Dr. Angela Wood

Biography

Angela Wood is a Professor of Biostatistics and Health Data Science at the University of Cambridge, where she leads research and teaching in biostatistics as part of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Mathematics Statistics in 1998 and earned her doctorate at the University of Lancaster in 2001 under the supervision of Professors Peter Diggle and Robin Henderson. After her doctorate, she conducted post-doctoral research with Professor Ian White at the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge. Appointed as a University Lecturer in Biostatistics in 2006, Angela has played a vital role in significant health data science initiatives, including co-leading the Big Data Complex Disease Driver Programme and serving as Associate Director at the BHF Data Science Centre. Her research interests focus on big data epidemiology, particularly applying novel methods to analyze large and complex datasets. Angela has been involved in several collaborations, including the CVD-COVID-UK consortium and the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Through her partnership with NHS Digital, she contributed to establishing a resource of electronic health records for over 55 million people. Additionally, she leads the Advanced Biostatistics Epidemiology module for the MPhil in Population Health Sciences and supervises PhD students.

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