Dr. Heather Waddell

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Heather Waddell is an early-career researcher and Data Scientist based in the Department of Public Health at the University of Glasgow. She has a background in multi-omics data analysis and completed her PhD through the Medical Research Doctoral Training Programme at the University of Edinburgh. Her doctoral work focused on elucidating the dysregulation of circadian rhythms in individuals experiencing critical illness, specifically acute pancreatitis. Heather has extensive experience working with complex, multi-level datasets, including data from the Chilean National Health Survey, the Scottish Health Survey, and various NHS multi-omics clinical datasets. She is skilled in the application of Bayesian Networks to analyze and model complex data systems at various levels.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Associate

— Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland

Engaged in infectious disease epidemiology research, focusing on data science and health data analytics.