Dr Nicola Adderley BA, MSci (Cantab), MA, MPhil, PhD, MPH, PGCert, FHEA

Dr Nicola Adderley

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Epidemiology
Health Informatics and Multimorbidity Team Lead
School of Health Sciences Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Department of Applied Health Sciences
IOEM building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Nicki Adderley is an Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Epidemiology. She leads the multidisciplinary Health Informatics and Multimorbidity team in the Department of Applied Health Sciences, and is Deputy Lead for the Birmingham BRC Data, Diagnostics and Decision Tools theme.  Nicki is also the School of Health Sciences Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Nicki’s research focusses on real-world evidence; she uses routinely collected healthcare data to produce high quality research on epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical practice and healthcare utilisation relevant to patients and clinicians.

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Qualifications

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2020
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, 2020
  • MPH in Public Health, University of Birmingham, 2016
  • PhD in Egyptology, University of Birmingham, 2009
  • MPhil in Egyptology, University of Birmingham, 2005
  • MA in Egyptology, University of Birmingham, 2003
  • MSci in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2001
  • BA in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2001

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Kamran, U, Gronlund, TA, Morris, EJA, Brookes, M, Rutter, M, McCord, M, Adderley, NJ & Trudgill, N 2025, 'Consensus on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy key performance indicators to reduce post endoscopy upper gastrointestinal cancer', United European Gastroenterology Journal.

Umar, N, Wambua, S, Harvey, P, Cusworth, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Haroon, S, Trudgill, N & Adderley, N 2025, 'Development and validation of a risk prediction tool for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in patients presenting in primary care with abdominal symptoms', Journal of Crohn's & Colitis.

Han, JED, Subramanian, A, Lee, WH, Coker, J, Denniston, AK, Nirantharakumar, K & Adderley, NJ 2024, 'Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open Ophthalmology, vol. 9, no. 1, e001525. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001525

CHAPTER Group, Hodgetts Morton, V, Man, R, Perry, R, Hughes, T, Tohill, S, MacArthur, C, Magill, L & Morris, RK 2024, 'Childbirth Acquired Perineal Trauma study (CHAPTER): a UK prospective cohort study protocol', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 5, e086724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086724

Adderley, NJ, Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study & the GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators 2024, 'Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020', Eye, vol. 38, pp. 2083–2101. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03106-0

Wang, J, Antza, C, Lee, WH, Coker, J, Keane, PA, Denniston, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Adderley, NJ 2024, 'Pharmacological treatments for dementia and the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration', JAMA network open.

D'Elia, A, Baranskaya, A, Haroon, S, Hammond, B, Adderley, N, Nirantharakumar, K, Chandan, J, Falahee, M & Raza, K 2024, 'Prodromal symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a primary care database: variation by ethnicity and socioeconomic status', Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae157

Simms-Williams, N, Nagakumar, P, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Hotham, R, Mansur, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2024, 'Risk factors for asthma-related hospital and intensive care admissions in children, adolescents, and adults: a cohort study using primary and secondary care data', BMJ Open Respiratory Research, vol. 11, no. 1, e001746. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001746

Makhdom, E, Maher, A, Ottridge, R, Nicholls, M, Ali, A, Cooper, BG, Ajjan, RA, Bellary, S, Hanif, W, Hanna, F, Hughes, D, Jayagopal, V, Mahto, R, Patel, M, Young, J, Nayak, AU, Chen, MZ, Kyaw-Tun, J, Gonzalez, S, Gouni, R, Subramanian, A, Adderley, N, Patel, S & Tahrani, A 2024, 'The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Treatment on Microvascular Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial: CPAP Impact on Microvascular Complications in T2D Patients', The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 947–957. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.11020

Snook, L, Minhas, S, Nadda, V, Hammond, B, Gokhale, KM, Taylor, J, Bradbury-Jones, C, Bandyopadhyay, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Adderley, NJ & Chandan, JS 2024, 'The risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases following exposure to childhood maltreatment: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data', Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 22, e40493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40493

Umar, N, Harvey, P, Adderley, NJ, Haroon, S & Trudgill, N 2024, 'The time to inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis for patients presenting with abdominal symptoms in primary care and its association with emergency hospital admissions and surgery: a retrospective cohort study', Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izae057

Kamran, U, Evison, F, Morris, EJA, Brookes, MJ, Rutter, MD, McCord, M, Adderley, NJ & Trudgill, N 2024, 'The variation in post endoscopy upper gastrointestinal cancer rates among endoscopy providers in England and associated factors: a population-based study', Endoscopy. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2378-1464

Song, A, Okoth, K & Adderley, N 2023, 'Association between preterm delivery and subsequent maternal risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a UK population-based retrospective cohort study', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 11, e078167. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078167

Azfr Ali, R, Jalal, Z, Chandan, J, Subramanian, A, Adderley, N, Nirantharakumar, K, Gokhale, K & Paudyal, V 2023, 'Cardiometabolic screening and monitoring in patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs in primary care: A population-based cohort study', Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 127, 152419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152419

Review article

Punyadasa, D, Adderley, NJ, Rudge, G, Nagakumar, P & Haroon, S 2024, 'Self-reported questionnaires to assess indoor home environmental exposures in asthma patients: A scoping review', BMC Public Health, vol. 24, 2915. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20418-8

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