Dr Kayleigh Mason is a Senior Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with a strong focus on electronic health records (EHR) research.
Her work addresses health inequalities, disease management, and prognosis through large-scale healthcare data analysis. She aims to translate complex data into meaningful insights that inform clinical guidelines and improve patient outcomes.
Kayleigh is passionate about mentoring, public and patient involvement (PPI), and advancing methodological rigour in applied quantitative research.
Kayleigh joined Keele University in 2020 after working as a Research Associate following her PhD in Medicine (2014) and BSc in Pharmacology (2010) at The University of Manchester.
Kayleigh was Principal Investigator for the `Management of musculoskeletal pain in ChiLdren and young people wIth Mental health or neurodivergent comorBidity’ (CLIMB) study funded by NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR). She is a funded co-applicant on the Versus Arthritis Research Consortium: Musculoskeletal Epidemiology - Better Lives, Safer Journey.
Kayleigh is lead analyst for work packages in two NIHR-funded programmes of work:
1. `Addressing Child and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Pain’ (CAM-Pain), an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR), and
2. `Building an Evidence Base for the Use of Advice and Guidance' (BADGER), an NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme
Research Interests
Kayleigh’s expertise and research interests include analysing complex, longitudinal primary care and linked data, and translating those findings into practical information for patients, healthcare professionals and the public.
