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox. 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