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Queen Mary University of London - Whitechapel Campus: London, London, GB

2018-02 to present | Health Data Scientist (Centre for Primary Care and Public Health)
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Nicola Firman

University College London: London, London, GB

2014-09 to 2018-01 | Research Assistant (Institute of Child Health)
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Nicola Firman

Education and qualifications (3)

Queen Mary University of London - Whitechapel Campus: London, London, GB

2018-07 to present | PhD (Centre for Primary Care and Public Health)
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Nicola Firman

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: London, London, GB

2013-09 to 2014-09 | MSc Demography and Health
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University of Southampton: Southampton, Hampshire, GB

2010-09 to 2013-07 | BSc Population and Geography
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Works (18)

Inequalities in children’s tooth decay requiring dental extraction under general anaesthetic: a longitudinal study using linked electronic health records

BMJ Public Health
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000622
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Carol Dezateux; Vanessa Muirhead
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Are children living with obesity more likely to experience musculoskeletal symptoms during childhood? A linked longitudinal cohort study using primary care records

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326407
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Kate Homer; Gill Harper; John Robson; Carol Dezateux
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Is obesity more likely among children sharing a household with an older child with obesity? Cross-sectional study of linked National Child Measurement Programme data and electronic health records

BMJ Paediatrics Open
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002533
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Marta Wilk; Milena Marszalek; Lucy Griffiths; Gill Harper; Carol Dezateux
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OP135 Excess weight and dental extraction under general anaesthesia in children living in north east London, UK: a longitudinal study using electronic health records

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
2023 | Conference abstract
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.265
Part of ISSN: 0143-005X
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Carol Dezateux; Vanessa Muirhead
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Nicola Firman

OP140 Household associations between child and adult weight status in an ethnically diverse urban population: cross-sectional study using linked primary care and National Child Measurement Programme records

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
2023 | Conference abstract
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.270
Part of ISSN: 0143-005X
Contributors: Marta Wilk; Gill Harper; Nicola Firman; Silvia Liverani; Carol Dezateux
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Nicola Firman

P51 Children and young people\textquoterights body mass index measures derived from routine data sources: A national data linkage study in Wales

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
2023 | Conference poster
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.156
Part of ISSN: 0143-005X
Contributors: Lucy Griffiths; James Rafferty; Richard Fry; Helen Daniels; Carol Dezateux; Nicola Firman; Theodora Pouliou; Gareth Stratton; Amy Mizen; Ronan Lyons
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Implementation of a quality improvement programme using the Active Patient Link call and recall system to improve timeliness and equity of childhood vaccinations: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation

BMJ Open
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064364
Contributors: Milena Marszalek; Meredith K D Hawking; Ana Gutierrez; Isabel Dostal; Zaheer Ahmed; Nicola Firman; John Robson; Helen Bedford; Anna Billington; Ngawai Moss et al.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on timeliness and equity of measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations in North East London: a longitudinal study using electronic health records

BMJ Open
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066288
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Milena Marszalek; Ana Gutierrez; Kate Homer; Crystal Williams; Gill Harper; Isabel Dostal; Zaheer Ahmed; John Robson; Carol Dezateux
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Are children with obesity at school entry more likely to have a diagnosis of a musculoskeletal condition? Findings from a systematic review

BMJ Paediatrics Open
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001528
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Marta Wilk; Gill Harper; Carol Dezateux
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Which young women are not being vaccinated against HPV? Cross-sectional analysis of a UK national cohort study

Vaccine
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.094
Contributors: Helen Bedford; Nicola Firman; Jo Waller; Laura Marlow; Alice Forster; Carol Dezateux
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Completeness and representativeness of body mass index in children's electronic general practice records: Linked cross‐sectional study in an ethnically‐diverse urban population in the United Kingdom

Pediatric Obesity
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12772
Contributors: Nicola Firman; John Robson; Zaheer Ahmed; Kambiz Boomla; Carol Dezateux
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Is child weight status correctly reported to parents? Cross-sectional analysis of National Child Measurement Programme data using ethnic-specific BMI adjustments.

Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz188
PMID: 31950165
Contributors: Firman N; Boomla K; Hudda MT; Robson J; Whincup P; Dezateux C
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How complete, representative and accurate is recording of child BMI in electronic general practice records? A record linkage study

International Journal of Population Data Science
2019-11-21 | Conference abstract
DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1272
Part of ISSN: 2399-4908
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Nicola Firman

Does parental concern about their child’s future risk of overweight vary by their ethnic background? Cross-sectional analysis of a national cohort study

BMJ Open
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027226
Contributors: Nicola Firman; Carol Dezateux
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Are children with clinical obesity at increased risk of inpatient hospital admissions? An analysis using linked electronic health records in the UK millennium cohort study

Pediatric Obesity
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12505
Contributors: Lucy J. Griffiths; Mario Cortina‐Borja; Amrita Bandyopadhyay; Karen Tingay; Bianca L. De Stavola; Helen Bedford; Ashley Akbari; Nicola Firman; Ronan A. Lyons; Carol Dezateux
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Contraceptive method use among women and its association with age, relationship status and duration: findings from the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2017-200037
Part of ISSN: 2515-1991
Part of ISSN: 2515-2009
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Nicola Firman

General practice consultations with obese children–a missed opportunity? Cross-sectional study using linked national child measurement and primary care data

The Lancet
2017-11 | Conference poster
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32972-0
Part of ISSN: 0140-6736
Contributors: Carol Dezateux; Nicola Foster; Zaheer Ahmed; Kate Homer; Alexander Miller; Marian Priebe; John Robson; Kambiz Boomla
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Nicola Firman

An integrated and collaborative approach to developing and scripting questionnaires for longitudinal cohort studies and surveys: experience in Life Study

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
2017-10-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14301/llcs.v8i4.434
Part of ISSN: 1757-9597
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Nicola Firman

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for International journal of obesity. (1)
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