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Pragmatic and Observational Research

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ISSN: 1179-7266

Professor David Price

Professor Price

Professor Price

Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute (OPRI), Singapore

Professor Price is the Founder and Head of the Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute (OPRI) in Singapore, conducting real-life, pragmatic, and observational research, delivering clinical trials and database research across various regions, including the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific area.

Additionally, Professor Price is the Head of Optimum Patient Care (OPC) Global in Australia and the UK, a social enterprise focused on disease registries and quality improvement in healthcare. He established the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD), which holds data from over 1100 general practices and 27 million patients in the UK.

Professor Price leads the International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR) and the Collaboration on Quality Improvement Initiative for Achieving Excellence in Standards of COPD Care (CONQUEST) registries. With over 970 peer-reviewed publications, an H-index of 125, Professor Price specializes in clinical trial design, exploring ways to improve adherence to treatment plans, and understanding patient attitudes towards respiratory diseases.


Dr Kris Bennett

Dr Bennett

Dr Bennett

South West Liver Unit, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Dr. Kris Bennett is a Hepatology Research Fellow at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UK). He completed his medical degree at the University of Nottingham in 2011 and undertook academic clinical training in gastroenterology, hepatology and general medicine in the South-West Peninsula (UK).

His research interests include big observational health data analysis, machine learning/artificial intelligence and risk prediction, particularly in the field of liver disease. He completed a Masters in Health Data Science at the University Exeter and is a doctoral student at the University of Plymouth, studying the prediction of cirrhosis from electronic health record data using artificial intelligence.

His work has been published and presented in international liver journals and conferences, and he has twice been awarded Young Investigator Awards by the European Study for the Association of the Liver (EASL).


Editorial Board

Professor Gale

Chris Gale, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, and Co-Director of the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics at the University of Leeds, UK

Dr Gonzalez de la Parra

Mario Gonzalez de la Parra, Scientific Director, Biokinetics, S.A. de C.V, Mexico City, Mexico.

John Haughney, Associate Director, Clinical R&D, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow UK; Senior Research fellow, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen UK

Professor Javadov

Sabzali Javadov, Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

Janwillem W.H. Kocks, Professor of Inhalation Medicine, General Practitioner, OPRI, Singapore

Professor Kostikas

Konstantinos Kostikas, MD, PhD, FCCP, FERS, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece

Amanda Lee, Chair in Medical Statistics, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Professor Lim

Kyu Lim, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Cancer Research Institute, Infection Signaling Network Research Center, Chungnam National University, Korea.

Christoph R. Meier, Professor, Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland

Professor Mooradian

Arshag D. Mooradian, Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Ruth Murray, Director Medscript Ltd NZ & Research Fellow, OPC, Cambridge, UK

Dr Shao

Shih-Chieh Shao, PhD. Adjunct Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University; Principal Data Scientist, Roche, Taiwan

Dr Soriano

Joan B Soriano, M.D., Ph.D., FERS, FCCP, Associate Professor, Respiratory Epidemiologist, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Dr van Boven

Dr Job FM van Boven, Associate Professor of Health Economics & Real-World (drug) Outcomes, Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.