Damian Farnell
(he/him)
BSc, PhD FHEA, MInstP, MIPEM
Reader in Applied Mathematics
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Overview
- Reader of Applied Mathematics in Dentistry at the School of Dentistry at Cardiff University, UK.
- Module leader for the postgraduate course entitled "Research Methods" (DET031).
- Chair of the Dental Research Ethics Committee.
- Member of the Violence Research Group.
Research Interests
- Data Science.
- Medical and Dental imaging.
- Quantum many-body theory, especially quantum magnetism.
Published Books
Click on the images above for links to the these volumes on the publisher's website.
Publication
2023
- Mehreen, Z., Thomas, D., Adams, R., Farnell, D. and Claydon, N. 2023. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical outcomes for adjunctive physical, chemical, and biological treatment of dental implants with peri-implantitis. Journal of Oral Implantology (10.1563/aaid-joi-d-21-00204)
2022
- Selman, L. E. et al. 2022. Factors associated with higher levels of grief and support needs among people bereaved during the pandemic: results from a national online survey. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (10.1177/00302228221144925)
- Farnell, D. J. J., Zhurov, A. I. and Evans, S. 2022. 3D facial surface imaging in dentistry and beyond. Presented at: Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, 27-29 July 2022.
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. P02:57 “Empty and Lost”: The challenges of being bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at: 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Online, 18-20 May 2022. Abstracts from the 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care SAGE Publications, (10.1177/02692163221093145)
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. “It was brutal. It still is”: A qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys. Palliative Care and Social Practice 16, pp. 1-17. (10.1177/26323524221092456)
- Selman, L. E. et al. 2022. Levels of grief, support needs and risk factors among people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic: baseline results from a longitudinal UK online survey. Presented at: Palliative Care Congress 2022, Telford, Englad, 24-25 March 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A1., (10.1136/spcare-2022-SCPSC.2)
- Goss, S. et al. 2022. Parents’ accounts of the grief experiences and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a UK-wide online survey.. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life, Virtual, 30 January - 04 February 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A6-A7., (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.15)
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. ‘There is nowhere to place the anger’: accounts of bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life, Virtual, 30 January - 04 February 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A10-A11., (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.25)
2021
- Harrop, E. et al. 2021. End of life and bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim results from a national survey of bereaved people. Presented at: Palliative Care Congress 2021, Virtual, 25-26 March 2021, Vol. 11. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A3., (10.1136/spcare-2021-PCC.6)
2020
- Galloway, J., Farnell, D. J., Richmond, S. and Zhurov, A. I. 2020. Multilevel analysis of the influence of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption on the facial shape of English adolescents. Journal of Imaging 6(5), pp. 101-113., article number: 34. (10.3390/jimaging6050034)
- Farnell, D. et al. 2020. The ALERT-B questionnaire: a screening tool for the detection of gastroenterological late effects after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 21, pp. 98-103. (10.1016/j.ctro.2020.02.002)
2019
- Jack, A. A. et al. 2019. Cellulose nanofibril formulations incorporating a low molecular weight alginate oligosaccharide modify bacterial biofilm development. Biomacromolecules 20(8), pp. 2953-2961. (10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00522)
2018
- Richmond, S. et al. 2018. Factors influencing facial shape. In: Evidence‐Based Orthodontics. Wiley, pp. 69-81., (10.1002/9781119289999.ch6)
- Virdee, S. S., Seymour, D. W., Farnell, D., Bhamra, G. and Bhakta, S. 2018. Efficacy of irrigant activation techniques in removing intracanal smear layer and debris from mature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Endodontic Journal 51(6), pp. 605-621. (10.1111/iej.12877)
2017
- Amanda, L., Drage, N., Christopher, G. and Farnell, D. 2017. An investigation in to the impact of acquisition location on error type and rate when undertaking panoramic radiography. Radiography 23(4), pp. 305-309. (10.1016/j.radi.2017.07.004)
- Virdee, S., Seymour, D., Farnell, D., Bhamra, G. and Bhakta, S. 2017. Efficacy of irrigant activation techniques in removing intracanal smear layer and debris from mature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis [Abstract]. International Endodontic Journal 50(S1), pp. 3-56. (10.1111/iej.12813)
- Farnell, D., Galloway, J., Zhurov, A., Richmond, S., Katic, V. and Pirttiniemi, P. 2017. Initial results of multilevel principal components analysis of facial shape. Presented at: MIUA 2017: Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Edinburgh, UK, 11-13 July 2017 Presented at Valdes Hernandez, M. and Gonzalez Castro, V. eds.Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Vol. 723. Communications in Computer and Information Science Cham: Springer pp. 674-685., (10.1007/978-3-319-60964-5_59)
2016
- Taylor, S. et al. 2016. The three-item ALERT-B questionnaire provides a validated screening tool to detect chronic gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy in cancer survivors. Clinical Oncology 28(10), pp. e139-e147. (10.1016/j.clon.2016.06.004)
- Taylor, S. et al. 2016. Improving the well-being of men by Evaluating and Addressing the Gastrointestinal Late Effects (EAGLE) of radical treatment for prostate cancer: study protocol for a mixed-method implementation project. British Medical Journal Open 6(10), article number: e011773. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011773)
- Taylor, S. E. et al. 2016. Late effects of pelvic radiation treatment (EAGLE study) [Abstract]. Journal of Clinical Oncology 34(3), pp. 159. (10.1200/jco.2016.34.3_suppl.159)
2015
- Johnson, I. G. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment: Draft Review 3: Barriers and Facilitators. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review-4
- Morgan, F. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment. Draft Review 2: Best Practice. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review-3
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment. Draft Review 1: Effectiveness. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review
- Weightman, A. L., Farnell, D. J. J., Morris, D. and Strange, H. 2015. Information literacy teaching in Universities - a systematic review of evaluation studies: Preliminary findings for online versus traditional methods. Presented at: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference (EBLIP8), Brisben, Queensland, Australia, 6-8 July 2015.
Articles
- Mehreen, Z., Thomas, D., Adams, R., Farnell, D. and Claydon, N. 2023. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical outcomes for adjunctive physical, chemical, and biological treatment of dental implants with peri-implantitis. Journal of Oral Implantology (10.1563/aaid-joi-d-21-00204)
- Selman, L. E. et al. 2022. Factors associated with higher levels of grief and support needs among people bereaved during the pandemic: results from a national online survey. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (10.1177/00302228221144925)
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. “It was brutal. It still is”: A qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys. Palliative Care and Social Practice 16, pp. 1-17. (10.1177/26323524221092456)
- Galloway, J., Farnell, D. J., Richmond, S. and Zhurov, A. I. 2020. Multilevel analysis of the influence of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption on the facial shape of English adolescents. Journal of Imaging 6(5), pp. 101-113., article number: 34. (10.3390/jimaging6050034)
- Farnell, D. et al. 2020. The ALERT-B questionnaire: a screening tool for the detection of gastroenterological late effects after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 21, pp. 98-103. (10.1016/j.ctro.2020.02.002)
- Jack, A. A. et al. 2019. Cellulose nanofibril formulations incorporating a low molecular weight alginate oligosaccharide modify bacterial biofilm development. Biomacromolecules 20(8), pp. 2953-2961. (10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00522)
- Virdee, S. S., Seymour, D. W., Farnell, D., Bhamra, G. and Bhakta, S. 2018. Efficacy of irrigant activation techniques in removing intracanal smear layer and debris from mature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Endodontic Journal 51(6), pp. 605-621. (10.1111/iej.12877)
- Amanda, L., Drage, N., Christopher, G. and Farnell, D. 2017. An investigation in to the impact of acquisition location on error type and rate when undertaking panoramic radiography. Radiography 23(4), pp. 305-309. (10.1016/j.radi.2017.07.004)
- Virdee, S., Seymour, D., Farnell, D., Bhamra, G. and Bhakta, S. 2017. Efficacy of irrigant activation techniques in removing intracanal smear layer and debris from mature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis [Abstract]. International Endodontic Journal 50(S1), pp. 3-56. (10.1111/iej.12813)
- Taylor, S. et al. 2016. The three-item ALERT-B questionnaire provides a validated screening tool to detect chronic gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy in cancer survivors. Clinical Oncology 28(10), pp. e139-e147. (10.1016/j.clon.2016.06.004)
- Taylor, S. et al. 2016. Improving the well-being of men by Evaluating and Addressing the Gastrointestinal Late Effects (EAGLE) of radical treatment for prostate cancer: study protocol for a mixed-method implementation project. British Medical Journal Open 6(10), article number: e011773. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011773)
- Taylor, S. E. et al. 2016. Late effects of pelvic radiation treatment (EAGLE study) [Abstract]. Journal of Clinical Oncology 34(3), pp. 159. (10.1200/jco.2016.34.3_suppl.159)
Book sections
- Richmond, S. et al. 2018. Factors influencing facial shape. In: Evidence‐Based Orthodontics. Wiley, pp. 69-81., (10.1002/9781119289999.ch6)
Conferences
- Farnell, D. J. J., Zhurov, A. I. and Evans, S. 2022. 3D facial surface imaging in dentistry and beyond. Presented at: Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, 27-29 July 2022.
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. P02:57 “Empty and Lost”: The challenges of being bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at: 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Online, 18-20 May 2022. Abstracts from the 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care SAGE Publications, (10.1177/02692163221093145)
- Selman, L. E. et al. 2022. Levels of grief, support needs and risk factors among people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic: baseline results from a longitudinal UK online survey. Presented at: Palliative Care Congress 2022, Telford, Englad, 24-25 March 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A1., (10.1136/spcare-2022-SCPSC.2)
- Goss, S. et al. 2022. Parents’ accounts of the grief experiences and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a UK-wide online survey.. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life, Virtual, 30 January - 04 February 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A6-A7., (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.15)
- Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. ‘There is nowhere to place the anger’: accounts of bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life, Virtual, 30 January - 04 February 2022, Vol. 12. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A10-A11., (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.25)
- Harrop, E. et al. 2021. End of life and bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim results from a national survey of bereaved people. Presented at: Palliative Care Congress 2021, Virtual, 25-26 March 2021, Vol. 11. Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group pp. A3., (10.1136/spcare-2021-PCC.6)
- Farnell, D., Galloway, J., Zhurov, A., Richmond, S., Katic, V. and Pirttiniemi, P. 2017. Initial results of multilevel principal components analysis of facial shape. Presented at: MIUA 2017: Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Edinburgh, UK, 11-13 July 2017 Presented at Valdes Hernandez, M. and Gonzalez Castro, V. eds.Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Vol. 723. Communications in Computer and Information Science Cham: Springer pp. 674-685., (10.1007/978-3-319-60964-5_59)
- Weightman, A. L., Farnell, D. J. J., Morris, D. and Strange, H. 2015. Information literacy teaching in Universities - a systematic review of evaluation studies: Preliminary findings for online versus traditional methods. Presented at: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference (EBLIP8), Brisben, Queensland, Australia, 6-8 July 2015.
Monographs
- Johnson, I. G. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment: Draft Review 3: Barriers and Facilitators. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review-4
- Morgan, F. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment. Draft Review 2: Best Practice. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review-3
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2015. Approaches for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment. Draft Review 1: Effectiveness. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-PHG62/documents/evidence-review
- Weightman, A. L., Farnell, D. J. J., Morris, D. and Strange, H. 2015. Information literacy teaching in Universities - a systematic review of evaluation studies: Preliminary findings for online versus traditional methods. Presented at: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference (EBLIP8), Brisben, Queensland, Australia, 6-8 July 2015.
Research
Violence Research Group
Bringing about policy change and practical actions to reduce violence and alcohol related harms. Click here for details.
Automated Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA) dataset
I was the principal researcher for the ARIA project at St. Paul's Eye Unit, RLUHT (2003-2006). This involved the recruitment of patients, retinal photography, and image analysis of resulting digital fundus photographs.
- Please contact me by email to obtain the freely available ARIA dataset, which is a directory of images collected by myself and members of staff of St Paul's Eye Unit and the University of Liverpool as part of this project.
CCCM (crystallographic coupled cluster method)
CCCM is a high-order CCM (coupled cluster method) code for lattice spin systems at T=0 by Damian J. J. Farnell (DF).
- Historically, this code is based on "foundations" laid by Ray Bishop and John Parkinson (amongst others), and Chen Zeng's work in the 90's on the high-order code.
- This code has been exploited and pushed forward by Damian Farnell and Sven Krüger primarily.
- Joerg Schulenburg (JS) improved this code greatly and he has set up this webpage for distribution of the most recent code.
COVID-19 bereavement
A joint study between Bristol and Cardiff Universities (and beyond), which aims to understand the grief experiences and support needs of people who have been bereaved either due to COVID-19 or another cause of death during the pandemic. This study explores peoples' experiences at the end of life of loved ones (family or close friend) and of grieving, as well as any support that people felt needed during bereavement (and what support they actually received).
- To see ITV News At Ten coverage, please click here
- To see Sky News coverage, please click here.
- Finalists for the ESRC Impact Award 2023.
Key Publications
Doctoral Thesis
- Integrable and Non-Integrable Quantum Arrays. D.J.J. Farnell, Doctoral Thesis, UMIST (1994).
Books
- Quantum Magnetism. Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 645, U. Schollwoeck, J. Richter, J. D.J.J. Farnell, R.F. Bishop (Eds.), (Springer 2004) (Hardcover ISBN: 3-540-21422-4. Softcover ISBN: 978-3642059766)
- An Introduction to Quantum Spin Systems. Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 816. J.B. Parkinson and D.J.J. Farnell. (Springer 2010) (Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-13289-6).
- Violence in England and Wales in 2016: An accident and emergency perspective. V. Sivarajasingam, D.J.J. Farnell, S. Moore, N. Page, and J. Shepherd (2018) (ISBN: 978-1-9995878-0-2)
- Teaching Biostatistics in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. D.J.J. Farnell and R. Medeiros Mirra (Eds.). (Springer 2023) (Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26009-4; Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26012-4)
- Coupled Cluster Method Theories of Quantum Magnetism. R.F. Bishop, P.H.Y. Li, R. Zinke, and D.J.J. Farnell. Book accepted for publication as a volume in the Springer Series: Solid State Science.
Selected Articles: Quantum Magnetism
- Numerical and Approximate Analytical Results for the Frustrated Spin-1/2 Quantum Spin Chain, R. Bursill, G.A. Gehring, D.J.J. Farnell, J.B. Parkinson, Tao Xiang, and Chen Zeng, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 7, 8605 (1995).
- An Efficient Implementation of High-Order Coupled-Cluster Techniques Applied to Quantum Magnets, C. Zeng, D.J.J. Farnell, and R.F. Bishop, J. Stat. Phys. 90, 327 (1998).
- High-Order Coupled-Cluster Method Calculations for the Ground and Excited States of the Spin-Half XXZ Model, R.F. Bishop, D.J.J. Farnell, S.E. Krueger, J. B. Parkinson, J. Richter, and C. Zeng, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 7601 (2000).
- Coupled Cluster Method Calculations of Quantum Magnets Of General Quantum Spin Number, D.J.J. Farnell, K.A. Gernoth, and R.F. Bishop, J. Stat. Phys. 108, 401 (2002).
- High-Order Coupled Cluster Method Calculations of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Spin-Half One-Dimensional J1–J2 Model, D.J.J. Farnell. Condensed Matter Physics 12(3), p. 411-428 (2009).
- The frustrated spin-½ J1-J2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the square lattice: Exact diagonalization and Coupled-Cluster study. J. Richter, R. Darradi, J. Schulenburg, D.J.J. Farnell, H. Rosner. Phys. Rev. B 81, 174429 (2010).
- Magnetic ordering on a spatially anisotropic triangular lattice. R.F. Bishop, P.H.Y. Li, D.J.J. Farnell, and C.E. Campbell. International Journal of Modern Physics B 24, 5011–5026 (2010).
- The frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the honeycomb lattice: A candidate for deconfined quantum criticality, D.J.J. Farnell, R.F. Bishop, P.H.Y. Li, J. Richter, and C.E. Campbell. Physical Review B 84, 012403 (2011).
- The Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the kagome lattice with arbitrary spin: A high-order coupled cluster treatment. O. Goetze, D.J.J. Farnell, R.F. Bishop, P.H.Y. Li, and J. Richter. Phys. Rev. B 84, 224428 (2011).
- Quantum s=½ Antiferromagnets on Archimedean Lattices: The Route from Semiclassical Magnetic Order to Nonmagnetic Quantum States, D. J. J. Farnell, O. Goetze, and J. Richter, R. F. Bishop and P. H. Y. Li. Phys. Rev. B 89, 184407 (2014).
- The Interplay Between Lattice Topology, Frustration, and Spin Quantum Number in Quantum Antiferromagnets on Archimedean Lattices, D.J.J. Farnell, O. Goetze, and J. Richter, R.F. Bishop and P.H.Y. Li. Physical Review B 98, 224402 (2018).
- Non-Coplanar Model States in Quantum Magnetism Applications of the High-Order Coupled Cluster Method. D.J.J. Farnell, J. Richter, and R.F. Bishop. Journal of Statistical Physics 176(1), 180–213 (2019).
Selected Articles: Dental Research
- No more amalgam: Use of amalgam and amalgam alternative materials in primary dental care. C. Lynch, D.J.J. Farnell, and I. Chestnutt. British Dental Journal 225(2), 171-176 (2018).
- Efficacy of irrigant activation techniques in removing intracanal smear layer and debris from mature permanent teeth: a Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. S.S. Virdee, D.W. Seymour, D.J.J. Farnell, G. Bhamra, and S. Bhakta. International Endodontic Journal (2017): ibid. International Endodontic Journal 50(S1), 3-56 (2017).
- The impact of a reduction in fluoride concentration in the Malaysian water supply on the prevalence of fluorosis and dental caries. N.A. Mohd Nor, B.L. Chadwick, D.J.J. Farnell, I.G. Chestnutt. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 46, 492-499 (2018).
- The prevalence of enamel and dentine caries lesions and their determinant factors among children living in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas. N.A. Mohd Nor, B.L. Chadwick, D.J.J. Farnell, I.G. Chestnutt. International Dental Journal 36, 229–236 (2019).
- The influence of irrigant activation, concentration and contact time on sodium hypochlorite penetration into root dentine: an ex vivo experiment. S.S. Virdee, D.J.J. Farnell, M.A. Silva, J. Camilleri, P.R. Cooper, P.L. Tomson. International Endodontic Journal 53, 986–997 (2020).
- The impact of stopping or reducing the level of fluoride in public water supplies on dental fluorosis: a systematic review. N.A. Mohd Nor, B.L. Chadwick, D.J.J. Farnell, I.G. Chestnutt. Reviews on Environmental Health 35 (4), 419-426 (2020).
- Professional consensus on orthodontic risks – what orthodontists should tell their patients. J. Perry, H. Popat, I.G. Johnson, D.J.J. Farnell, and M. Morgan. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 159(1), 41–52 (2021).
- Influence of remaining axial walls on failure of root filled teeth restored with a single crown and adhesively bonded fibre post: a systematic review and meta-analysis. E. Al-Saleh, A. Dutta, P.H. Dummer, D.J.J. Farnell, M.E. Vianna. Journal of Dentistry 114, 103813 (2021).
- Factors associated with dental fluorosis amongst children born before and after the adjustment of fluoride level in the public water supply. A. Mohd Nor, B. Chadwick, D.J.J. Farnell, I.G. Chestnutt, Ivor. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 1– 10 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/jphd.12448
Selected Articles: Medical Image Processing & 3D Shape Modelling
- Retinal Photography in a Digital Age, D.J.J. Farnell, R. Jackson, S. Pearson, J. Sharp, M. Hodson, V. Moffatt, and S. Harding, Journal of Ophthalmic Photography 28, 40-43 (2006).
- Detecting Reduced Bone Mineral Density from Dental Radiographs using Statistical Shape Models, P.D. Allen, J. Graham, D.J.J. Farnell, E.J. Harrison, R. Jacobs, K. Karayianni, C. Lindh, P.F. van der Stelt, K. Horner, and H. Devlin. IEEE Transactions in Information Technology in Biomedicine 11, 601-610 (2007).
- Enhancement of Blood Vessels in Digital Fundus Photographs via the Application of Multiscale Line Operators, D.J.J. Farnell, F.N. Hatfield, P.C. Knox, M. Reakes, D. Parry, S. Spencer, and S.P. Harding, Journal of the Franklin Institute 345, 748-765 (2008).
- Measurement Error in Statistical Models of Shape. D.J.J. Farnell, A. Pickles and C. Roberts. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 104, p. e29-e44 (2011).
- Multilevel Principal Component Analysis (mPCA) in Shape Analysis: A Feasibility Study in Medical and Dental Imaging. D.J.J. Farnell, H. Popat, and S. Richmond. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 129, 149-159 (2016).
- What’s in a Smile? Initial Analyses of Dynamic Changes in Facial Shape and Appearance. D.J.J. Farnell, J. Galloway, A.I. Zhurov, S. Richmond, D. Marshall, P.L. Rosin, K. Al-Meyah, P. Pirttiniemi, R. Lähdesmäki. Journal of Imaging 5, 2 (2019).
- An Exploration of Adolescent Facial Shape Changes with Age via Multilevel Partial Least Squares Regression. D.J.J. Farnell, S. Richmond, J. Galloway, A.I. Zhurov, P. Pirttiniemi, T. Heikkinen, V. Harila, H. Matthews, and P. Claes. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 200, 105935 (2021).
- An Exploration of Pathologies of Multilevel Principal Components Analysis in Statistical Models of Shape. D.J.J. Farnell. Journal of Imaging 8(3), 63 (2022).
- Initial Steps Towards a Multilevel Functional Principal Components Analysis Model of Dynamical Shape Changes. D.J.J. Farnell and P. Claes. Journal of Imaging 9, 86 (2023).
- 3D Facial Surface Imaging in Dentistry and Beyond. Poster at Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA). July 2022
COVID Research
- Personal Protective Equipment during the COVID-19 crisis – A snapshot and recommendations from the frontline of a University Teaching Hospital. T. Key, N. Mathai, A.S. Venkatesan, D.J.J. Farnell, and K. Mohanty. Bone & Joint Open 1(5), 131-136 (2020).
- End of life and bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Interim results from a national survey of bereaved people. E. Harrop, L Selman, D.J.J. Farnell, A. Byrne, A. Nelson, S. Goss, E. Sutton, K. Seddon, L. Machin, A. Penny, A. Roulston, E. Carduff, A. Finucane, K.V. Smith, A. Torrens Burton, S. Sivell, C. Mayland, D. Wakefield, B. Johnston and M. Longo. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 11, A3 (2021).
- Support needs and barriers to accessing support: Baseline results of a mixed-methods national survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. E. Harrop, S. Goss, D.J.J. Farnell, M. Longo, A. Byrne, K. Barawi, A. Torrens-Burton, A. Nelson, K. Seddon, L. Machin, E. Sutton, A. Roulston, K. Smith, A. Finucane, A. Penny, S. Sivell, L.E. Selman. Palliative Medicine 35(10), 1985-1997 (2021).
- Risk factors associated with poorer experiences of end-of-life care and challenges in early bereavement: Results of a national online survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. L. Selman, D.J.J. Farnell, M. Longo, S. Goss, K. Seddon, A. Torrens-Burton, C.R. Mayland, D. Wakefield, B. Johnson, A. Byrne, E. Harrop. Palliative Medicine 36(4), 717-729 (2022).
- Parents’ accounts of the grief experiences and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a UK-wide online survey. S. Goss, M. Longo, K. Seddon, A. Torrens-Burton, E. Sutton, D.J.J. Farnell, A. Penny, A. Nelson, A. Byrne, L. Selman, and E. Harrop. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12, A6-A7 (2022).
- ‘There is nowhere to place the anger’: accounts of bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A. Torrens-Burton, S. Goss, E. Sutton, K. Barawi, M. Longo, K. Seddon, E. Carduff, D.J.J. Farnell, A. Nelson, A. Byrne, R. Phillips, L. Selman, and E. Harrop. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12, A10-A11 (2022).
- “It was brutal. It still is”: Qualitative analysis of accounts of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic. A. Torrens-Burton, S. Goss, E. Sutton, K. Barawi, M. Longo, K. Seddon, D.J.J. Farnell, A. Nelson, A. Byrne, R. Phillips, L. Selman, E. Harrop. Palliative Care and Social Practice 16, 1-17 (2022). DOI: 10.1177/26323524221092456
- Levels of grief, support needs and risk factors among people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: Baseline results from a longitudinal UK online survey. L.E. Selman, D.J.J. Farnell, M. Longo, S. Goss, A. Torrens-Burton, K. Seddon, L. Machin, C.R. Mayland, A. Byrne and E. Harrop. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12, A1 (2022).
- Parental perspectives on the grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a national survey. E.J. Harrop, S. Goss, M. Longo, K. Seddon, A. Torrens-Burton, E. Sutton, D.J.J. Farnell, A. Penny, A. Byrne, A. Nelson, L.E Selman. BMC Palliative Care 21, 177 (2022).
- Factors associated with higher grief and support needs in people bereaved during the pandemic. L.E. Selman, D.J.J. Farnell, M. Longo, S. Goss, A. Torrens-Burton, K. Seddon, C. Mayland, L. Machin, A. Byrne, and E.J. Harrop. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (2022). DOI: 10.1177/00302228221144925
- Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: Factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. E. Harrop, R. Medeiros Mirra, S. Goss, M. Longo, A. Byrne, D.J.J. Farnell, K. Seddon, A. Penny, L. Machin, S. Sivell, L.E. Selman. Frontiers in Public Health 11, (2023)
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1215881
Selected Cancer Research
- The Impact of Radiotherapy Late Effects on Quality of Life in Gynaecological Cancer Patients, C.L. Barker, J.A. Routledge, D.J.J. Farnell, R. Swindell, and S.E. Davidson, British Journal of Cancer 100, 1558-1565 (2009).
- Developing a CTCAE patient questionnaire for late toxicity after head and neck radiotherapy, K. Ho, D.J.J. Farnell, J.P. Routledge, M.P. Burns, N. Slevin, A. Sykes, and S.E. Davidson, European Journal of Cancer 45, 1992-1998 (2009).
- Efficacy of Data Capture for Patient-Reported Toxicity Following Radiotherapy Treatment for Prostate or Cervical Cancer. D.J.J. Farnell, J. Routledge, R. Hannon, J.P. Logue, R.A. Cowan, J.P. Wylie, L.H. Barraclough, J.E. Livsey, R. Swindell, and S.E. Davidson. European Journal of Cancer 46(3), 534-40 (2010).
- Development of a Patient-Reported Questionnaire for Collecting Toxicity Data following Prostate Brachytherapy. D.J.J. Farnell, P. Mandall, C. Anandadas, J. Routledge, M.P. Burns, J.P. Logue, J.P. Wylie, R. Swindell, J. Livsey, C.M.L. West, and S.E. Davidson. Radiotherapy and Oncology 97(1), 136-142 (May, 2010).
- Prospective analysis of patient-reported late toxicity following pelvic radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer, L.H. Baraclough, J.A. Routledge, D.J.J. Farnell et al. Radiotherapy and Oncology 102, 327-332 (2012).
- The three item ALERT-B questionnaire provides a validated screening tool to detect chronic gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy in cancer survivors. S. Taylor, W. Demeyin, A. Muls, C. Ferguson, D.J.J. Farnell, et al. Clinical Oncology 28(10), Pages e139–e147 (2016).
- Improving the Wellbeing of Men by Evaluating and Addressing the Gastrointestinal Late Effects of Radical Treatment for Prostate Cancer (EAGLE): study protocol for a mixed-method implementation project. S. Taylor, W. Demeyin, A. Muls, C. Ferguson, D.J.J. Farnell, et al. BMJ Open 6. Article: e011773 (2016).
- Late effects of pelvic radiation treatment (EAGLE study). S. Taylor, W. Demeyin, A. Muls, C. Ferguson, D.J.J. Farnell, et al. J. Clin. Oncol. (Meeting Abstracts) 34, 159 (2016).
Numerical (Bio)Simulations
- Numerical Simulations of a Filament In A Flowing Soap Film, D.J.J. Farnell, D.C. Barton, and T. David, Int. J. Num. Meth. in Fluids 44, 313 (2004).
- Coupled States of Flapping Flags, D.J.J. Farnell, D.C. Barton, Int. J. Fluids & Structs. 19, 29 (2004).
- Numerical Model of Self-Propulsion in a Fluid, D.J.J. Farnell, D.C. Barton, and T. David, Royal Society Journal: Interface 2, 79-88 (2005).
- Monte Carlo Simulation of Latanoprost Induced Iris Darkening, K. Cracknell, D.J.J. Farnell, and I. Grierson, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 87, 93-103 (2007).
Teaching
- Module leader for module entitled "Research Methods" for postgraduate students in the School of Dentistry.
- Academic tutor for second-year undergraduate dental students
- MSc and PhD supervision
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD entitled “Integrable and Non-Integrable Quantum Arrays” (1994) University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology (UMIST), UK.
- BSc (1st class) in Mathematical Physics (1991) University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology (UMIST), UK.
Honours and awards
Awards
- Finalists for prestigious ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2023 (part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science). Entrants: Dr Emily Harrop, Cardiff University; Dr Lucy Selman, University of Bristol. Project title: Improving bereavement support: legacies of a COVID-19 innovation grant. (Myself and Dr. Renata Medeiros Mirra provided research design guidance and statistical analyses for this project.)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2021).
- Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association for a systematic review of information literacy programs in higher education: Effects of face-to-face, online and blended formats on student skills and views. Alison L. Weightman, Delyth Morris, Heather Strange, Gillian Hallam, Damian J.J. Farnell (Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 12.3, 20-55 (2017)). See the Twitter announcement here.
- Poster prize at the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Seminar entitled ‘Quantum Magnetism in Low Spatial Dimensions’ (2012).
- Course prize. Undergraduate degree Mathematical Physics (1991) UMIST, UK.
Recent Grants (Since 2014 Only)
- £157,080. EPSRC Strategic Equipment Bid for a DynaPro® Plate Reader III Dynamic & Static Light Scattering Instrument from Wyatt Technology Corporation. Lead Applicant: Dr. Elaine Fergusson. (Awarded in November 2022.)
- £120K+ Combating Cancer with Data Science: Deep Learning of Histological Images for the Detection of Lymph Node Metastases (GW4 BioMed2 MRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship Grant. Lead Applicant: Damian J.J. Farnell. Co-Applicants: Adam Jones, Paul Rosin, David Marshall, and Amanda Pring (Bristol). (Awarded in August 2022; student to start on 1 October 2023.)
- £1140. An Exploration of Functional Analysis of Dynamical Changes in Biological Shapes. Applicant: Damian J.J. Farnell. (Travel Grant from the London Mathematical Society. Awarded in June 2022.)
- £9480. How Do People Read “Designed To Smile” Information Leaflets? An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach. Applicant: Damian J.J. Farnell. (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) as an Innovation Grant. Awarded in December 2021).
- £15,000 Follow on study to: optical analysis of the colour of denture materials after staining. Applicants: Paul Milward, David Williams, and Damian J.J. Farnell. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) PLC (Jan. 2020).
- £1000 Multivariate statistical methods of simulating three-dimensional facial shape and facial growth. Successful application for travel funding (etc.) by Damian J.J. Farnell to the Cardiff University / KU Leuven Research Collaboration Fund (Dec. 2018).
- £40529 Evaluation of the cleaning performance of denture cleansers utilising an in vitro stain model with a diverse range of regionally relevant stains Applicants: Paul Milward, David Williams, and Damian J.J. Farnell. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) PLC (Dec. 2018).
- £100,382 A Review of evidence to inform NICE Public Health Guidance for adult nursing and residential care homes on promoting oral health, preventing dental health problems and ensuring access to dental treatment– 31/05/2016. NICE. Principal applicants: A Weightman, & I.G. Chestnutt. Co-applicant: Damian J.J. Farnell et al. 01/09/2014.
Professional memberships
- Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Institute of Physics (MInstP)
- Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (MIPEM)
- London Mathematical Society
- Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
- Molecular Magnetism Web
Academic positions
- From 2014-present: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader of Applied Mathematics in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, UK.
- 2011-2014: Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of South Wales, UK.
- 2007-2011: Research Statistician, University of Manchester, UK.
- 2003-2006: Lecturer in Ophthalmic Imaging, St. Paul’s Eye Unit + University of Liverpool, UK.
- 1995-2003: Post-doctoral researcher (theoretical physics and medical research).
- 1994-1995: Software engineer, Logica UK Ltd.
Speaking engagements
Oral and Poster Presentations (Since 2017 Only):
- The Coupled Cluster Method Applied to Quantum Magnetism. Invited Oral Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell from Dr Ioannis Rousochatzakis, School of Physics, Loughborough University (Feb. 2023).
- 3D Facial Surface Imaging in Dentistry and Beyond. Poster at Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA). July 2022. (www.researchgate.net/publication/361764525_3D_Facial_Surface_Imaging_in_Dentistry_and_Beyond)
- An Overview of the Dental Data Science Research Group. Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the R&D day for the school of dentistry at Cardiff University. May 2022.
- Orthodontics and 3D Imaging & Multivariate Statistical Models of Shape. Oral “vlunch” presentation (online via MS Teams) presentation by D.J.J. Farnell to the visual computing research group, school of computer science and informatics, Cardiff University. January 2021)
- Analysis of the Blue Book Records. Oral presentation (online via Zoom) at Burwalls: For Teachers of Medical Statistics. (Coorganiser of this meeting.) July 2020.
- Multilevel Models of Age-Related Changes in Facial Shape in Adolescents. Poster presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the University Hospital Wales, R&D Conference. October 2019. Cardiff City Stadium.
- Multilevel Models of Age-Related Changes in Facial Shape in Adolescents. Poster presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) annual meeting. September 2019.
- Multilevel Models of Age-Related Changes in Facial Shape in Adolescents. Oral presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) July 2019.
- The Use of Flipped Learning in Teaching a Postgraduate Research Methods Module: The Pros and Cons. Dr Damian Farnell. Burwalls: For Teachers of Medical Statistics. University of East Anglia (8th-10th, July 2019). Oral Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell.
- Multilevel Principal Components Analysis (mPCA) of Facial Shape and Image Texture. Invited Oral Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell, KU Leuven, Belgium (Friday 3rd May 2019).
- Flipped learning – experiencing the pros and cons for inverted learning. Dr DJJ Farnell and Mrs R Jones. Association of Science Educators in Dentistry (ASEID), Cardiff University (April 2019).
- What’s in a Smile? Initial Results of Multilevel Principal Components Analysis of Facial Shape and Image Texture. Oral presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) July 2018.
- What’s in a Smile? Multilevel Models of Facial Shape and Appearance. Dental School R&D day, Cardiff University (May 2017). Oral Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell.
- Emergence of magnetic order in kagome antiferromagnets: The role of next-nearest-neighbor bonds Johannes Richter, Patrick Müller, Oliver Götze, Damian Farnell, Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, SCES (July 2017). Poster presentation.
- Monte Carlo Methods and Teaching Biostatistics. Burwalls: For Teachers of Medical Statistics. (July 2017). http://burwalls.org.uk/wp/?page_id=456. Oral Presentation by D.J.J. Farnell.
- A systematic review of information literacy programs in higher education: Effects of face-to-face, online and blended formats on student skills and views. Alison L. Weightman, Delyth Morris, Heather Strange, Gillian Hallam, and Damian J.J. Farnell. One-day meeting at Cardiff University “To Tech or Not to Tech” (CUSEIP, July 2017). Lightning presentation and poster by D.J.J. Farnell.
- Initial Results of Multilevel Principal Components Analysis of Facial Shape, DJJ Farnell, J Galloway, A Zhurov, S Richmond, P Perttiniemi, and V Katic. Poster presentation at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board R&D Day by D.J.J. Farnell, 13th June 2017. ibid. Poster presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) July 2017.
- Oral Health Improves, But Inequalities Remain for Children in Wales. Oral presentation by D.J.J. Farnell at the International Association for Dental Research, General Meeting (San Francisco, March 2017).
Committees and reviewing
Dental Research Ethics Committee (chair)
Supervisions
Current supervision

Yahia Khubrani
Research student
Research themes
Specialisms
- Magnetism
- Biomedical imaging
- Image processing
- Deep learning