Professor
Peter
Bath
(he/him)

BSc (Technical) (University of Wales), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield)

School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Professor of Health Informatics

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p.a.bath@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Peter Bath
School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Room C225
The Wave
2 Whitham Road

Sheffield

S10 2AH

Profile

My first degree was a BSc. (Technical) in Applied Biology at the University of Wales (Cardiff). Following this, I undertook an MSc in Information Science at the University of Sheffield and this led to my PhD in Chemoinformatics at Sheffield.

Research interests

My research involves analysing health and social care data to understand outcomes and care needs in specific groups, for example people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity). 

I am working on the NIHR-funded RESHAPE-Care project, which is re-engineering health care services for people with Type 2 Diabetes and people with breathlessness using Digital Twins. I am the lead for developing the data infrastructure for the project and I am lead for the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).

I am working on another project, funded School for Social Care Research, that is examining the feasibility of linking and using routinely-collected adult social care (ASC) data with health (and other) data for research, service planning and policy making within ASC services.

My other research interests include the information needs and information behaviours of people with specific illnesses and their carers. I also undertake research evaluating information systems within health and social care settings.

Publications

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Journal articles

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Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference proceedings

Reports

  • Jubb M, Goldstein S, Amin M, Plume A, Aisati M, Oeben S, Pinfield S, Bath P, Salter J, Johnson R & Fosci M (2015) Monitoring the transition to open access: A report for Universities UK View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download

Digital content

  • Bath PA & Ellis JC (2015) Save your outrage: online cancer fakers may be suffering a different kind of illness. RIS download Bibtex download

Posters

  • Ebenezer CM, Bath PA & Pinfield S (2015) “Access denied”? Managing access to the World Wide Web within the National Health Service (NHS) in England: technology, risk, culture, policy and practice. ISHIMR, York, UK. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jacques R, Simpson R, Hasan M, Croft S, Campbell R, Bath P, Croft S & Mason S Exploring variation in ED attendances and acute hospital admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. RIS download Bibtex download

Other

Preprints

Teaching interests

I supervise PhD students who are investigating how (digital) information can be used to support people's health and well-being, and analysing data relating to health and well being in older people.

Teaching activities
  • IJC466 - Data Analysis
  • IJC470 - Research Methods and Dissertation Prep

I teach statistics on the Data Analysis module (IJC466) for the MSc Data Science students.

Professional activities and memberships

I am Co-Director of the School for Social Care Research (SSCR) at Sheffield and I am lead for the Data Infrastructure and Analytics thematic priority.

I am Deputy Editor of the Health Informatics Journal.

I am External Examiner at the University of Manchester.