Dr Anna Rawlings

Data Scientist & User Support Manager

Health Data Science

+44 (0) 1792 205678 ext 1353

a.rawlings@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Open Plan Office - 207
Second Floor
Data Science Building
Singleton Campus

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3929-474X

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About

Dr Anna Rawlings is a Data Scientist and User Support Manager based within the Secure Anonymised Information Data Linkage (SAIL) Databank at Swansea University Medical School. She completed her PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Swansea University in 2019.

Anna has worked for SAIL Databank since early 2020 and manages a broad portfolio of data linkage and analysis projects for multidisciplinary research teams, with an emphasis on social and education outcomes for children. Anna also works with research clients to develop their data linkage and SQL skills.

Anna's personal research interests lie in the use of administrative data to improve the lives of autistic adults and children.

Areas Of Expertise

Data linkage
Education outcomes
Population Health
Population Data Science
Data Management & Structured Query Language (SQL)
Project and Programme Management

Career Highlights

Research

Anna has expertise in linking administrative records and the analyses of multivariate and longitudinal data.

She has published in the areas of education outcomes, special educational needs, deprivation indicies, congenital anomalies, opthalmology, dystonia and multimorbidity.

Publications

Research Highlights

Rawlings, A. (2018). The forgotten ecosystem engineers: community and functional ecology of pioneer wood decay fungi in the canopy of beech trees
https://doi.org/10.23889/Suthesis.50898, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50898
Rawlings, A., O'Connor, E., Moody, S., Dudley, E., Boddy, L., Fowler, M., Fitzpatrick, D., Doyle, S., & Eastwood, D. (2022). Metabolic responses of two pioneer wood decay fungi to diurnally cycling temperature. Journal of Ecology, 110(1), 68-79.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13716, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57065
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., & Pickrell, O. (2021). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: a national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58005
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: A national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation, and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58972
Rawlings, A., Scanlon, I., Glinianaia, S., Rankin, J., Loane, M., Morris, J., Thayer, D., Tucker, D., & Jordan, S. (2022). A national data linkage study to determine the association of congenital anomalies with standardised education outcomes.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1845, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61003
Bailey, G., Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between motor and psychiatric symptoms in idiopathic dystonia. European Journal of Neurology, 29(12), 3513-3527.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62203
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2024). Prevalence and temporal relationship of clinical co-morbidities in idiopathic dystonia: a UK linkage-based study. Journal of Neurology, 271(6), 3398-3408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12284-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67651
Knight, C., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Jones, C., Rawlings, A., Abbasizanjani, H., & Rees, S. (2025). Sociodemographic trends in special educational needs identification in Wales. British Educational Research Journal, 51(1), 466-487.
https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4083, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67911
MacRae, C., Mercer, S., Abubakar, E., Lawson, A., Lone, N., Rawlings, A., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., Mizen, A., Fry, R., Baranyi, G., Pearce, J., Dibben, C., Modig, K., Owen, R., & Guthrie, B. (2025). Impact of household size and co-resident multimorbidity on unplanned hospitalisation and transition to care home. Nature Communications, 16, 1718
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56990-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68925
Mohammed, S., Bailey, G., Farr, I., Jones, C., Rawlings, A., Rees, S., Scully, S., Wang, T., & Evans, H. (2024). Excluding domains from a composite measure of deprivation in a retrospective routine health data study: the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. In The Lancet (pp. S36Elsevier BV.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02066-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69977
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02066-x

All Research

Journal Articles

MacRae, C., Mercer, S., Abubakar, E., Lawson, A., Lone, N., Rawlings, A., Lyons, J., Lyons, R., Mizen, A., Fry, R., Baranyi, G., Pearce, J., Dibben, C., Modig, K., Owen, R., & Guthrie, B. (2025). Impact of household size and co-resident multimorbidity on unplanned hospitalisation and transition to care home. Nature Communications, 16, 1718
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56990-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68925
Knight, C., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Jones, C., Rawlings, A., Abbasizanjani, H., & Rees, S. (2025). Sociodemographic trends in special educational needs identification in Wales. British Educational Research Journal, 51(1), 466-487.
https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4083, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67911
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2024). Prevalence and temporal relationship of clinical co-morbidities in idiopathic dystonia: a UK linkage-based study. Journal of Neurology, 271(6), 3398-3408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12284-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67651
Bailey, G., Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between motor and psychiatric symptoms in idiopathic dystonia. European Journal of Neurology, 29(12), 3513-3527.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62203
Rawlings, A., O'Connor, E., Moody, S., Dudley, E., Boddy, L., Fowler, M., Fitzpatrick, D., Doyle, S., & Eastwood, D. (2022). Metabolic responses of two pioneer wood decay fungi to diurnally cycling temperature. Journal of Ecology, 110(1), 68-79.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13716, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57065
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., Pickrell, O., & Peall, K. (2022). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: A national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation, and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58972
Bailey, G., Rawlings, A., Torabi, F., & Pickrell, O. (2021). Adult‐onset idiopathic dystonia: a national data‐linkage study to determine epidemiological, social deprivation and mortality characteristics. European Journal of Neurology, 29(1), 91-104.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58005

Conference Contributions

Mohammed, S., Bailey, G., Farr, I., Jones, C., Rawlings, A., Rees, S., Scully, S., Wang, T., & Evans, H. (2024). Excluding domains from a composite measure of deprivation in a retrospective routine health data study: the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. In The Lancet (pp. S36Elsevier BV.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02066-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69977
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02066-x
Rawlings, A., Scanlon, I., Glinianaia, S., Rankin, J., Loane, M., Morris, J., Thayer, D., Tucker, D., & Jordan, S. (2022). A national data linkage study to determine the association of congenital anomalies with standardised education outcomes.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1845, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61003

Other Research Outputs

Rawlings, A. (2018). The forgotten ecosystem engineers: community and functional ecology of pioneer wood decay fungi in the canopy of beech trees
https://doi.org/10.23889/Suthesis.50898, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50898