Ms Amrita Bandyopadhyay

Research Officer and Data Scientist, Health Data Science

+44 (0) 1792 606288

a.bandyopadhyay@swansea.ac.uk

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About

Ms Amrita Bandyopadhyay is a Research Officer and Data Scientist of National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research. Her experience includes data-linkage, harmonisation and analysis of large-scale routine electronic healthcare and administrative data. She works on statistical analysis and developing data-driven models using advanced machine learning algorithms. She is an early-career researcher and has several top quartile publications in epidemiology and public health and leads investigation in public health projects.

Areas Of Expertise

Vulnerable Children Health and Wellbeing
Early years
Epidemiology
Longitudinal Data linkage
Birth Cohort
Machine Learning
Data Modelling & visualization
Electronic Health Records & Administrative Data

Publications

Research Highlights

Bandyopadhyay, A., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Walton, S., Dezateux, C., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2019). Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury. Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2019.
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52433
Bandyopadhyay, A., Brophy, S., Moore, S., Akbari, A., Paranjothy, S., & Lyons, R. (2019). The association between mother’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy and their child’s educational attainment and risk of hospital admission by age 14. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1214, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54187
Evans, A., Hardcastle, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Farewell, D., John, A., Lyons, R., Long, S., Bellis, M., & Paranjothy, S. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences during childhood and academic attainment at age 7 and 11 years: an electronic birth cohort study. Public Health, 189, 37-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.08.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55250
Bandyopadhyay, A., Brophy, S., Akbari, A., Demmler, J., Kennedy, J., Paranjothy, S., Lyons, R., & Moore, S. (2022). Health and household environment factors linked with early alcohol use in adolescence: a record-linked, data-driven, longitudinal cohort study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1717, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60434
Walton, S., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Griffiths, L., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Lyons, R., Roberts, R., & Bedford, H. (2022). Linking cohort data and Welsh routine health records to investigate children at risk of delayed primary vaccination. Vaccine, 40(34), 5016-5022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.080, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60484
James, M., Rasheed, M., Bandyopadhyay, A., Mannello, M., Marchant, E., & Brophy, S. (2022). The Effect COVID Has Had on the Wants and Needs of Children in Terms of Play: Text Mining the Qualitative Response of the Happen Primary School Survey with 20,000 Children in Wales, UK between 2016 and 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12687
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61653
Bandyopadhyay, A., Jones, H., Parker, M., Marchant, E., Evans, J., Todd, C., Rahman, M., Healy, J., Win, T., Rowe, B., Moore, S., Jones, A., Brophy, S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Jones, H., Parker, M., Healy, J., & Win, T. (2023). Weighting of risk factors for low birth weight: a linked routine data cohort study in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 13(2), e063836
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063836, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063836
Bandyopadhyay, A., Whiffen, T., Fry, R., & Brophy, S. (2023). How does the local area deprivation influence life chances for children in poverty in Wales: A record linkage cohort study. SSM - Population Health, 22, 101370
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101370, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101370
Jones, H., Seaborne, M., Mhereeg, M., James, M., Kennedy, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., & Brophy, S. (2023). Breastfeeding initiation and duration through the COVID-19 pandemic, a linked population-level routine data study: the Born in Wales Cohort 2018–2021. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7(1), e001907
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907
Kennedy, T., Win, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., Kennedy, J., Rowe, B., McNerney, C., Evans, J., Hughes, K., Bellis, M., Jones, A., Harrington, K., Moore, S., & Brophy, S. (2023). Insights from linking police domestic abuse data and health data in South Wales, UK: a linked routine data analysis using decision tree classification. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e629-e638.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00126-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00126-3

All Research

Journal Articles

Kennedy, T., Win, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., Kennedy, J., Rowe, B., McNerney, C., Evans, J., Hughes, K., Bellis, M., Jones, A., Harrington, K., Moore, S., & Brophy, S. (2023). Insights from linking police domestic abuse data and health data in South Wales, UK: a linked routine data analysis using decision tree classification. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e629-e638.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00126-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00126-3
Jones, H., Seaborne, M., Mhereeg, M., James, M., Kennedy, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., & Brophy, S. (2023). Breastfeeding initiation and duration through the COVID-19 pandemic, a linked population-level routine data study: the Born in Wales Cohort 2018–2021. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7(1), e001907
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907
Bandyopadhyay, A., Whiffen, T., Fry, R., & Brophy, S. (2023). How does the local area deprivation influence life chances for children in poverty in Wales: A record linkage cohort study. SSM - Population Health, 22, 101370
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101370, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101370
Bandyopadhyay, A., Jones, H., Parker, M., Marchant, E., Evans, J., Todd, C., Rahman, M., Healy, J., Win, T., Rowe, B., Moore, S., Jones, A., Brophy, S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Jones, H., Parker, M., Healy, J., & Win, T. (2023). Weighting of risk factors for low birth weight: a linked routine data cohort study in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 13(2), e063836
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063836, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063836
James, M., Rasheed, M., Bandyopadhyay, A., Mannello, M., Marchant, E., & Brophy, S. (2022). The Effect COVID Has Had on the Wants and Needs of Children in Terms of Play: Text Mining the Qualitative Response of the Happen Primary School Survey with 20,000 Children in Wales, UK between 2016 and 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12687
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61653
Walton, S., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Griffiths, L., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Lyons, R., Roberts, R., & Bedford, H. (2022). Linking cohort data and Welsh routine health records to investigate children at risk of delayed primary vaccination. Vaccine, 40(34), 5016-5022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.080, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60484
Bandyopadhyay, A., Brophy, S., Akbari, A., Demmler, J., Kennedy, J., Paranjothy, S., Lyons, R., & Moore, S. (2022). Health and household environment factors linked with early alcohol use in adolescence: a record-linked, data-driven, longitudinal cohort study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1717, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60434
Evans, A., Hardcastle, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Farewell, D., John, A., Lyons, R., Long, S., Bellis, M., & Paranjothy, S. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences during childhood and academic attainment at age 7 and 11 years: an electronic birth cohort study. Public Health, 189, 37-47.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.08.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55250
Bandyopadhyay, A., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Walton, S., Dezateux, C., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2019). Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury. Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2019.
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52433

Conference Contributions

Bandyopadhyay, A., Brophy, S., Moore, S., Akbari, A., Paranjothy, S., & Lyons, R. (2019). The association between mother’s alcohol consumption during pregnancy and their child’s educational attainment and risk of hospital admission by age 14. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1214, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54187