Professor of Life Course Epidemiology in the Medical School, Swansea University

Sinead Brophy is Professor of Life Course Epidemiology in the Medical School at Swansea University. She is Director of the Centre for Population Health, Co-Director of Health Data Research UK Wales Region, Co-Lead of the Institute of Healthy Aging and Chronic Conditions, and Early Years Academic Lead for Administrative Data Research Wales (Population Data Science).

Her work includes leading Growing Up in Wales, incorporating an electronic birth cohort (Born in Wales) that can be combined with other Born in cohorts, including Born in South London, Born in Bradford, and Born in Scotland, as well as general practice data in England through CPRD. Her research also focuses on adverse experiences, including child maltreatment, domestic violence, and experiences of care.

Contribution to BrainWaves
Sinead contributes expertise in population data science and life course epidemiology, including data linkage and the harmonisation and comparison of datasets across countries, and research into the influence of experiences and interventions in pregnancy, early infancy, and impact on adolescent and adult health and wellbeing.