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Biography
Dr Holly Tibble is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Medical Informatics at the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute. She works within the Centre for Medical Informatics and the School of Population Health Sciences.
Dr Tibble has been a part of the Usher Institute since commencing her PhD in 2018. She has previously worked at the Universities of Melbourne (Australia), Cambridge, and Cardiff.
Research Interests
Dr Tibble's background is as a statistician and epidemiologist. Her primary passion is turning electronic health data into actionable clinical insights, particularly within the domain of patient behaviour. Her research focus areas include:
- Electronic health record analysis methodology and standards
- Medication Adherence: Building data-driven typologies to map out and understand complex patient behaviours regarding missed medications.
- Real world evidence: Large scale studies of patient behaviour including prescription collections and blood donation.
- Respiratory Health: Evaluating policy and practice changes, and developing risk prediction models to support asthma management.
Dr Tibble is also the Principal Investigator of the SMART Choices Study: Leading active investigations on how mild asthma patients manage symptoms using single maintenance and reliever therapies.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Medical Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Data-driven approaches for predicting asthma attacks in adults in primary care, Usher Institute
2018 → 2021
Award Date: 27 Apr 2021
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice , University of Edinburgh
2022 → 2023
Epidemiology, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), The association between age at menopause and coronary heart disease: a comparison of approaches to handle missing data in EPIC-CHD, University of Cambridge
2015 → 2016
Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics, Bachelor of Science, Cardiff University
2011 → 2015
Keywords
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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Research output
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Data-efficient machine learning approach for predicting asthma attack risk
Jayamini, W. K. D., Mirza, F., Naeem, M. A., Tomlin, A., Tibble, H., Beyene, K. A. & Chan, A. H. Y., 15 Jul 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Standardising Terminology in Routine Electronic Health Records for Respiratory Endpoints: why we still can't agree
Lahousse, L., Håkansson, K. E. J., Balasubramanian, A., van Boven, J. F. M., Gershon, A. S., Hochberg, C. H., Joos, G., Kocks, J., Lewis, A., Navaratnam, V., Nyberg, F., Stanojevic, S., King, M. T., Tibble, H., Vanfleteren, L. E. G. W., Møller Weinreich, U., Verhamme, K. & Quint, J. K., 23 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Thorax. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Asthma Clinical Decision Support Systems in Primary Care: An Updated Scoping Review of Implementation
Tibble, H., Lee, B. & Skene, I., 26 Mar 2026, In: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 36, 31.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research priorities for data science and artificial intelligence in global health: an international consensus exercise
Song, P., Jiang, D., Zhou, J., Zhu, Y., Manaf, R. A., Bojude, D. A., Agbre-Yace, M. L., Ali, S., Allen, O., Anyasodor, A. E., Aranda, Z., Bahattab, A., Bodomo, A., Borrescio-Higa, F., Buchtova, M., Buljan, N., Deshmukh, V., Díaz-Castro, L., Cheema, S. & Ekezie, W. & 47 others, , 1 Mar 2026, In: The Lancet. Global health. 14, 3, p. e455-e465 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A qualitative interview study to investigate opportunities for improvement in routine asthma care using a clinical decision support system
Tibble, H., Garcia Iglesias, J. & Chung, A., 24 Nov 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 41538.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Editorial activity
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npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (Journal)
Tibble, H. (Associate editor)
16 Dec 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Prizes
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RSE Mary Somerville Medal
Hammersley, V. (Recipient), Sheikh, A. (Recipient), Robertson, C. (Recipient), McMenamin, J. (Recipient), Ritchie, S. L. D. (Recipient), Simpson, C. R. (Recipient), Vasileiou, E. (Recipient), Woolhouse, M. (Recipient), Buckingham, S. (Recipient), Buelo, A. (Recipient), Burridge, A. (Recipient), Calvert, C. (Recipient), Cameron, R. (Recipient), Carruthers, J. (Recipient), Chua, V. (Recipient), Coote, M. (Recipient), Cullen, L. (Recipient), Daines, L. (Recipient), Docherty, A. (Recipient), Fenton, L. (Recipient), Grange, Z. (Recipient), Hainey, K. (Recipient), Hall, E. (Recipient), Hameed, S. (Recipient), Harvey, C. (Recipient), Hillman, S. (Recipient), James, A. (Recipient), Jayacodi, S. (Recipient), Jeffrey, K. (Recipient), Katikireddi, S. V. (Recipient), Kelly, D. (Recipient), Kennedy, S. (Recipient), Kerr, S. (Recipient), Kurdi, A. (Recipient), Leslie, K. (Recipient), Linning, G. (Recipient), Macdonald, C. (Recipient), Marple, J. (Recipient), Marsh, K. (Recipient), Mccabe, R. (Recipient), McCowan, C. (Recipient), McLaughlin, I. (Recipient), McPhail, D. (Recipient), McVeigh, P. (Recipient), Millington, T. (Recipient), Moore, E. (Recipient), Morrison, K. (Recipient), Mueller, T. (Recipient), Mulholland, R. (Recipient), Murray, J. (Recipient), Pan, J. (Recipient), Reglinska-matveyev, N. (Recipient), Rudan, I. (Recipient), Shah, S. A. (Recipient), Shi, T. (Recipient), Stock, S. (Recipient), Stockton, D. (Recipient), Sullivan, C. (Recipient), Swallow, B. (Recipient), Taylor, B. (Recipient), Tibble, H. (Recipient), Weatherill, D. (Recipient), Willson, A. (Recipient), Wood, R. (Recipient), Woolford, L. (Recipient), Young, N. (Recipient), Agrawal, U. (Recipient) & Fagbamigbe, A. (Recipient), 20 Mar 2023
Prize: National/international honour
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What does it mean to be adherent to asthma treatment? A mixed-methods approach to conceptualising and quantifying self-management of asthma
Tibble, H. (Principal Investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/04/26 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Using Linked Administrative data to improve the efficiency and sustainability of Blood Donation in the UK
Tibble, H. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Research
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Exogenous sex steroid hormones and asthma phenotypes: a population-based prospective cohort study using UK-wide Primary Care Databases
Shah, A. (Principal Investigator), Shah, A. (Principal Investigator), Critchley, H. (Co-investigator), Jackson, T. (Co-investigator), Sheikh, A. (Co-investigator), Tibble, H. (Co-investigator) & Tsanas, T. (Co-investigator)
31/10/22 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Clinician Co-Design of an Asthma Clinical Decision Support Tool
Tibble, H. (Principal Investigator)
1/02/24 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Exogenous sex steroid hormones and asthma phenotypes: a population-based prospective cohort study using UK-wide Primary Care Databases
Shah, A. (Principal Investigator), Sheikh, A. (Co-investigator), Critchley, H. (Co-investigator), Tsanas, T. (Co-investigator), Tibble, H. (Co-investigator) & Jackson, T. (Co-investigator)
31/10/22 → 30/10/24
Project: Research