Expertise

Mental health, health data science

Biography

Sammi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on the HSMA programme training health, social care and policing staff to use data science techniques in their organisation.

Sammi’s previous role was as a Senior Data Scientist at Devon Partnership Trust working with PenCHORD to identify opportunities for the application of data science and operational research to improve urgent and inpatient mental health care. Her interests extend to the wider mental health system, with a particular interest in neurodiversity. Whilst in this role, Sammi developed dashboards to better highlight opportunities for improvement across the urgent mental healthcare pathway and look at patient flow. She developed custom visuals for complex information and working with NHS staff to find ways to make the data we can provide more useful to them.

Prior to joining PenCHORD, Sammi completed an MSc in Health Data Science at the University of Exeter.

Other team members

Jemma Phillips

Jemma Phillips

Research and Communications Administrator
Ben Holdsworth

Ben Holdsworth

PenCHORD Honorary Associate Research Fellow
Dr Robert Challen

Dr Robert Challen

PenCHORD Honorary Associate Research Fellow
Sebastian Rabucha

Sebastian Rabucha

PenCHORD Honorary Associate Research Fellow
Andy Mayne

Andy Mayne

PenCHORD Honorary Associate Research Fellow
Amy Heather

Amy Heather

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Thomas Monks

Dr Thomas Monks

Associate Professor of Health Data Science
Chrissie Walker

Chrissie Walker

PenCHORD Research and Operations Manager
Professor Martin Pitt

Professor Martin Pitt

Professor of Applied Healthcare Modelling and Data Science
Dr Mike Allen

Dr Mike Allen

Senior Research Fellow in Applied Healthcare Modelling and Data Science
Dr Daniel Chalk

Dr Daniel Chalk

Senior Research Fellow in Applied Healthcare Modelling and Analysis