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Dr Rich Fry is Professor of Environment and Health at the Environment and Health (ENVHE) Research Centre within the Population Data Science Team at Swansea University. Rich graduated with a BSc (Hons) Physical Geography from Swansea before completing an MSc and PhD in GIS and computing at the University of South Wales following some time out in industry. Following a post-doctoral position at the Wales Institute for Socio-Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) he returned to Swansea, joining the Medical School as a Senior Research Officer specialising in GIS and privacy protecting spatial data linkage. Rich is the lead of the Environment and Health Research Centre (ENVHE) which uses advanced data analysis techniques to understand the factors that influence health and wellbeing. ENVHE brings together geographers, epidemiologists, statisticians, and data scientists who work with the routine health and social care data held within the SAIL Databank to produce policy-relevant insights.

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Employment (6)

Swansea University: Swansea, GB

2024-01-31 to present | Professor (Swansea University Medical School)
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Swansea University: Swansea, West Glamorgan, GB

2021-03-01 to 2024-01-31 | Associate Professor (Swansea University Medical School)
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Swansea University: Swansea, West Glamorgan, GB

2018-09-28 to 2021-02-27 | Senior Lecturer (Swansea University Medical School)
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Swansea University: Swansea, Swansea, GB

2012-01-01 to 2018-09-27 | Senior Research Fellow (Farr Institute CIPHER)
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University of South Wales: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, GB

2009-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | Research Fellow (Data Integration) (WISERD)
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Newport City Council: Newport, Newport, GB

2004-06-01 to 2005-10-01 | GIS Officer (Planning)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of South Wales: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, GB

2005-10-01 to 2009-10-01 | PhD Geographic Information Science (Computer Science)
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University of South Wales: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, GB

2003-10-01 to 2004-10-01 | MSc Geographic Information Systems (Computer Science)
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Swansea University: Swansea, Swansea, GB

1999-09-01 to 2002-07-01 | BSc(HONS) Geography (Geography)
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Professional activities (3)

Monash University: Clayton, VIC, AU

2017-10-01 to present | Affiliate Researcher (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
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Association of Geographic Information Cymru: Cardiff, Cardiff, GB

2015-03-01 to present | Higher Education Representative
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Royal Geographical Society: London, GB

2010 to present | Fellow
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Funding (18)

Child and adolescent Health Impacts of Learning Indoor environments under net zero: The CHILI Hub

2025-02 to 2030-02 | Grant
UKRI (Swindon, GB)
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MRC Health collaboration with the Helmholtz Association

2024-02 to 2025-08 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
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Maternal And preGnancy hEalth aNd elevaTed heAt (MAGENTA): novel data-linkages to understand how temperature impacts pregnancy outcomes for people living in deprived communities in Wales and London

2024-01-02 to 2027-01-02 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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228009/Z/23/Z

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Air Pollution and Adolescent Mental Health Research using Linked Administrative Data

2023-10-01 to 2026-09-30 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2851028
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Health Data Research UK - UK Regional Networks

2023-03-31 to 2028-03-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: HDR-23013
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Richard Fry via DimensionsWizard

Social and Environmental Determinants of Health

2023-03-31 to 2028-03-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: HDR-23010
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Creating harmonised and scalable methods and tools for constructing households in large diverse administrative and health research datasets

2023-03-31 to 2025-03-30 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/X00046X/1
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Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (Part of ADR UK)

2022-03-31 to 2026-03-30 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/W012227/1
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Community level mapping of the impact of COVID-19 on non-COVID related service utilisation in Wales

2021-10-01 to 2023-09-30 | Grant
Health and Care Research Wales (Wales, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: HRG-20-1755(P)
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Richard Fry via DimensionsWizard

How does the environment in and around the home impact social care and health outcomes for older people?

2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Grant
Health and Care Research Wales (Wales, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: SCG-19-1654
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Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES)

2020-07-31 to 2023-07-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/T039329/1
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Controlling COVID19 through enhanced population surveillance and intervention (Con-COV): a platform approach

2020-07-31 to 2021-07-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/V028367/1
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What is the cost-effectiveness of home adaptations for older people?

2019-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | Grant
Dunhill Medical Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BEHA\41

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Administrative Data Research Centres 2018

2018-12-01 to 2021-03-30 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/S007393/1
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Making visible the mental health needs of children and young people from Gypsy and Traveller communities by advanced data linkage

2018-09-03 to 2021-03-31 | Grant
MQ: Transforming Mental Health (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MQDS17\36
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The Legal Need Project for Wales

2018-09 to 2019-09 | Grant
The Legal Education Foundation (London, GB)
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TLEF-2018-001308

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Green-blue space exposure changes and impact on individual-level wellbeing and mental health: a population-wide record-linked natural experiment

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Safe in my own home? Investigating the impact of community home modification services on hospital utilisation for fall injuries: a controlled longitudinal study using data linkage

2017-10-01 to 2019-09-30 | Grant
Health and Care Research Wales (Wales, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: HRG-16-1325
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC medicine (1)
Review activity for Journal of epidemiology and community health (1)