Anna Powell Smith
University of Oxford
Anna Powell-Smith was tech lead from October 2015 to November 2016, during which time she led development on OpenPrescribing, TrialsTracker, Retractobot and numerous other projects. She remains an Honorary Research Fellow.
She is a computer programmer, specialising in data analysis and data visualisation. Her work has been featured in the Guardian, Economist, Private Eye and many other places. She has an MPhil in computer science and a BA in English from Cambridge.
Papers by Anna Powell Smith
- Variation in responsiveness to warranted behaviour change among NHS clinicians: novel implementation of change detection methods in longitudinal prescribing data
- COMPare: a prospective cohort study correcting and monitoring 58 misreported trials in real time.
- COMPare: Qualitative analysis of researchers' responses to critical correspondence on a cohort of 58 misreported trials
- Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data.
- The TrialsTracker: Automated ongoing monitoring of failure to share clinical trial results by all major companies and research institutions.