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Mr Hywel Jones
Research Associate/Statistician
- JonesH75@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29206 87304
- Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 6th Floor, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
- Welsh speaking
Overview
I'm a Research Associate / Statistician in the Division of Population Medicine. I specialise in the analysis of two large collections of linked anonymised routine health records, the Clinical Practice Research Data Link (CPRD) and the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank (SAIL).
I also hold an honorary contract as a Research Associate at Swansea University.
Publication
2022
- Fallowfield, L. J., Farewell, D., Jones, H., May, S., Catt, S., Starkings, R. and Jenkins, V. 2022. IMPARTER, Phase 1 of an intervention to improve patients' understanding of gene expression profiling tests in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (10.1007/s10549-021-06491-2)
2021
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2021. Establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the health outcomes of domiciliary care workers in Wales using routine data: a protocol for the OSCAR study. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(4), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1656)
- Acton, J. H., Bartlett, R., Jones, H., Farewell, D. and Williams, G. 2021. Response to Comment on: Agreement between optometrists and ophthalmologists in the certification for vision impairment. Eye 35, pp. 2325-2326. (10.1038/s41433-020-01143-z)
- Trefan, L. et al. 2021. Visualisation and optimisation of alcohol-related hospital admission ICD-10 codes in Welsh e-cohort data. International Journal of Population Data Science 6(1), article number: 9. (10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1373)
- Bartlett, R., Jones, H., Williams, G., Farewell, D. and Acton, J. H. 2021. Agreement between ophthalmologists and optometrists in the certification of vision impairment. Eye 35, pp. 433-440. (10.1038/s41433-020-0860-x)
- Carter, B., Bennett, C. V., Jones, H., Bethel, J., Perra, O., Wang, T. and Kemp, A. 2021. Healthcare use by children and young adults with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 63(1), pp. 75-80. (10.1111/dmcn.14536)
2020
- Adekanmbi, V., Jones, H., Farewell, D. and Francis, N. 2020. Antibiotic use and deprivation: an analysis of Welsh primary care antibiotic prescribing data by socioeconomic status. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 75(8), pp. 2363–2371. (10.1093/jac/dkaa168)
- Davies, K., Johnson, E. L., Hollén, L., Jones, H., Lyttle, M. D., Maguire, S. and Kemp, A. M. 2020. Incidence of medically attended paediatric burns across the UK. Injury Prevention 26(1), pp. 24-30. (10.1136/injuryprev-2018-042881)
2019
- Wood, S., Marchant, A., Allsopp, M., Wilkinson, K., Bethel, J., Jones, H. and John, A. 2019. Epidemiology of eating disorders in primary care in children and young people: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study in England. BMJ Open 9(8), article number: e026691. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026691)
- Carter, B., Bennett, C. V., Bethel, J., Jones, H., Wang, T. and Kemp, A. 2019. Identifying cerebral palsy from routinely-collected data in England and Wales. Clinical Epidemiology 2019(11), pp. 457-468. (10.2147/CLEP.S200748)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2019. Long-term outcomes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in Childhood (LUCI): protocol for an electronic record-linked cohort study. BMJ Open 9, article number: e024210. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024210)
- Ahmed, H., Farewell, D., Jones, H. M., Francis, N. A., Paranjothy, S. and Butler, C. C. 2019. Antibiotic prophylaxis and clinical outcomes among older adults with recurrent urinary tract infection: cohort study. Age and Ageing 48(2), pp. 228-234. (10.1093/ageing/afy146)
2018
- Ahmed, H., Farewell, D., Jones, H. M., Francis, N. A., Paranjothy, S. and Butler, C. C. 2018. Incidence and antibiotic prescribing for clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection in older adults in UK primary care, 2004-2014. PLoS ONE 13(1), article number: e0190521. (10.1371/journal.pone.0190521)
2015
- Hodges,, R., Prys, C., Orrell, A., Williams, S., Williams, E. and Jones, H. 2015. Welsh language use in the community: research study. Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2015/151007-welsh-language-use-community-research-study-en.pdf
2012
- Jones, H. 2012. Darlun ystadegol o sefyllfa'r Gymraeg. Caerdydd: Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg.
- Jones, H. 2012. A statistical overview of the Welsh language. Cardiff: Welsh Language Board.
2011
- Jones, H. 2011. Demographics of the language. Agenda (Institute of Welsh ) Affairs Winter, pp. 74-77.
2010
- Jones, H. M. 2010. Welsh speakers: age profile and out-migration. In: Morris, D. ed. Welsh in the Twenty-first Century. Cardiff, UK: University of Wales Press, pp. 118-147.
2008
- Jones, H. 2008. The changing social context of Welsh: A review of statistical trends. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11(5), pp. 541-557. (10.1080/13670050802149176)
2007
- Jones, H. 2007. Goblygiadau newid ym mhroffeil oedran siaradwyr Cymraeg. Gwerddon 1(2), pp. 12-34.
Articles
- Fallowfield, L. J., Farewell, D., Jones, H., May, S., Catt, S., Starkings, R. and Jenkins, V. 2022. IMPARTER, Phase 1 of an intervention to improve patients' understanding of gene expression profiling tests in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (10.1007/s10549-021-06491-2)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2021. Establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the health outcomes of domiciliary care workers in Wales using routine data: a protocol for the OSCAR study. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(4), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1656)
- Acton, J. H., Bartlett, R., Jones, H., Farewell, D. and Williams, G. 2021. Response to Comment on: Agreement between optometrists and ophthalmologists in the certification for vision impairment. Eye 35, pp. 2325-2326. (10.1038/s41433-020-01143-z)
- Trefan, L. et al. 2021. Visualisation and optimisation of alcohol-related hospital admission ICD-10 codes in Welsh e-cohort data. International Journal of Population Data Science 6(1), article number: 9. (10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1373)
- Bartlett, R., Jones, H., Williams, G., Farewell, D. and Acton, J. H. 2021. Agreement between ophthalmologists and optometrists in the certification of vision impairment. Eye 35, pp. 433-440. (10.1038/s41433-020-0860-x)
- Carter, B., Bennett, C. V., Jones, H., Bethel, J., Perra, O., Wang, T. and Kemp, A. 2021. Healthcare use by children and young adults with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 63(1), pp. 75-80. (10.1111/dmcn.14536)
- Adekanmbi, V., Jones, H., Farewell, D. and Francis, N. 2020. Antibiotic use and deprivation: an analysis of Welsh primary care antibiotic prescribing data by socioeconomic status. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 75(8), pp. 2363–2371. (10.1093/jac/dkaa168)
- Davies, K., Johnson, E. L., Hollén, L., Jones, H., Lyttle, M. D., Maguire, S. and Kemp, A. M. 2020. Incidence of medically attended paediatric burns across the UK. Injury Prevention 26(1), pp. 24-30. (10.1136/injuryprev-2018-042881)
- Wood, S., Marchant, A., Allsopp, M., Wilkinson, K., Bethel, J., Jones, H. and John, A. 2019. Epidemiology of eating disorders in primary care in children and young people: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study in England. BMJ Open 9(8), article number: e026691. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026691)
- Carter, B., Bennett, C. V., Bethel, J., Jones, H., Wang, T. and Kemp, A. 2019. Identifying cerebral palsy from routinely-collected data in England and Wales. Clinical Epidemiology 2019(11), pp. 457-468. (10.2147/CLEP.S200748)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2019. Long-term outcomes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in Childhood (LUCI): protocol for an electronic record-linked cohort study. BMJ Open 9, article number: e024210. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024210)
- Ahmed, H., Farewell, D., Jones, H. M., Francis, N. A., Paranjothy, S. and Butler, C. C. 2019. Antibiotic prophylaxis and clinical outcomes among older adults with recurrent urinary tract infection: cohort study. Age and Ageing 48(2), pp. 228-234. (10.1093/ageing/afy146)
- Ahmed, H., Farewell, D., Jones, H. M., Francis, N. A., Paranjothy, S. and Butler, C. C. 2018. Incidence and antibiotic prescribing for clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection in older adults in UK primary care, 2004-2014. PLoS ONE 13(1), article number: e0190521. (10.1371/journal.pone.0190521)
- Jones, H. 2011. Demographics of the language. Agenda (Institute of Welsh ) Affairs Winter, pp. 74-77.
- Jones, H. 2008. The changing social context of Welsh: A review of statistical trends. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11(5), pp. 541-557. (10.1080/13670050802149176)
- Jones, H. 2007. Goblygiadau newid ym mhroffeil oedran siaradwyr Cymraeg. Gwerddon 1(2), pp. 12-34.
Book sections
- Jones, H. M. 2010. Welsh speakers: age profile and out-migration. In: Morris, D. ed. Welsh in the Twenty-first Century. Cardiff, UK: University of Wales Press, pp. 118-147.
Books
- Jones, H. 2012. Darlun ystadegol o sefyllfa'r Gymraeg. Caerdydd: Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg.
- Jones, H. 2012. A statistical overview of the Welsh language. Cardiff: Welsh Language Board.
Monographs
- Hodges,, R., Prys, C., Orrell, A., Williams, S., Williams, E. and Jones, H. 2015. Welsh language use in the community: research study. Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2015/151007-welsh-language-use-community-research-study-en.pdf
Research
My expertise is in extracting, manipulating and analysing electronic health records from primary and secondary care held in CPRD and SAIL, using data science and statistical tools and techniques.
Current projects include:
- establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the health of domiciliary care workers in Wales; and
- machine learning with primary care data to predict the diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in children.
Other projects have included analysing: the relationship between antibiotic prescribing and deprivation; assessments of optometrists and consultant ophthalmologists in the process of certification for vision impairment; the effectiveness of high-cost drugs used in treating cystic fibrosis; the long-term consequences of urinary tract infections in children, and, separately, by older people; and the provision of health services to patients with cerebral palsy.
Teaching
I assist students and staff in Data Clinics and act as a facilitator for case based learning in the MBBCh Medicine course.
Biography
Education and qualifications
- 1986: post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies, Polytechnic of Wales
- 1977: B.Sc. Statistics (1st Class Hons.), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Career overview
- 2014 - present: Research Associate, Cardiff University School of Medicine Division of Population Medicine
- 2012 - 2014: Statistician, Welsh Language Commissioner
- 2003 - 2012: Statistician, Welsh Language Board
- 1988 - 2003: Statistician, working for the Welsh Office and then the Welsh Government
- 1977 - 1988: Statistician, Business Statistics Office/Department of Trade and Industry
Professional memberships
Chartered Statistician (CStat)