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Dr Freya Tyrer

Research Fellow in Epidemiology

Dr Freya Tyrer

School/Department: Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre

Email: fct2@leicester.ac.uk

Profile

I am a Research Fellow in Leicester Real World Evidence Unit specialising in 'big data' epidemiology. I have a particular interest in learning (intellectual) disabilities and mental ill-health.

Publications

Recent publications

  • Tyrer F, Morriss R, Kiani R, Gangadharan SK, Kundaje H, Rutherford MJ (2022). Comparing the number and length of primary care consultations in people with and without intellectual disabilities and health needs: observational cohort study using electronic health records. Family Practice cmac135, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac135
  • Tyrer F, Morriss R, Kiani R, Gangadharan SK, Kundaje H, Rutherford MJ (2022). Health needs and their relationship with life expectancy in people with and without intellectual disabilities in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:6602, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116602.
  • Tyrer, F, Bhaskaran K, Rutherford MJ (2022). Immortal time bias for life-long conditions in retrospective observational studies using electronic health records. BMC Medical Research Methodology 22:86, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01581-1.
  • Tyrer F, Morriss R, Kiani R, Gangadharan RK, Rutherford MJ. (2022) Mortality disparities and deprivation among people with intellectual disabilities in England: 2000-2019. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 76:168-174.
  • Tyrer F, Kiani R, Rutherford MJ (2021). Mortality, predictors and causes among people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic narrative review supplemented by machine learning. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 46:102-114.
  • Coles B, Tyrer F, Hussein H, Dhalwani N, Khunti K (2020). Development, content validation and reliability of the Assessment of Real World Observational Studies (ArRoWS) critical appraisal tool. Annals of Epidemiology 55:57-63.
  • Tyrer F, Zaccardi F, Khunti K, Morriss R (2020). Incidence of depression and first-line antidepressant therapy in people with obesity and depression in primary care. Obesity 28:977-984.
  • Tyrer F, Ling S, Bhaumik S, Gangadharan SK, Khunti K, Gray LJ, Dunkley AJ (2020). Diabetes in adults with intellectual disability: prevalence and associated demographic, lifestyle, independence and health factors. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 64:287-295.
  • Brugha T, Tyrer F, Leaver A, Lewis S, Seaton S, Morgan Z, Tromans S, van Rensburg K (2020). Testing adults by questionnaire for social and communication disorders, including autism spectrum disorders, in an adult mental health service population. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 29:e1814.
  • Kiani R, Bhaumik S, Tyrer F, Bankart J, Miller H, Cooper SA, Brugha TS (2019). The relationship between symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and visual impairment among adults with intellectual disability. Autism Research 12:1411-1422.
  • Tyrer F, Seidu S, Khunti K (2019). Real-world evidence: improving quality in cardiometabolic medicine. Diabetes & Primary Care 21:47-48.
  • Tyrer F, Dunkley A, Singh J, Kristunas C, Khunti K, Bhaumik S, Davies MK, Yates T, Gray L (2019). Multimorbidity and lifestyle factors among adults with intellectual disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis of a UK cohort. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 63:225-265.
  • Tyrer F, Dunkley AJ, Spong R, Gangadharan SK, Bhaumik S, Khunti K (2017). Involving service users with intellectual disability in research: experiences from the STOP Diabetes Study. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 3:255-261.

Supervision

PhD probation and second-year review panel membership (2017,2018)

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