Profile
I am a senior data analyst and a statistician in the Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG). I completed BSc in Mathematics and a MSc in Medical Statics at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I am passionate about improving patient care by applying statistical and epidemiological methods, as well as exploring health outcomes in different demographics and health measures such as multi-morbidity and obesity. I use a large electronic health record database (Compass) that contains primary care, secondary care and ONS records for my research. My work has included looking at COVID19 risk factors in different ethnicities in East London, measuring continuity of care in general practice and Application of a risk stratification tool for familial hypercholesterolaemia. I work with several research groups including collaborations with UCL and KCL. I am currently working on assessing maternal and child outcomes among different ethnicities by joining ONS birth records with primary care health records.
Research
Research Interests:
Evaluating health outcomes using routine health data records, maternal outcomes, ethnic inequalities, long term morbidities
Recent projects:
- Maternal and child outcomes in different ethnicities
- GP continuity of care
- Evaluation of a programme to reduce GP appointment DNAs in east London
- Application of a risk stratification tool for familial
- hypercholesterolaemia in primary care
- Prevalence of suspected COVID-19 infection in patients from ethnic minority populations
- Patterns in referral to Barts health following the COVID-19 first
Publications
- Measuring continuity of care in general practice: a comparison of two methods using routinely collected data, Sally A Hull, Crystal Williams, Peter Schofield, Kambiz Boomla and Mark Ashworth. British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (724): e773-e779. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0043
- Application of a risk stratification tool for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: an observational cross-sectional study in an unselected urban population. Chris Carvalho, Crystal Williams, Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Stuart Rison, Riyaz S Patel, Adam Timmis, John Robson Heart 2021. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318714.
- Reducing missed appointments in general practice: evaluation of a quality improvement programme in East London. Tom Margham, Crystal Williams, Jack Steadman, Sally A Hull, British Journal of General Practice 2020. 71(702):e31-e38
- Prevalence of suspected COVID-19 infection in patients from ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in primary care. Sally A Hull, Crystal Williams, Mark Ashworth, Kambiz Boomla, British Journal of General Practice 2020. 70(699):e696-e704
Full list of publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Crystal-Williams-11/research