Richard Harrington

BA, MSc, PhD

Senior Research Data Scientist

Richie joined the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, in December 2012 to work on a project assessing the effectiveness of front of label food packaging.

Richie has a B.A. in Genetics from Trinity College, Dublin, an M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from the University of Ulster, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of Cambridge. He has experience and interests in medical informatics, mobile and web technologies, wearable sensors, and their applications within a health environment.

Recent publications

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Intervention Aimed at Improving Food Purchasing Behavior: The Front-of-Pack Food Labels Impact on Consumer Choice Study.
Journal article

Harrington RA. et al, (2019), JMIR Form Res, 3
A NEW METHOD TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN RELATION TO NUTRITIONAL TARGETS
Conference paper

Bandy L. et al, (2017), ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, 71, 867 - 867
THE IMPACT OF THE UK TRAFFIC-LIGHT LABELLING SYSTEM ON DIETS
Conference paper

Rayner M. et al, (2017), ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, 71, 101 - 102
Personalising medicine: Feasibility and future implications from a payers' perspective
Journal article

Godman B., (2016), Journal of Rare Diseases Research & Treatment, 1, 61 - 65
Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention to increase the use of traffic light food labelling in UK shoppers (the FLICC trial).
Journal article

Scarborough P. et al, (2015), Pilot Feasibility Stud, 1

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