Hosted by the Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Summary: People of UK South Asian and African/ African Caribbean ethnicity experience excess type 2 diabetes complications when compared to people of European ethnicity. Evidence on ethnic differences in prescribing cardiovascular preventative medication or in risk factor control, which may contribute to inequities in downstream disease, has been limited and conflicting. The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a nationally representative database of primary care records, contains near-complete prescribing data for 7% of the UK population. Sophie will discuss her work using the CPRD to investigate ethnic differences in hypertension management, glycaemic trajectories for people with type 2 diabetes and rates of guideline-indicated statin initiation.
Biography: Sophie is a Clinical Epidemiologist, based at UCL’s MRC Unit of Lifelong Health and Aging. Her chief research interest is health inequality, motivated by witnessing stark ethnic and social differences in premature morbidity and mortality as an inner-city GP. Previously she has evaluated community health promotion interventions, investigated ethnic differences in cardiometabolic disease using cohort data and coordinated the UK Biobank Diabetes Outcomes Adjudication group. Her current Diabetes UK Sir George Alberti Clinical Training Fellowship has supported study of ethnic differences in diabetes and hypertension management using electronic health records.
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